6th-8th Math
October 5, 2022 | Sam Choi
Curriculum:
Sixth grade
Students explore new concepts with numbers and operations while continuing to work with whole numbers, fractions, percentages, and measurements. Number theory work includes primes, factors, and multiples. Extensive work with geometry, fractions, statistics, and probability are also important.
Units of Study
Number Sense, Rational Numbers, Ratio and Proportions, Expressions, Equations and Inequalities, Geometry, Statistics
Seventh grade
Students perfect skills and concepts learned in previous years, and they undertake an extensive pre-algebra curriculum. Students focus on proportional relationships and linear growth patterns. They study the order of operations and begin to solve simple equations and inequalities. Geometry concepts are also explored, including the Pythagorean theorem and circle geometry.
Units of Study
Integers, Rational Numbers, Real Numbers, Exponents and Scientific Notations, Algebraic Expressions, Equations and Inequalities, Ratio and Proportions, Percents, Geometry, Probability and Statistics, Linear Equations, Proportional Relationships and Lines, Functions and Relations
Eighth grade
Algebraic study, which can be thought of as the “science of comparison and reduction,” begins in early grades and ends with a formal study in the eighth grade year. Such study includes work with variables, expressions and equations, transformation of equations, polynomials, linear and quadratic equations, Cartesian planes, and set theory.
Units of Study
Expressions and Operations, Equations and Inequalities, Transformations and Congruence, Dilations and Similarity, Right Triangles and Volume, Functions, Linear Functions, Exponents and Radicals, Exponential Functions, Descriptive Statistics, System of Equations and Inequalities, Polynomials, Quadratics
Homework:
Students will be assigned daily homework assignments from either the Mathspace program or their textbook. Students are expected to work 30 to 45 minutes per day, split between the home and classroom.
Assessment:
Daily Assignments
Weekly Quizzes
Monthly Chapter Tests
Quarterly Projects
Grading:
Assignments (15%)
Quizzes (25%)
Tests (45%)
Projects (15%)
