Prerequisite Skills by Grade

Listed below are some of the most valuable skills that students should have proficiency with upon entering each grade to help with the understanding of new skills and concepts learned this year:

8th Grade

  1. Operations with rational numbers (adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions, decimals, positive and negative values)

  2. Solving one and two step equations with rational numbers

  3. Order of operations

  4. Plotting points on a coordinate plane

  5. Writing and solving proportions

7th Grade

  1. Operations with fractions (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division)

  2. Operations with decimals (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division)

  3. Solving one-step equations

  4. Finding unit rates/using ratio tables

  5. Calculations with percents

6th Grade

  1. Whole number operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)

  2. Finding equivalent fractions

  3. Place value

  4. Fraction operations (addition and subtraction)

  5. Decimal operations (addition and subtraction)