Middle School

Mathematics

The study of mathematics centers on the development of students’ mathematical thinking. The relationship between quantity and space is explored through the learning of concepts; understanding and communicating the language of math; developing visual-spatial ability; and using tools and procedures in order to analyze and solve problems.

Grade Six

* number sense * ratio/proportion * percent * fractions and decimals * statistics and data analysis * population * biased sample and display * graphical representation of data * mean, median, mode * measurement * units, systems, processes * angles, perimeter * estimating measurements * prisms, cylinders, pyramids * congruity, similarity, symmetry * coordinate geometry * spatial reasoning * arithmetic to algebra * one-step linear equations * commutative, associative, distributive properties *

Resources: Middle School Math, Course I, Scott-Foresman-Addison Wesley * Connected Math
Program *

Grade Seven

* variables and patterns (introducing algebra) * stretching and shrinking (similarity) * comparing and scaling (ratios, proportion, and percents) * accentuate the negative (integers) * moving straight ahead (linear relationships ) * filling and wrapping (three-dimensional measurement) * what do you expect? (probability and expected value) * data distributions (describing variability and comparing groups) *

Resources: Transition Mathematics, Grade 7 * Connected Mathematics 2, Grade 7 * Mathematics: A Human Endeavor * Mental Math in the Middle Grades