Math 504

Unit 4 of 12 Welcome to Starline Press Starline Press is a character-based, state standards aligned, individualized and independent learning curriculum. Perfect for any independent learning environment, from Homeschool to Adult High School completion and Home and Hospital instruction, it is designed to allow each student to progress at his or her own pace, which may vary from subject to subject. Students find the instruction embedded in the material, so that the teachers’ voice is heard within the text. Both objective and subjective assessment methods are used to ensure mastery of the material. Challenging activities are included in each unit to help students to acquire critical thinking skillsets. Each complete Starline Press Curriculum Course contains from 5-12 individual units, from one semester to one years’ instruction. The Starline Press core curriculum course list includes Math, English, Social Studies and Science for 3rd through 12th grades. The Starline Press High School Elective curriculum course list includes; Physical Education, Personal Finance, Spanish, and Automotive Technology, Home Economics, Art, Music and many others. Each Unit (24 to 60 pages) is about 3 weeks work for a student and comes with a test inserted into the back for easy removal. The separately purchased Score Key comes with the Test Key inserted into the back of it. All units of a particular course must be completed to meet all of the objectives of that course. Starline’s 3rd – 8th grade curriculum offers 12 units per year. The 9th – 12th grade curriculum offers 5 units per semester and 10 units per year. Designed with independent learning and Homeschool in mind, Starline is self contained and includes lists of any additional resources needed to complete the units. Starline is a system of learning that is designed to be used independently, but can also be used as remediation or enrichment, special education individual ability and paced material or homework. Our contact numbers and more information about Starline can be found on our website at www.starlinepress.com. Quantity discounts are available for public and private schools, please call for information. Fifth grade students engage in standards based activities, including place value, decimals, exponents and prime factors. Students increase their facility with the four math operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) and apply them to fractions, decimals and positive and negative numbers. They learn to identify and add and subtract integers, use variable and tables, and organize and display data with types of graphs. Students study shapes, lines, points and angles, and learn to solve perimeter, surface and volume of an area. In the fifth grade students develop strong problem solving skills, conceptual understanding and basic and procedural skills.