Math

GRADE 6 MATHEMATICS

306                  Grade Level 6

Grade 6 Mathematics is a standard course of study aligned with the Grade 6 Maryland College and Career-Ready Standards. Students will study numerical operations (including basic operations and their proper order with whole numbers, decimals, and fractions); ratio concepts; algebraic expressions and one-variable equations and inequalities; geometry (including area, surface area, and volume); measurement; and concepts of data analysis (including statistical variability). Students will gain skills during this course to be able to demonstrate their understanding of mathematics by modeling and solving real-world problems, making sense of quantities and their relationships, and reasoning mathematically. Students will take the Grade 6 Mathematics MCAP assessment during this course.

GRADE 6 ENRICHED MATHEMATICS (Merit Program Course)

316                  Grade Level 6

Grade 6 Enriched Mathematics is a rigorous course of study aligned with the Grade 6 Maryland College and Career-Ready Standards.  Students will study numerical operations (including basic operations and their proper order with positive and negative rational numbers - whole numbers, fractions, decimals); ratio concepts; algebraic expressions and one-variable equations and inequalities; geometry (including area, surface area, and volume); measurement; and concepts of data analysis (including statistical variability). Students will gain skills during this course to be able to demonstrate their understanding of mathematics by modeling and solving real-world problems, making sense of quantities and their relationships, and reasoning mathematically. Students will take the Grade 6 Mathematics MCAP assessment during this course.

MAGNET GRADE 6 ACCELERATED & ENRICHED MATHEMATICS

326MG            Grade Level 6

Magnet Grade 6 Accelerated & Enriched Mathematics is a rigorous course of study aligned with all of the Grade 6, all of the Grade 7 and some of the Grade 8 Maryland College and Career-Ready Standards.  In this accelerated course, students will compute with positive and negative rational numbers and will expand their understanding of real numbers to also include irrational numbers.  Students will build an understanding of ratio concepts and use that understanding to analyze proportional relationships in context and to compare relationships represented in graphs, tables and equations.  Students will use the operations of rational numbers to formulate expressions and equations in one variable and will use these linear equations to solve problems with one solution, no solutions, or infinitely many solutions.  Students will solve mathematical and real-world problems involving area, surface area, and volume.  Students engage in learning experiences around statistics and probability which allow them to draw inferences and to compare two populations, and to evaluate probability to models.  Students will gain skills during this course to be able to demonstrate their understanding of mathematics by modeling and solving real-world problems, making sense of quantities and their relationships, and reasoning mathematically. Students will take the Grade 6 Mathematics MCAP assessment during this course.

Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Magnet program at Northern or Springfield Middle Schools during Grade 6, only.

GRADE 7 MATHEMATICS

307                  Grade Level 7

Grade 7 Mathematics is a standard course of study aligned with the Grade 7 Maryland College and Career-Ready Standards.  Students will study the number system (including proficiency in skills involving positive and negative rational numbers and operations); ratio concepts to analyze proportional relationships; algebraic expressions and one-variable equations and inequalities with rational numbers; algebraic formulas; measurement and geometry (including area, surface area, volume, and angle relationships); and concepts of data analysis, including statistics and probability.  Students will gain skills during this course to be able to demonstrate their understanding of mathematics by modeling and solving real-world problems, making sense of quantities and their relationships, and reasoning mathematically. Students will take the Grade 7 Mathematics MCAP assessment during this course.

GRADE 7 ACCELERATED & ENRICHED MATHEMATICS (Merit Program Course)

317                  Grade Level 7

Grade 7 Accelerated & Enriched Mathematics is a rigorous course of study aligned with all of the Grade 7 and some of the Grade 8 Maryland College and Career-Ready Standards.  In this accelerated course, students will study the number system (including proficiency in skills involving positive and negative rational numbers and operations, and understanding irrational numbers); ratio concepts to analyze proportional relationships (including comparison of relationships represented in graphs, tables and equations); algebraic expressions and one-variable equations and inequalities with rational numbers (including linear equations with one solution, no solution, or infinitely many solutions); algebraic formulas; measurement and geometry (including area, surface area, volume, and angle relationships); and concepts of data analysis, including statistics and probability.  Students will gain skills during this course to be able to demonstrate their understanding of mathematics by modeling and solving real-world problems, making sense of quantities and their relationships, and reasoning mathematically. Students will take the Grade 7 Mathematics MCAP assessment during this course.

Prerequisite: Outstanding performance during Grade 6 Math, or satisfactory performance during Grade 6 Enriched Mathematics, all determined using multiple data points.

MAGNET GRADE 7 ALGEBRA

327MG            Grade Level 7                                     1 Algebra Mathematics High School Credit

Magnet Grade 7 Algebra is a rigorous course of study aligned with the remaining Grade 8 and all of the high school Algebra 1 Maryland College and Career-Ready Standards.  Students will deepen and extend understanding of linear and exponential relationships by contrasting them with each other and by applying linear models to data that exhibit a linear trend.  Students engage in methods for analyzing, solving, and using quadratic functions.  All of this includes properties and operations of the real number system; evaluating rational algebraic expressions; solving and graphing first-degree equations and inequalities; translating word problems into equations; operations with and factoring of polynomials; and solving simple quadratic equations. This advanced course, for high school credit, includes additional standards integrated into the course.  Students will gain skills during this course to be able to demonstrate their understanding of mathematics by modeling and solving real-world problems, making sense of quantities and their relationships, and reasoning mathematically. Students will take the Algebra 1 MCAP assessment during this course and must attain a state-determined score to meet high school graduation requirements.

Prerequisite: Magnet Grade 6 Accelerated & Enriched Mathematics at Northern or Springfield Middle Schools, only. 

GRADE 8 MATHEMATICS 

308                  Grade Level 8

Grade 8 Mathematics is a standard course of study aligned with the Grade 8 Maryland College and Career-Ready Standards.  Students will study real numbers (including irrational numbers, and proficiency in skills involving rational numbers and operations); one- and two-variable linear equations (including one, zero, or infinitely many solutions in context); linear functions (including representation and comparison graphically, algebraically, numerically in tables, and by verbal descriptions); measurement and geometry (including volume, similarity, congruency, transformations, angle relationships, and right triangles using the Pythagorean Theorem); and statistics (including patterns of association in bivariate categorical data).  Students will gain skills during this course to be able to demonstrate their understanding of mathematics by modeling and solving real-world problems, making sense of quantities and their relationships, and reasoning mathematically. Students will take the Grade 8 Mathematics MCAP assessment during this course.

GRADE 8 ALGEBRA (Merit Program Course)

318                  Grade Level 8                                                    1 Algebra Mathematics High School Credit

Grade 8 Algebra is a rigorous course of study aligned with the remaining Grade 8 and all of the high school Algebra 1 Maryland College and Career-Ready Standards.  Students will deepen and extend understanding of linear and exponential relationships by contrasting them with each other and by applying linear models to data that exhibit a linear trend.  Students engage in methods for analyzing, solving, and using quadratic functions.  All of this includes properties and operations of the real number system; evaluating rational algebraic expressions; solving and graphing first-degree equations and inequalities; translating word problems into equations; operations with and factoring of polynomials; and solving simple quadratic equations. This advanced course, for high school credit, includes additional standards integrated into the course.  Students will gain skills during this course to be able to demonstrate their understanding of mathematics by modeling and solving real-world problems, making sense of quantities and their relationships, and reasoning mathematically.  

Students will take the Algebra 1 MCAP assessment during this course and must attain a state-determined score to meet high school graduation requirements. 

Prerequisite: Outstanding performance during Grade 7 Accelerated & Enriched Mathematics, determined using multiple data points.

MAGNET GRADE 8 GEOMETRY

328MG            Grade Level 8                                                1 Geometry Mathematics High School Credit

Magnet Grade 8 Geometry is a rigorous course of study aligned with the remaining Grade 8 and all of the high school Geometry Maryland College and Career-Ready Standards.  Students will explore complex geometric situations and deepen their explanations and justifications of geometric relationships, moving towards formal mathematical arguments or proof. This exploration includes, but is not limited to, concepts of congruence, similarity, parallelism, perpendicularity, and proportion.  This advanced course, for high school credit, includes additional standards integrated into the course. Students will gain skills during this course to be able to demonstrate their understanding of mathematics by modeling and solving real-world problems, making sense of quantities and their relationships, and reasoning mathematically. Students will take the Geometry MCAP assessment during this course.

Prerequisite: Magnet Grade 7 Algebra credit earned at Northern and Springfield Middle Schools.

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE MIDDLE YEARS PROGRAMME MATH SUBJECT GROUP COURSES

The following courses are offered only at Northern Middle School. Discover more about the IB MYP at Northern Middle School by reading the Signature Programs Descriptions section. Each of these Grades 6, 7, 8 courses are part of the Language and Literature Subject Group. The Language and Literature Subject Group is one of the 8 MYP Subjects in which MYP students must participate. These courses include the content of the foundational courses that are similarly-named on the preceding pages. Additionally, the curriculum includes the following components:

o   Key Concepts and Related Concepts, such as Perspective and Models that are explored over an MYP student’s time in the Programme.

o   Global Contexts, such as Globalization & Sustainability and Orientation in Time & Space.

o   Approaches to Learning skills, such as Self-Management and Communication Skills.

o   Statements of Inquiry, which allow the students to explore the content and skills through a conceptual lens.

MYP Math

MYP306                      Grade Mathematics 6

MYP307                      Grade Mathematics 7

MYP308                      Grade Mathematics 8

MYP Grade 6 Enriched Mathematics (Merit Program Course)

MYP316                      Grade Level 6

MYP Magnet Grade 6 Accelerated and Enriched Mathematics

MYP326MG                Grade Level 6

MYP Grade 7 Accelerated and Enriched Mathematics (Merit Program Course)

MYP317                      Grade Level 7

MYP Magnet Grade 7 Algebra

MYP327MG                Grade Level 7

MYP Grade 8 Algebra (Merit Program Course)

MYP318                      Grade Level 8

MYP Magnet Grade 8 Geometry

MYP328MG                Grade Level 8