Math
Math Team
Math Curriculum
6th Grade
August
The Number System
Learning Targets
- Students apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions
- Students compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples
- Students apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers
September/October
November/December
The Number System
Learning Targets
- Students apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions
- Students compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples
- Students apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers
January
Expressions & Equations
Learning Targets
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Students apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions
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Students reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities
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Students represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables
February/March
Expressions & Equations
Learning Targets
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Students apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions
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Students reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities
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Students represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables
Geometry
Learning Targets
- Students solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume
April/May
7th Grade
August/September
The Number System
Learning Targets
- Students apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers
Ratios & Proportional Relationships
Learning Targets
- Students analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems
October
The Number System
Learning Targets
- Students apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers
Expressions & Equations
Learning Targets
- Students use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions
- Students solve real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations
November
December
Expressions & Equations
Learning Targets
- Students use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions
- Students solve real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations
Geometry
Learning Targets
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Students draw, construct, and describe geometrical figures and describe the relationships between them
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Students solve real-life and mathematical problems involving angle measure, area, surface area, and volume
January - March
April/May
8th Grade
August/September
October/November
Geometry
Learning Targets
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Students understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software
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Students understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem
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Students solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume of cylinders, cones, and spheres
The Number System
Learning Targets
- Students Know that there are numbers that are not rational, and approximate them by rational numbers
Functions
Learning Targets
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Students define, evaluate, and compare functions
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Students use functions to model relationships between quantities
December - March
April
Expressions & Equations
Learning Targets
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Students work with radicals and integer exponents
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Students understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations
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Students analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations
Statistics & Probability
Learning Targets
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Students investigate patterns of association in bivariate data