Our school uses iReady, an online learning program that helps students develop essential math skills. We are able to give diagnostic assessments at strategic points during the school year that identifies each student's strengths and areas where they may need additional support. Based on these results, iReady delivers personalized, engaging lessons in iReady MyPath that target specific math concepts, such as algebra, geometry, and fractions.
One thing that I love about this program is that it adapts to each student's learning pace, ensuring they receive the right level of challenge and practice. I use regular progress monitoring to help track students' growth and adjust instruction as needed.
Grade 6
Unit 1 Expressions and Equations: Area, Algebraic Expressions, and Exponents
Finding the area of polygons
Using nets to find surface area
Understanding and writing algebraic expressions
Solving simple one-step equations
Understanding variables and solving for unknowns
Unit 2 Decimals and Fractions: Base-Ten Operations, Division with Fractions, and Volume
Add, subtract, and multiply multi-digit decimals
Divide whole numbers and multi-digit decimals
Understand division with fractions
Solve volume problems with fractions
Unit 3 Ratio Reasoning: Ratio Concepts and Equivalent Ratios
Finding equivalent ratios
Understanding proportional relationships
Unit 4 Ratio Reasoning: Unit Rates and Percent
Solving problems involving ratios, rates, and unit rates
Using percents to solve problems
Unit 5 Algebraic Thinking: Equivalent Expressions with Variables
Writing and identifying equivalent expressions
Solving one and two-variable equations
Unit 6 Positive and Negative Numbers: Absolute Value, Inequalities, and the Coordinate Plane
Understanding and ordering positive and negative numbers
Writing and graphing one-value inequalities
Coordinate plane and plotting points
Unit 7 Statistical Thinking: Data Distribution and Measures of Center and Variability
Mean, median, mode, and range
Understanding and interpreting data
Probability and predictions based on data
Grade 7
Unit 1 Proportional Relationships: Ratios, Rates, and Circles
Solving problems involving scale, proportional relationships, and area/circumference of circles
Finding unit rates involving ratios of fractions
Scale drawings and representing proportional relationships
Unit 2 Numbers and Operations: Add and Subtract Rational Numbers
Adding and subtracting with with negative integers
Unit 3 Numbers and Operations: Multiply and Divide Rational Numbers
Understanding multiplication and division with negative integers
Expressing rational numbers as terminating or repeating decimals
Using the four operations with negative numbers
Unit 4 Algebraic Thinking: Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities
Writing equivalent expressions involving rational numbers
Understanding, writing, and solving multi-step equations
Unit 5 Proportional Reasoning: Percents and Statistical Samples
Solving problems involving percent, percent change, and percent error
Understanding random sampling and comparing populations
Unit 6 Geometry: Solids, Triangles, and Angles
Solving problems involving area, surface area, and volume
Describing plane sections of three dimensional figures
Finding unknown angle measures
Unit 7 Probability: Theoretical Probability, Experimental Probability, and Compound Events
Solving problems involving experimental probablity, probability models, and compound events
Grade 8
Unit 1 Geometric Figures: Rigid Transformations and Congruence
Working with single rigid transformations in the coordinate plane
Working with sequences of transformations and congruence
Unit 2 Geometric Figures: Transformations, Similarity, and Angle Relationships
Understanding dilations and similarity
Performing and describing transformations involving dilations
Describing angle relationships in triangles
Unit 3 Linear Relationships: Slope, Linear Equations, and Systems
Graph proportional relationships and define slope
Derive and graph linear equations in the form y=mx+b
Solve linear equations in one variable
Determine the number of solutions to one-variable equations
Understanding systems of linear equations in two variables
Solving systems of linear equations algebraically
Unit 4 Functions: Linear and Nonlinear Relationships
Using functions to model linear relationships
Comparing different representations of functions
Analyzing functional relationships qualitatively
Unit 5 Integer Exponents: Properties and Scientific Notation
Apply exponent properties for positive and negative integer exponents
Express numbers using integer powers of 10
Work with scientific notation
Unit 6 Real Numbers: Rational Numbers, Irrational Numbers, and the Pythagorean Theorem
Finding square and cube roots
Expressing rational numbers as fractions and decimals
Finding rational approximations of irrational numbers
Understanding and applying the pythagorean theorem and its converse
Solving problems with the volume of cylinders, cones, and spheres
Unit 7 Statistics: Two Variable Data and Fitting a Linear Model
Analyze scatter plots and fit a linear model to data
Write and analyze an equation for fitting a linear model to data
Understand, construct, and interpret two-way tables
Algebra 1
Unit 1 Foundations of Algebra 1
1.1 Order of Operations
1.2 Simplifying and Evaluating Expressions
1.3 Writing Algebraic Expressions
1.4 Solutions to Equations & Solving 1-step Equations
Unit 2 Equations
2.1 Solving Two Step Equations
2.2 Solving Multi-Step Equations
2.3 Application Problems Involving Equations
2.4 Proportions & Percents
2.5 Application Problems Involving Proportions & Percents
2.6 Literal Equations and Formulas
2.7 Absolute Value Equations
Unit 3 Inequalities & Absolute Value Inequalities
3.1 Solving one-step inequalities
3.2 Solving Multi-Step Inequalities
3.3 Solving Compound Inequalities
3.4 Solving Absolute Value Inequalities
3.5 Application Problems Involving Inequalities
Unit 4 Relations and Functions
4.1 Graphing Ordered Pairs
4.2 Writing Function Rules
4.3 Graphing a Function Rule
4.4 Identifying Domain and Range
4.5 Sketching Graphs
Unit 5 Linear Functions
5.1 Rate Of Change (Slope)
5.2 Direct Variation
5.3 Slope-intercept Form
5.4 Point-Slope Form
5.5 Standard Form
5.6 Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
5.7 Scatter Plots & Trend Lines
5.8 Graphs of Absolute Value Functions
Unit 6 Systems Of Equations & Inequalities
6.1 Solving Systems Of Equations By Graphing
6.2 Solving Systems Of Equations By Substitution
6.3 Solving Systems Of Equations By Elimination
6.4 Solving Systems Of Inequalities By Graphing
6.5 Applications Of Systems Of Equations
Unit 7 Exponents
7.1 Product and Quotient Properties of Exponents
7.2 Power Property
7.3 Zero and Negative Exponents
7.4 Exponential Expressions
7.5 Rational Exponents and Radicals
Unit 8 Polynomials
8.1 Adding and Subtracting Polynomials
8.2 Multiplying Polynomials
8.3 Factoring a GCF From A Polynomial
8.4 Factoring Trinomials A = 1
8.5 Factoring When the Leading Coefficient Doesn’t Equal 1
8.6 Factoring Special Cases
Unit 9 Quadratics
9.1 Solving Quadratic Equations By Factoring
9.2 Quadratic Graphs And Their Properties
9.3 Sketching Quadratics Graphs By Identifying The Vertex, Y-intercept, Point of Symmetry
9.4 Identifying X-intercepts
Unit 10 Application Review
10.1 Writing Expressions and Equations Review
10.2 Problem Solving Plan Utilizing Proportions
10.3 Solving Real-World Problems with Two-Step Equations
10.4 Comparison of Problem-Solving Models
10.5 Applications of Quadratic Equations
10.6 Applications of Linear Systems
10.7 Mixture Problems