Math Groups

The Innovators are working on 4 different grades in math.  Students were initially assessed as to what background information they have to help us put them into a math group.  Once their initial group was decided, we assessed the students on the first chapter to discover what prior knowledge they had and what they needed to learn.  This helps to drive our instruction on the specifics that students need to know and they will only be taught what they don’t know.  

Students working in the 5^th grade book are working on place value concepts in the first chapter.  Students in the Course 1 book (6^th grade book), the students are learning beginning algebraic expressions, as well as prime factorization of numbers.  The Course 2 (7^th grade) students are working exponents, order of operations, and solving algebraic expressions.  The students in the Course 3 (8^th grade) book moved quickly through the first chapter since they all knew the concepts in this chapter.  After a quick review, we were able to move right into the second chapter, which is about the 4 operations of fractions and mixed numbers.  They are also converting fractions and decimals, including irrational numbers.  

The students in The Innovators and Gumshoes switch classes for math depending on their group. Everyone is really excited to have their own math book to work from.