SO WHAT ACTUALLY GOES ON IN JUNIOR HIGH MATH?
SO WHAT ACTUALLY GOES ON IN JUNIOR HIGH MATH?
Hopefully some fun and excitement where junior high students can discover that math isn’t all that bad. Definitely some learning! Plus you never know where Mr. Pauls is going to take the class discussion next!
6th Grade Math
Powers and Exponents
Order of Operations
Prime Factorization (Ladder Method!)
Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiple (Thank you, Mrs. Sells, for the Ladder Method!)
Operations with Fractions and Decimals
Ratios
Tape Diagrams
Rate and Unit Rates
Converting Measures
Percents, Fractions, and Decimals
Algebraic Expressions
Properties (Including Distributive Property)
One-Step and Two-Step Equations
Area and Volume (Are we done with the formula flash cards yet?)
Integers
Absolute Value
Inequalities (Writing, Graphing, and Solving)
7th Grade Math
Operations with Integers (NEGATIVE NUMBERS!)
Operations with Rational Numbers (Everyone loves fractions, right?)
Algebraic Expressions and Linear Equations(Simplifying, Adding, Subtracting, and Factoring)
The Distributive Property
Solving Two-Step Equations
Writing, Solving, and Graphing Inequalities
Ratios
Unit Rates
Writing and Solving Proportions
Proportional Relationships
Scale Drawing
Percent Proportion and Equation
Discounts, Markups, and Simple Interest
Probability (and the Dreaded Bag of Marbles!)
Samples and Population
Area, Surface Area, Volume, Perimeter, and Circumference (We love those formula flash cards!)
8th Grade Math
What is the difference between 8th grade math and 8th grade accelerated math? Both classes are covering the same concepts, but the pacing of each class will be different. For those students who learn at a slower pace, 8th grade math will go at a slower progression. For students who pick concepts up quickly, 8th grade accelerated math will allow them to learn everything taught in 8th grade math plus some extra skills and concepts with the possibility of an introduction to algebra one. When it comes to state assessments, all 8th graders take the same test, whether they take 8th grade math or 8th grade accelerated math. Except in special cases, all 8th graders will take algebra one as freshmen.
Rewriting Equations and Formulas
Angles of Polygons
Linear and Nonlinear Functions (Solving and Graphing, Slope)
Writing Equations in Slope-Intercept Form and Point-Slope Form
Scatter Plots and Lines of Best Fit
Relations and Functions
Product and Quotient of Powers
Zero and Negative Exponents
Scientific Notation (Translations and Operations)
Monomials (Operations with Exponents and Scientific Notation)
Solving and Graphing Multiple-Step Equations and Inequalities
Evaluating Expressions
Pythagorean Theorem (Students love this one!)
Irrational Numbers
Volume and Surface Area of Figures (and the dreaded formula flash cards!)
