WELCOME TO TH 7 GRADE ADVANCED MATH LINEAR

WELCOME TO TH 7 GRADE ADVANCED MATH: LINEAR ALGEBRA Dr. Porshia Wrschka

A LITTLE ABOUT ME… I moved to Arizona from Connecticut about 11 years ago. Teaching is my second career. I’ve worked in the semiconductor’s industry as a Process Development Engineer and as a Project Management Professional. This is my third year teaching at Aprende. I ‘ve been married for 18 years. I have a high school sophmore, and a middle schooler in 6 th grade.

Education • BS and Ph. D Chemical Engineering from MIT and University of Texas at Austin respectively Career • Semiconductor Development Process Engineer and Project Management Professional at IBM • Third year teaching at Aprende Middle School

LINEAR ALGEBRA CURRICULUM: FALL SEMESTER 1 st Quarter Transforming Geometric Objects Rigid Motion Transformations Similarity Line and Angle Relationships 2 nd Quarter Linear Relationships Functions

LINEAR ALGEBRA CURRICULUM: SPRING SEMESTER 3 rd Quarter Patterns in Bivariate Data Solving Linear Equations Systems of Linear Equations 4 th. Quarter: Compound Probability The Real Number System Pythagorean Theorem Exponents and Scientific Notation Volume of Curved Figures

RESOURCE MATERIALS Carnegie Textbooks ● Kyrene adopted the curriculum in 2015. It is specifically designed for middle school. ● Student Centered learning ● Inquiry Based and Direct Instruction Mix ● Based on real-life, math related scenarios ● Consumables & Online

ONLINE RESOURCE MATERIALS Mathia ● Carnegie’s online program that follows our curriculum ● Provides students with independent, focused-practice ● Designed for extended learning and intervention.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL • Zoom link will be sent through Parent. Vue. • Please update phone and email information

IN CONCLUSION I am here to partner with you to help your child learn all they can this year. If you have any questions or concerns throughout the year, please email me: Email: PWrschka@kyrene. org (preferred)