IHMCS Curriculum Overview

Link to Math by Grades Kindergarten Grade One Grade Two Grade Three Grade Four Grade Five Grade Six Grade Seven Grade Eight

Math

Kindergarten (MATH)

• Position and classification
• Patterns
• Sort and graph
• Numbers 0-100
• Measurement: length, capacity, weight
• Solids and shapes
• Time and money
• Addition and subtraction
• Calendar concepts: days, months, dates

Grade 1 (MATH)

• Graphing
• Addition and subtraction readiness
• Addition and subtraction concepts
• Facts and strategies to 18
• Geometry and shapes
• Fractions: one-half, one-third, one-fourth
• Numbers to 100 and patterns
• Place value: ones, tens, hundreds
• Money: pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters
• Telling time: 1/2 hour, hour
• Measurement: inches, centimeters

Grade 2 (MATH)

• Numbers and graphing
• Addition and subtraction patterns and concepts
• Addition and subtraction facts and strategies
• Place value and patterns to 100
• Money and time
• Two-digit addition and subtraction
• Numbers to 1,000
• Measurement
• Geometry and fractions

Grade 3 (MATH)

• Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers
• Place value, number sense
• Graphing
• Telling time
• Money concepts
• Problem solving
• Algebraic concepts
• Geometry
• Fractions
• Customary and Metric measurement

Grade 4 (MATH)

• Data and graphing
• Numeration and comparing numbers
• Place value and time
• Addition and subtraction with whole numbers and money
• Multiplication and division concepts
• Multiply up to a 2-digit factor
• Division with 1-digit divisor
• Geometry
• Fractions and customary linear measurement

Grade 5 (MATH)

• Operations with whole numbers
• Decimals
• Fractions
• Basic money concepts
• Geometry
• Algebraic concepts
• Units of measurement
• Percents
• Number theory
• Problem solving skills
• Roman numerals

Grade 6 (MATH)

• Number line
• Rounding off and estimating results
• Prime numbers, factors and exponents
• Problem solving with ratios, rates and percent
• Linear, area and volume measurement
• Calculations with fractions, decimals and integers
• Place value and decimal numeration
• Arithmetic with zero and one
• Order of operations
• Missing numbers in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

Grade 7 (MATH)

• Problem solving with learned concepts in new situations
• Operations with fractions, mixed numbers, decimals, percents and exponents
• Ratio, rate and proportion problems
• Estimations and computation with/without calculator
• Fractional-part-of-a-number problems
• Graphs, tables and diagrams
• Formulas and equations involving the use of variables
• Two- and three-dimensional shapes and solids
• Measurement, units and the concepts of perimeter, area and volume
• Introduction to statistics and probability

Grade 8 (MATH - ALGEBRA 1)

• Mathematical language, notation and symbolism
• Translation of verbal problems into suitable mathematical language
• Problem solving strategies and processes
• Properties of real number systems
• Order of operations
• Writing, solving and graphing of linear functions
• Factoring and multiples of numbers and polynomials
• Equivalent forms of expressions, equations and inequalities
• Geometry and types of two- and three-dimensional objects
• Measurement methods, emphasis on triangles and circles
• Statistical measures of central tendency and spread
• Counting procedures and formula to calculate probabilities
• Student preparation for the Minnesota Basic Skills Test