Mathematics

The goals of mathematics instruction is for students to understand and apply mathematical concepts, develop logical thinking, reasoning, and organization skill, and apply problem-solving strategies to solve real world problems. The sixth grade curriculum focuses on work with rational numbers, additional work with fractions, understanding ratios and rates, involving proportional reasoning, solving simple algebraic equations, and understanding the relationships between shapes to determine area and volume. The seventh grade curriculum focuses on developing an understanding of and applying proportional relationships; developing an understanding of operations with rational numbers; working with expressions and linear equations; solving problems involving scale drawings; working with two and three-dimensional shapes to solve problems involving area, surface area, and volume; using statistics to make inferences and comparisons; and applying concepts of probability. The eighth grade curriculum focuses on formulating and reasoning about expressions and equations, including modeling an association in bi-variate data with a linear equation, solving linear equations and systems of equations, grasping the concept of a function and using functions to describe quantitative relationships, analyzing two- and three- dimensional space and figures using distance, angle, similarity, and congruence, and understanding and applying the Pythagorean Theorem. Resources all grades use include Eureka and Connected Math Project 3.