MAT2L OUTLINE
Grade 10 Essential Math
College Heights Secondary School
OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
EXTENDING MONEY SENSE
By the end of this course, students will:
• interpret, write, and round decimal numbers with understanding in everyday money situations;
• solve problems involving money, drawn from everyday situations;
• communicate information about money concepts;
• use literacy skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) to obtain and communicate information about
money sense.
EXTENDING UNDERSTANDING OF MEASUREMENT
By the end of this course, students will:
• estimate and measure length, capacity, and mass, in order to consolidate understanding of the metric system;
• estimate and measure length, using the imperial system;
• solve problems, carry out investigations, estimate, and measure, using metric units, to consolidate
understanding of perimeter, area, and volume;
• communicate information about measurement concepts;
• use literacy skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) to obtain and communicate information about
measurement concepts.
EXTENDING UNDERSTANDING OF PROPORTIONAL REASONING
• determine relationships among fractions, percentages, ratios, and rates by constructing diagrams and estimating
measurements;
• solve problems drawn from everyday situations involving percent, ratio, rate, and fractions;
• communicate information about proportional reasoning;
• use literacy skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) to obtain and communicate information about
proportional reasoning.
COURSE TIMELINES
Unit
Title
Time
Unit
Title
Time
1
Working for Our
Money
8 classes
7
Getting the Right Mix
12 classes
2
Spending Money
8 classes
8
Planning a Trip
12 classes
3
Linear Metric
Measurement
7 classes
9
Circles and Cylinders
7 classes
4
Linear Measurement Imperial
8 classes
10
Gardens, Patios and
Pools
8 classes
5
Properties of Circles
8 classes
11
Summative Review
5 classes
6
Circles and Angles
8 classes
Total Time: 91 classes
EACH UNIT
Categories: Every category is given a grade for each evaluation in the following ratio.
Application - 30%
Knowledge & Understanding - 30%
Thinking, Inquiry, & Problem Solving - 20%
Communication - 20%
Accommodations:
• Assignments and tests are designed with space, table, and grids provided for answers to be
written (no lined paper required).
• Assignment collaboration is encouraged provided written solutions are unique.
• Assignments may be submitted at any time leading up to the final examination.
• Tests may be completed during the lunch break of the next day if necessary.
• Under certain conditions, assignments and tests may be written in an academic resource room
with one-to-one teacher’s aid.
Formative Assessment in the Unit:
• On-going informal assessment is taking place throughout the class as students work on their
assignments.
Unit Evaluation: Assignment Marks:
Total converted to mark out of
Application
19.5
Knowledge & Understanding
19.5
Thinking, Inquiry, & Problem Solving
13
Communication
13
65%
Test Mark:
Converted to mark out of
Application
Knowledge & Understanding
Thinking, Inquiry, & Problem Solving
Communication
10.5
10.5
7
7
35%
Unit Mark = Assignment Mark out of 65 + Test Mark out of 35
COURSE EVALUATION
Midterm Mark: The average of the unit marks completed to that point.
Final Mark:
Total of Unit Marks
Final Summative Mark:
Application
Knowledge & Understanding
Thinking, Inquiry, & Problem Solving
Communication
Total converted to mark out of
70
9
9
6
6
100%