Mathematics
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Incoming 9th Grade Students
- REQUIRED Summer Packet for all students who will be taking 9th Grade Honors Integrated Math 1
- OPTIONAL Summer Packet for all other incoming 9th Graders
Incoming 10th Grade Students
- REQUIRED Summer Math Packet for students moving from Integrated Math 1 CP to Integrated Math 2 Honors
Guiding Principles
The K-12 Medford Public Schools Mathematics Curriculum reflects and supports the vision of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and the Massachusetts State Curriculum Framework for Mathematics (2017), the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System. The mathematics programs adopted by the district are based on the district’s K-12 philosophy that:
- Math class is about learning and not rote memorization
- Mistakes are valuable and give a reason to reflect
- Questions and their timing are important to have deeper learning
- Depth is achieved through interesting and engaging mathematical problems that encourage connections, conversations and modeling.
While the mathematics content standards change from one grade to the other, the mathematics practice standards stay the same for grades K -12 and are as follows:
- make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
- reason abstractly and quantitatively
- construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
- model with mathematics
- use appropriate tools strategically
- attend to precision
- look for and make use of structure
- look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
DESE Curriculum Frameworks
Curriculum Overview
The Mathematics Department at MHS/MVTHS offers a core mathematics program for grade 9 -12 students that is rigorous in content, high in expectations, and accessible to all students. All students must take and pass four years of mathematics to include a course beyond Algebra II or Integrated Mathematics III. The recommended course sequence is Integrated Mathematics I/Integrated Mathematics II/Integrated Mathematics III, followed by a 5-credit mathematics elective. Students who complete 8th-grade Honors shall take Integrated Mathematics 1 Honors in grade nine. Students coming from 8th-grade Standard also have the opportunity to take Integrated Math 1 Honors. Computer programming courses offered in the mathematics department can count toward the 4-year requirement in the senior year with permission from the Curriculum Director and Director of Guidance. The department also offers mini-courses. The department offers the following main courses:
Algebra II (CP/Honors)
Integrated Mathematics I (CP/Honors)
Integrated Mathematics II (CP/Honors)
Integrated Mathematics III (CP)
Topics in Algebra and Trigonometry (CP)
Mathematical Decision Making (Honors)
Personal Finance (CP)
Consumer Math (CP)
Statistics (CP)
Pre-Calculus (CP/Honors)
Calculus (Honors)
Explorations in Computer Programming
AP Statistics
AP Calculus
AP Computer Science A Java