The math programs for middle school uses a smartboard to build on math previously
learned.
Grade six begins with a comprehensive review of skills learned
in previous grades. We then build on these skills by introducing the concepts of
exponents, rounding decimals and fractions, multiplying and dividing by moving
decimal points, scientific notation, ratios, proportion, percent, graphing,
measurement, variable expressions, and one-step equations using variables.
Grade seven continues with the work started in grade six and expands on
these concepts. Some of the work of grade seven includes more detail in
graphing, introducing two-step equations, integers (positive and negative
numbers), fractions and number theory, more geometry and algebra.
Grade
eight continues with the work of grades six and seven. Greater emphasis is given
in geometry and algebra than in previous grades and there is more detail in the
other areas of the math program, and a particular emphasis on problem solving
skills.
The math program at Immaculate Conception includes the basic
concepts of math as well as an introduction to geometry and
algebra.