Middle School Curriculum

Math 5 is a middle school foundational course that will connect work done in the Bridges fourth-grade curriculum to concepts, strategies and techniques that will ultimately prepare students for the courses beyond fifth grade. Over the course of the year, using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division as units of study, skill work with whole numbers, fractions, mixed numbers and decimals will be spiraled throughout the course. During each unit, students will be responsible for producing a portfolio that will document their learning.  Furthermore, individual and differentiated group work will serve as ways of promoting and refining problem-solving skills. The spiraled content will culminate with geometry (metric system, area, perimeter and volume) and percent units.