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    • Math Skills Forum

      Course Description

      This course is designed to help students to grade level readiness. Students will work on mastering their multiplication and division facts. Students will work on both grade level learning experiences as well as content from previous grades and elementary school. Throughout this course, students will persevere in problem solving, engage in  mathematical arguments, model mathematics, communicate with precision, discern patterns and structures, and analyze the whole situation and work with the details.  

      Key Course Learning Experiences

      • Area and Surface Area (6th Grade, 7th Grade)

      • Ratios and Proportional Relationships (6th, 7th Grade) 

      • Unit Rates and Percentages (6th, 7th Grade) 

      • Dividing Fractions (6th Grade)

      • Arithmetic in Base Ten (6th, 7th Grade)

      • Expressions and Equations (6th, 7th, 8th Grade)

      • Inequalities (7th Grade)  

      • Rational Numbers (6th, 7th, 8th Grade) 

      • Data Sets, Distributions, and Probability (6th, 7th, 8th Grade)

      • Scale Drawings (7th Grade) 

      • Measuring Circles (7th Grade)

      • Angles, Triangles, and Prisms (7th, 8th Grade) 

      • Rigid Transformations and Congruence (7th, 8th Grade)

      • Dilations, Similarity, Slope (8th Grade) 

      • Linear Relationships (7th, 8th Grade) 

      • Linear Equations and Linear Systems (8th Grade) 

      • Functions and Volume (8th Grade) 

      • Associations in Data (8th Grade) 

      • Exponents and Scientific Notation (8th Grade)

      • Pythagorean Theorem and Irrational Numbers (8th Grade)  


      Essential Learning Goals

      1. Fact Fluency (30%) 

      Students are able to show multiplication/ division fact fluency

      2. Self Directed Learning (30%) 

      Students are able to show responsibility by working independently and using feedback given as a guide for learning and growth. 

      3. Critical Thinking (40%)

      Students will participate in small group discussions on grade level math content.

      Major Assessments and Success Criteria

      Students will engage in summative and formative assessments employing the Essential Learning Goals. Through a process of reflection and revision, students will work towards mastery of his/her learning.  Assessments will be geared towards checking math fact fluency and grade level content proficiency.