Curriculum

4th grade

• Explore symmetry for 2D figures by folding. Identify line-symmetric figures and drawing lines of symmetry
• Identify angle measurement (e.g., 90, 45, 30, 60 degrees) and add measures of angle
• Convert within a system, cm to mm

5th grade

• Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system
• Operate on decimals
• Understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and to addition
• Find the volume of cubes and rectangular prisms

6th grade

• Create nets and use them to find the surface area of 3D shapes
• Find the volume and surface area of shapes made of rectangular prisms and with fractional edge lengths
• Compare the volume of successively smaller fractional unit cubes in order to see patterns and express growth
• Use ratios

7th grade

• Compare surface area and volume of successively larger shapes in order to see patterns and express growth
• Understand empirical probability and theoretical probability and explain differences between them
• Understand, create, and use scale drawings (and relate to proportional relationships)

For all units: Mathematics Practices

• Use the correct level of precision for the situation
• Continually ask, “Does this make sense?”
• Attend to units and the meaning of quantities
• Make mathematical arguments, listen to others, ask good questions
• Apply mathematics to everyday and societal problems

Computational Thinking

• Debugging
• Algorithmic thinking
• Decomposition