Middle School Math
This class will help middle-school students gain a solid foundation of algebraic reasoning and geometric skills as they prepare to move on to higher-level math and algebraic reasoning. It teaches math with a spiral approach, which emphasizes incremental development of new material and continuous review of previously taught concepts. The textbook introduces functions and coordinate graphing, integers, exponential expressions, and prime factorization. Students will specifically learn about the order of operations, number lines, decimal place value, how to find the percent of a number, how to round decimal numbers, attributes of geometric solids, and more. Lessons contain a warm-up (with facts practice, mental math, & problem-solving exercises), introduction to the new concept, lesson practice exercises where the new skill is practiced, and mixed practice exercises, which includes 25-30 old and new problems. In-depth "Investigations" are provided every 10 lessons, and have their own set of questions. The back of the book contains supplemental problems for selected lessons and concepts. HOMEWORK IS MANDATORY! Each student MUST have all adding, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts memorized over the summer. Each student will meet with the instructor via zoom by August 1 to assess that these skills are mastered before beginning class. Required Text: Saxon Math 7/6, 4th Edition, Student Text, ISBN-13: 9781591413196 Tuition is $450 per semester, which includes administrative fees to MAS, handouts, and is due by the first day of class each semester. This class is a prerequisite to Pre Algebra. |
