WASL Prep Class Design:

*Assist student's development of skills by expanding the students' competencies using contextual-based activities, on-line interactive learning format, and immediate feeback

*Build student's confidence

*Series of activities that focus on process with content embedded

*Support from the teachers in developing test-taking skills

*Support in developing technical reading skills and developing better written communication skills

Big Ideas from the WASL that are taught/reviewed in this class:

1. Using a fitted line

2. Stem and Leaf Plot

3. Using information from a table

4. Using information from 2 sources - such as a table and graph

5. Measures of central tendency

6. Box and Whisker Plots

7. Using a circle graph.

8. Order of operations

9. Experimental probability

10. Theoretical probability

11. Geometric probability

12. Working with percentages

13. Working with fractions

14. Perimeter vs. Area

15. Coordinate points

16. Transformations

17. Reading/Interpreting graphs

18. Using formulas

19. Using right triangle properties

20. Scientific notation

21. Decoding contextual-based problems

22. Equivalent measurements

23. Estimation in context

24. Venn diagrams

25. Permutations and combinations

26. Circles-area, circumference, diameter, radius

27. Surface Area

28. Volume and conversion

29. Volume vs. Perimeter-connection between measurements

30. Patterns

31. Drawing conclusions and supporting with evidence

32. Basic computation skills for non-calculator sections of the WASL

33. Decimals to hundredths place

34. Labeling when appropriate - measurements