Do any of you high school math teachers teach on a 4 block schedule?

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I work at a 4x4 block schedule school. All of our math classes last 1 semester. The exception (sort of) is AP Calculus, which is split up into 2 classes. AB in the fall and BC (optional) in the spring.

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I loved teaching on a 90 minute block! Time to go over homework thoroughly, give a lesson, and start to practice before they left!

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If so, then I have a question about how you school schedules math classes....are all math classes taught in one semester, are some math classes yearlong, etc.?

Do you all teach all the standards or have you prioritized the "power standards"? I know that math teachers at my school always say there's just not enough time to get it all taught. I feel like with a semester class there wouldn't be much time for things like review games. Just...go, go, go! 😥

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