Talent Middle School



Power SchoolPower School is an online program for students and parents to view current grades and assignments for all classes from anywhere. Once your student is enrolled at TMS, he/she will be a given a username and password for Power School. Grades for each class are updated regularly.Proficiency GradingBased on the concept that when a student shows mastery of a concept proficiency is achieved. Grades are no longer based on what a student can “do;” rather, what that student shows he/she “knows.” 2013/14 was the first year all teachers were held to the standard of proficiency-based grading. The grades for math will include the following:Homework: (knowing practice)Quizzes: (formative assessments)Tests: (summative assessments)Other assessmentsBehavior-based expectations will be categorized in a student’s “Citizenship” grade:PreparednessWork habitsParticipationSelf-management skillsContact Us6/7th Grades:julie.mackinnon@phoenix.k12.or.usp HYPERLINK "mailto:Pieter.daane@phoenix.k12.or.us" \h ieter.daane@phoenix.k12.or.usrichard.hobbins@phoenix.k12.or.us8th/Pre-Algebra/Algebra:jennifer.bakker@phoenix.k12.or.usrichard.hobbins@phoenix.k12.or.usheather.armstrong@phoenix.k12.or.usTalentMiddle School Mathematics541020339090 Mr. Hobbins, Rm 10Mr. Daane, Rm 13Mrs. Bakker, Rm 18Mrs. MacKinnon, Rm 19 Ms. Armstrong, Rm 36In Grade 6, instructional time will focus on the following areas:1) Connecting ratio and rate to whole number multiplication and division and using concepts of ratio and rate to solve problems.2) Completing understanding of division of fractions and extending the notion of number to the system of rational numbers, which includes negative numbers.3) Writing, interpreting, and using expressions and equations.4) Developing understanding of statistical thinking.5.) Build on their work with geometry from elementary school by reasoning about relationships among shapes to determine area, surface area, and volume. They find areas of right triangles, other triangles, and special quadrilaterals by decomposing these shapes, rearranging or removing pieces, and relating the shapes to rectangles.In 7th Grade, your child will grow in skill and understanding as he or she continues the previous grade’s work in proportional relationships, equations, and positive and negative numbers. These topics will remain a major emphasis throughout the middle school years and into high school. A good command of rates and proportional relationships, including percentages, is also an important life skill.What your child will be working on in 7th grade:Analyzing proportional relationships and distinguishing proportional relationships from other kinds of mathematical relationships.Solving percent problems (e.g. tax, tips, and markups/markdowns)Solving word problems that have a combination of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.Solving equations such as ? (x-3) = ? quickly and accurately, and writing equations of this kind to solve word problems.Solving problems involving scale drawings.Using statistics to draw inferences and make comparisons.In 8th Grade, your child will learn a number of skills and ideas that he or she must know and understand to be ready for college and career. Your child will continue to learn how to write and reason with algebraic expressions. Your child also will make a thorough study of linear equations with one and two variables. Building on previous work with relationships between quantities, your child will be introduced to the idea of a mathematical function. Your child will prepare for high school geometry by understanding congruence and similarity of geometric figures.What your child will be working on in 8th grade:Understanding slope, and relating linear equations in two variables to lines in the coordinate plane.Solving linear equations; solving pairs of linear equations and related word problems.Understanding functions as rules that assign a unique output number to each input number; using linear functions to model relationships.Analyzing statistical relationships by using a best-fit line.Working with positive and negative exponents, square root and cube root symbols, and scientific notation.Understanding congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software. ................
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