Are Your Kids Math-Ready for the Fall? A Helpful Checklist
Our kids are resilient, our teachers are quick to adapt, and we have made it through a very unusual end to the school year.
For students, some of the trickiest adjustments to distance learning has been in mathematics. Now that the dust has settled and we are looking ahead, are your kids feeling confident about their upcoming year in math? Summer can be the best time to prepare, refresh, or catch up. Create a plan now and your students will have a productive 8 weeks to set them up for success in school.
Entering each of the following grades, Common Core and State Standards suggest a student best know and be able to use effectively:
Rising 5th grade - multi-digit multiplication and division, factors and multiples; word problems with fractions; area and perimeter; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with money
Rising 6th grade - order of operations, decimals, 4-functions with fractions, cubic measurement, successful protractor use, parallel and perpendicular lines, comfortable with coordinate system use
Rising 7th grade - ratios and proportions, including various units of measurement (e.g. liters and milliliters, distance and time;) factors and multiples, rational numbers, algebraic expressions and equations with variables, geometric problems involving area and volume, basics of statistics and probability (observing data, mean and median)
Rising 8th grade - using proportional relationships, percentages, and linear equations (e.g. simple interest, tax, percent increase and decrease,) 4-functions with rational numbers, representing and solving word problems with algebraic equations, drawing geometric figures, using formulas for area and circumference of a circle to solve problems, working with probability to make predictions, interpreting and drawing conclusions from statistical data
Rising 9th grade - solving systems of linear equations, understanding functions, irrational numbers, use of exponents, ability to represent triangular properties and the Pythagorean Theorem; translating, dilating, reflecting, and rotating geometric shapes in the coordinate plane; statistics - constructing and interpreting scatterplots to represent data and relationships
Weekly Summer Zoom spots available for math tutoring in the above areas.
Summer session starts June 20-August 14 , since many schools are starting early. Visit www.learnwithillana.com for details
Free initial call to discuss your student’s strengths and concerns and to determine areas of focus.
Once we determine area(s) that will best support your student for the coming year in math, we’ll create a summer curriculum to fill in gaps and build confidence.
