Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim
Assalaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuh
Mathematics for Middle School Participants
Looking Forward to the Future
E-mail:
admin@thmsadaqagroup.org or thmteach2web@gmail.com
Appointments: If you would like to schedule an appointment,
please make an appointment by e-mailing us
Off-site
hours:
Fridays: 7:30 am – 9:30 am
Course Dates: August - May (annually)
Course Description:
Middle School Mathematics for 6th grade – 8th Grade participants are arranged within the following collection of subjects: topics are not limited to the list and maybe updated accordingly with prior notice given to participants through email services.
Ratios and Proportional Relationships
The Number System
Expressions and Equations
Functions
Geometry
In addition to the subjects mentioned, students will apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to
add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers, use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions, analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and
mathematical problems (several units from the 7th or 8th grade curriculum standards have been integrated throughout the course ).
(Topics
include: Number Sense, patterns, decimals, data and statistics, number patterns
and fractions, integers, equations, inequalities, functions, ratios, percents,
geometry, measurement and area, surface area and volume, and probability.)
Classroom
Procedures/Expectations:
At the beginning of each class, students will complete a warm-up activity which will consist of review problems, vocabulary, or a homework topic. Essential question(s) are provided to engage students and focus daily lessons. All of this information MUST be kept in the student’s binder.
Students are expected to keep a binder with all completed assignments and math notes (class work, examples, definitions, etc.).
Students are taught through online, hands-on applications, whole-group instruction, and/or individualized instruction. Students have the opportunity to complete many math performance tasks throughout the year. A grading rubric will be used to ensure that students are aware of the teacher’s expectations and grading criteria.
Materials:
McDougal
Littell Mathematics Course 1, 2 or 3 textbook
FTSOnline
Homeschool Agenda
www.classzone.com website (provides instructional videos, games and activities for practice.)
Folder
Spiral
notebook or composition book
Pencils
Graph paper
Protractor
Calculator
Students are required to purchase and bring all materials to each class. Leaving the online class session to search for forgotten items is not tolerable and should be avoided.
Schedule:
Full time class sessions are for one-hour, 4 days per week and are usually, Monday thru Thursday. Part-time participants are scheduled for forty-five minutes to one-hour, daily on Monday thru Thursday. See your instructor for verification of program options, schedules and book fees, inshaAllah
Classroom Expectations:
Always respect
yourself, others, and your environment.
Use
appropriate language and volume at the right time.
Listen
to and follow all instructions. Never be afraid to ask questions.
Excellence is expected: come prepared to learn.
Stay
focused, refrain from surfing the internet and request permission to leave the room.
(See other program rules under policies and procedures on the website.)
Consequences:
1st
Warning: The
first warning consist of a verbal reminder to student
2nd
Warning: The
second warning consist of a verbal warning and an email, a call or written
correspondence explaining the infraction in detail to parent and student
3rd
Warning: The
third and last warning is a courtesy only. At this time the student will be given (1) detention, booted, suspended or banned from the online conference room or classroom until
further action can be taken
Boot
Affect Until Next Class: Once
the student has been booted, suspended or banned from the room, the parent is
expected to contact administration prior to the next class date, to resolve the
issue.
Voice
Conference (PTC) Parent/Instructor/Child: The PTC meeting inshaAllah will be
beneficial to parent/student and the instructor. This will allow us to work
through a goals plan for the student and focus on the child’s strengths instead
of the behavior issues that may be present. A PTC can be scheduled anytime
during the behavioral process.
Removal from Program: This option is a last resort for unresolved issues. The parent will be given ample time to reply. If the parent is not in agreement with the decision they can within 7 days contact administration to discuss the matter in detail inshaAllah. The student will remain in academic suspension until the matter is resolved.
Grades will be determined by the following: Grading scale:
Homework/Independent Practice 10% A 90
- 100
Classwork/Participation 50% B 80
- 89
Quizzes 10% C 70
– 79
Tests/Exams 20% F 0 – 69
Projects 10%
Any participant with a grade between 0 - 69 at the end of the course will be required to repeat the course or attend summer school to possibly raise the grade to C level (70 - 79). For additional information request by email or schedule an appointment with administration.
Homework is given daily and is due before the next scheduled online class. Generally, homework consists of problems from the book or worksheets completed during that class day. Homework should be neat and in pencil for the notebook and then typed in a manner that shows your thought process when submitting for review. WORK MUST BE SHOWN FOR CREDIT. STUDENTS WILL NOT BE GIVEN FULL CREDIT FOR A PAGE FULL OF ANSWERS. If students are absent, they will be given two days to complete their missed assignments. This is the responsibility of the student, there will be no reminders!
All assignments can be submitted using Microsoft OneNote, or from HWA Submit on the website.
Students in advanced math: No late work will be accepted in accelerated math!
A graded report will be sent home every 3 ½ weeks. This report’s purpose is to inform you and your parents of the child’s progress and to prepare students before the 9th week assessment.
The teacher reserves the right to change or modify any section of the course syllabus at any time during the semester to accommodate the needs, abilities, and interest of the students as well as the availability of resources.
For Submission Purposes Only
Please answer the following questions to help us learn more about you or your child.
What strengths and weaknesses do you feel that you or your child exhibits in math?
What strategies do you feel are successful for you or your child to learn math?
What do you think is you or your child’s attitude towards math?
Do you or your child have secured reliable access to a computer?
Do you or your child have continued Internet access?
I have read and understand the course requirements for Math as outlined in this syllabus and agree to forward my responses to admin@thmsadaqagroup.org or thmteach2web@gmail.com
Student’s Name (Print) Parent/ Guardian’s Name (Print)
Phone
number ____________________ home ______________________________cell
Parent
Email _____________________________ Student
Email ____________________
Alternate Email (if different) ______________________________ for payment using PayPal services
Is
there anything else you would like for us to know about this student? (example:
I live in a different time zone - AST from your EDT time slot.)
Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim
Assalaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuh
Algebra 1 for High School Participants
Looking Forward to the Future
E-mail: admin@thmsadaqagroup.org
Appointments: If
you would like to schedule an appointment,
please make an appointment by e-mailing us
Off-site hours:
Fridays: 7:30 am – 9:30 am
Course Dates:
August - May (annually)
Course Description:
High School Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, and/or Economics for 9th –
12th Grade participants are arranged within the following
collection of subjects: topics are not limited to the list and maybe updated
accordingly with prior notice given to participants through email services.
Equivalence
Rewriting expressions into equivalent forms is a
central part of doing mathematics. In these lessons students investigate the
concepts of variable, equivalent expressions and the distributive property. As
they evaluate expressions, they can also observe patterns such as rate of
change and order of operations in the results.
Lessons include:
Variables, exponents, powers, order of operations, equations, inequalities,
problem solving, tables and graphs, data and statistics, and functions.
Additionally, there are problems in real numbers, matrices, distributive
property, and probability.
Equations
Learning to solve equations begins with simple
equations in one variable and involves fundamental principles such as inverse
properties and the concept of balance. The lessons in this unit illustrate the
difference between expressions and equations, explore the additive inverse
property, use a balance beam to solve equations, and examine the special cases
in which the equation is an identity or for which the equation has no solution.
Lessons
include: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of equations,
multi-step equations, equations with variables, linear equations, decimal
equations, formulas and functions, rates ratios and percents. Additionally, there
are problems for graphing linear equations and functions (coordinates and
scatter plots, data and statistics, graphing, intercepts, slope, direct
variation)
Writing Linear Equations
Linear equations in two variables are often
treated as linear functions. The lessons in this unit develop the concept of
the slope of a line, relate slope to rate of change, and explore the
relationship among tables, graphs and symbolic representations of a line. The
activities include contextual applications of linear functions.
Lessons include: writing an equation for slope intercept form, slope and a point, two points, fitting a line to data and statistics, point slope form, standard form, predicting models, exponents, scientific notation, exponential functions, quadratic equations and functions, polynomials and factoring, rational equations and functions, radicals and connections to geometry.
Basics of Geometry
Geometry, like most parts of mathematics and science, is the process developed when people begin to recognize and describe patterns. The lessons in this unit develop the use of patterns to make accurate predictions with conjecture and inductive reasoning. Students will learn the following content: patterns and inductive reasoning, points, lines, and planes, segments and their measures, angles and their measures, segments and angle bisectors, angle pair relationships, introduction to perimeter, circumference, and area.
Reasoning and Proof
conditional statements, definitions and bi-conditional statements, deductive reasoning, logic, reasoning with properties from algebra, proving statements about segments, proving statements about angles.
Perpendicular and Parallel Lines
lines and angles, proof and perpendicular lines, parallel lines and transversals, proving lines are parallel, using properties of parallel lines, parallel lines in the coordinate plane, perpendicular lines in the coordinate plane
Congruent Triangles
triangles and angles, congruence and triangles, proving triangles are congruent: sss and sas, proving triangles are congruent: asa and aas, using congruent triangles, isosceles, equilateral, and right triangles, triangles and coordinate proof
Properties of Triangles
perpendiculars and bisectors, bisectors of a triangle, medians and altitudes of a triangle, mid-segment theorem, inequalities in one triangle, indirect proof and inequalities in two triangles
Quadrilaterals
polygons, properties of parallelograms, proving quadrilaterals are parallelograms, rhombuses, rectangles, and squares, trapezoids and kites, special quadrilaterals, areas of triangles and quadrilaterals
Transformations
Rigid motion in a plane, reflections, rotations, translations and vectors, glide reflections and compositions, frieze patterns
Similarity
Ratio and proportion, problem solving in geometry with proportions, similar polygons, similar triangles, proving triangles are similar, proportions and similar triangles, dilations
Right Triangles and Trigonometry
similar right triangles, the Pythagorean theorem, the converse of the Pythagorean theorem, special right triangles, trigonometric ratios, solving right triangles, vectors
Circles
Tangents to circles, arcs and chords, inscribed angles, other angle relationships in circles, segment lengths in circles, equations of circles, locus, area of polygons and circles, angle measures in polygons, areas of regular polygons, perimeter and areas of similar figures, circumference and arc lengths, areas of circles and sectors, geometric probability
Surface Area and Volume
exploring solids, surface area of prisms and cylinders, surface area of pyramids and cones, volume of prisms and cylinders, volume of pyramids and cones, surface area and volume of spheres, similar solids
Learning Mathematics
Basic Math Concepts, Pre-Algebra, Algebra
Familiarize yourself with the laws for homeschool
www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/home-school
Colleges that admit homeschoolers
learninfreedom.org/colleges-home-schooled-students.html
Students in different areas of the country will need to check their local homeschool laws in each county inshaAllah
See this link to order the Pass Test for Homeschoolers inshaAllah
www.hewitthomeschooling.com/Testing/tMain.aspx
" The PASS Test was developed specifically for home schoolers. It has certain similarities to other achievement tests in that it estimates student achievement in the subjects of reading, language, and math. For grades 3 - 8."
How to contact THM Sadaqa Group
Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim
Assalaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuh
We have moved away from the use of our yahoo messenger and contact list. We will no longer be using the yahoo messenger app extention for salafi_academy barakAllahu feekum. The email account is still active, but we would prefer that participants contact us through the following:
1. thmteach2web@gmail.com
2. or through Skype using: Saddiqua_Muhammad_Black inshaAllah
3. Need to call or text? No problem dial or text us at 404.500.9432
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*Additional Updated Information as of 11/13/2017
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Last Will and Testament
Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim
Assalaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuh
Alhamdulillah, here is a basic form that you as Muslims can use as your Last Will and Testament to avoid any complications at the time of your death. This simple form will give the Muslims the right to take possession of your remains and to distribute your property according to Islamic Law (shariah) inshaAllah.
Please share amongst the Muslims
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Wa`alaykumus Salaam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuh