Mathematics
The Shaker Middle School mathematics program provides students with the mathematical skills, understandings and attitudes that they need to be successful in their future careers and daily lives.
The primary goals of the Mathematics program are as follows:
Students will:
Become mathematical problem solvers
Learn to communicate mathematically
Learn to reason mathematically
Learn to value mathematics
Become confident in their own ability
Courses
Math 6
The Math 6 course will cover the New York State Grade 6 Common Core standards and is designed to prepare students to be successful on the NYS Grade 6 math assessment. Topics include:
Ratios and Proportional Relationships:
Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.
The Number System:
Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions; multiply and divide multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples; apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.
Expressions and Equations:
Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions; reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities; represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables.
Geometry:
Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.
Statistics and Probability:
Develop understanding of statistical variability; summarize and describe distributions.
Math 6 Accelerated
Prerequisite: Math 6 Accelerated Criteria
This course covers all of the Grade 6 content standards and half of the grade 7 content standards. The course is designed to be accelerated and enriched to challenge our highest level math students. Students in this course need to demonstrate a high level of motivation and ability in mathematics. Students should be prepared to move through and apply concepts at a rapid pace. This is the first course in the accelerated pathway and leads to students taking CC Algebra 1 in 8th grade.
AIS Math 6
AIS Math 6 is an Academic Intervention Service (AIS) for sixth graders who need extra assistance in mathematics. This program is for students who scored at Level I or II on the 5th grade NYS math assessment or were recommended for inclusion by their 5th grade math teacher or tested below grade level on the EOY i-Ready Diagnostic assessment. Students enrolled in AIS Math 6 meet for an extra block of instructional time to receive remediation.
Math 7
The Math 7 course will cover the New York State Grade 7 Common Core standards and is designed to prepare students to be successful on the NYS Grade 7 math assessment. Topics include:
Ratios and Proportional Relationships:
Analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems.
The Number System:
Apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers
Expressions and Equations:
Use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions; solve real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations.
Geometry:
Draw, construct and describe geometrical figures and describe the relationships between them; solve real life and mathematical problems involving angle measure, area, surface area, and volume.
Statistics and Probability:
Use random sampling to draw inferences about a population; draw informal comparative inferences about two populations; investigate chance processes and develop, use, and evaluate probability model statistical variability; summarize and describe distributions.
Math 7 Accelerated
Prerequisite: Math 7 Accelerated criteria
This course covers the remaining Grade 7 standards and all of Grade 8 standards. The course is designed to be accelerated and enriched to challenge our highest level math students. Students in this course need to demonstrate a high level of motivation and ability in mathematics. Students should be prepared to move through and apply concepts at a rapid pace. This is the second course in the accelerated pathway and leads to students taking CC Algebra 1 in 8th grade.
AIS Math 7
AIS Math 7 is an Academic Intervention Service (AIS) for seventh graders who need extra assistance in mathematics. This program is for students who scored at Level I or II on the 6th grade NYS math assessment or were recommended for inclusion by their 6th grade math teacher or tested below grade level on the EOY i-Ready Diagnostic assessment. Students enrolled in AIS Math 7 meet for an extra block of instructional time to receive remediation.
Math 8
The Math 8 course will cover the New York State Grade 8 Common Core standards and is designed to prepare students to be successful on the NYS Grade 8 math assessment. Topics include:
The Number System
Know that there are numbers that are not rational, and approximate them by rational numbers.
Expressions and Equations:
Work with radicals and integer exponents; understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations; analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations.
Geometry:
Understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software; understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem; solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume of cylinders, cones and spheres.
Statistics and Probability:
Investigate patterns of association in bivariate data.
Functions:
Define, evaluate, and compare functions; use functions to model relationships between quantities.
Algebra I
Prerequisite: In general, a student is expected to meet the following criteria to be placed in this advanced class:
A. The student must have demonstrated high achievement in Math 7 Accelerated. Recommended grade of 80 or higher in Math 7 Accelerated.
B. The student should be recommended by his/her current math teacher for placement into the program.
This course is an enriched version of the 9th grade Regents Algebra 1 course at SHS. It is available to eighth grade students who demonstrate a strong ability and interest in mathematics and who plan on pursuing a five-year mathematics sequence. It is also a prerequisite for further study in mathematics and science at the Honors level. While much of this course is focused on algebra with some geometry, other areas, such as probability and statistics, are also introduced. The final exam for this course is the New York State Common Core Algebra Regents exam; students in this course will not be required to complete the NYS eighth grade math assessment. Students successfully completing the course will receive one high school Regents credit. Students will be evaluated at the end of the school year and recommended to pursue either the Regents or Honors Geometry math program in ninth grade based upon the quality of completed work.
AIS Math 8
AIS Math 8 is an Academic Intervention Service (AIS) for eighth graders who need extra assistance in mathematics. This program is for students who scored at Level I or II on the 7th grade NYS math assessment or were recommended for inclusion by their 7th grade math teacher or tested below grade level on the EOY i-Ready Diagnostic assessment.. Students enrolled in AIS Math 8 meet for an extra block of instructional time to receive remediation.
Math Foundations
A math class based upon grade-level curriculum. The instruction is differentiated based upon each student’s math concept abilities and their IEP goals. The student-teacher ratio is 15 to 1.