The Mathematics program in grades 6 through 8 is designed to provide a strong foundation in mathematics for all students. Students are given the opportunity to develop skills required to enhance their problem solving skills and mathematical ability.

Courses provide opportunities for success that encourage all students to develop a positive attitude about mathematics by engaging them in exploring and solving interesting mathematical problems, using mathematics in meaningful ways, by focusing on concepts and understanding, as well as on procedures, and by consistently expecting students to go beyond repetition and memorization of content standards to problem solving and understanding.

In addition to the NJSLS, mathematics instruction is guided by the NCTM's Standards for Mathematical Practice. As referenced by NCTM, the Standards for Mathematical Practice describe varieties of expertise that mathematics educators at all levels should seek to develop in their students. These practices rest on important “processes and proficiencies” with longstanding importance in mathematics education.

Students will engage with curricular materials from enVision Mathematics 2021 6-8 and Connected Mathematics throughout the school year.

In Grade 6 students continue to delve deeper into mathematical study and begin to explore content directly related to future study of Algebra.

As referenced by the New Jersey Student Learning Standards (NJSLS), instructional time focuses on four critical areas:

(1) connecting ratio and rate to whole number multiplication and division and using concepts of ratio and rate to solve problems;

(2) completing understanding of division of fractions and extending the notion of number to the system of rational numbers, which includes negative numbers;

(3) writing, interpreting, and using expressions and equations; and

(4) developing understanding of statistical thinking.

In Grade 7 students continue to delve deeper into mathematical study and begin to explore content directly related to future study of Algebra.

As referenced by the New Jersey Student Learning Standards (NJSLS), instructional time focuses on four critical areas:

(1) developing understanding of and applying proportional relationships;

(2) developing understanding of operations with rational numbers and working with expressions and linear equations;

(3) solving problems involving scale drawings and informal geometric constructions, and working with two- and three-dimensional shapes to solve problems involving area, surface area, and volume; and

(4) drawing inferences about populations based on samples.

In Grade 8 students continue to delve deeper into mathematical study and begin to explore content directly related to future study of Algebra.

As referenced by the New Jersey Student Learning Standards (NJSLS), instructional time focuses on three critical areas:

(1) formulating and reasoning about expressions and equations, including modeling an association in bivariate data with a linear equation, and solving linear equations and systems of linear equations;

(2) grasping the concept of a function and using functions to describe quantitative relationships;

(3) analyzing two- and three-dimensional space and figures using distance, angle, similarity, and congruence, and understanding and applying the Pythagorean Theorem.