Department of Mathematics
St. Edmund Campion Secondary School
Course Code: MAT2L1
Course Name: Mathematics
Level:
Grade 10, Locally Developed
This course provides students who have experienced significant difficulties in previous Mathematics courses an
opportunity to obtain sufficient background and skill development to prepare them for Grade 11 and 12
Workplace Preparation courses. Whenever possible, ideas will be presented in a real-life context, providing
students with the opportunity to explore, organize, interpret, and use mathematical models to solve problems.
Technology and manipulative materials will be used wherever appropriate. Assessment and evaluation will be
done using a wide variety of strategies.
Overall Course Expectations:
Developing & Consolidating Money Sense
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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 to obtain and communicate information about money sense;
Developing & Consolidating Concepts in Measurement
• 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 to obtain and communicate information about measurement concepts;
Developing & Consolidating Concepts in Proportional Reasoning
• determine relationships among fractions, percentages, ratios, and rates by constructing diagrams, building
models, 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.
Efforts will be made to meet the individual learning needs of students to promote student success
with respect to meeting these expectations.
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Parent’s/Guardian’s Signature: _________________________ Date: _______________
Course Outline:
Resources:
The course will use a variety of resources. The
primary textbook Math Essentials will be
distributed to students during the first week of
the course. The text and all other resources
assigned to each student are the responsibility
of the student. Any damage incurred will result
in payment for replacement. Replacement cost
for the text is $50.00.
(all timelines are approximate)
Unit 1: Working with Money
Unit 2: Extending Money Concepts
Unit 3: Metric Measurement
Unit 4: Imperial Measurement
Unit 5: Circles
Unit 6: Circles and Angles
Summative Evaluation
12 days
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9 days
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7 days
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10 days
Summative Assessment will be administered towards the end of
the course and may include culminating activities and/or a final
examination.
Evaluation Policies
1. Student marks will be determined by evaluating process & product according to 4 categories (see
below) & 4 levels of the Achievement Chart as found in the Ministry Policy document for
Mathematics.
Evaluation Structure:
Knowledge/Understanding
Application
Communication
Thinking/Inquiry
30%
30%
20%
20%
Term work = 70% of the final mark. Summative work = 30% of the final mark.
2. Feedback will also be provided for student learning skills. Working independently, teamwork,
organization, work habits/homework, and initiative are assessed apart from student achievement in
the four categories outlined above and will conform to the coding:
E – Excellent
G – Good
S – Satisfactory
N - Needs Improvement
3. Assignments submitted after the due date established by the teacher will receive a penalty in
accord with our school evaluation policy as outlined in the agenda. No assignment will be accepted
once a teacher has returned marked assignments. Chronic lateness indicates poor organization
skills and will result in parental contact and be reported in the learning skills section of the report
card.
4. Should a student miss an evaluation due to a legitimate absence, a note shall be provided to the
teacher the day of the student’s return to class stating the reason for absence and the
parent/guardian’s awareness that the student has missed an evaluation. Makeup will be at the
teacher’s discretion. Should such documentation not be provided, a mark of zero will be
assigned.
May God bless your efforts this semester!