In this page, you can find reading resources for our mid-level math students. Send an email to Erica Choi or Guadalupe Nufio if you are looking for additional resources!
What are some best practices for teaching math to middle school students?
2. What online learning resources does Study Buddies Connect recommend for mid-level math students?
IXL contains a breakdown of each topic with a quiz and lessons to help teach content.
Contact SBC’s staff directly to receive your student’s IXL account.
Khan Academy contains a breakdown of each topic with helpful videos and activities. Select your buddy’s grade, and the topic they are working on to find the materials. There are also review quizzes of each grade and section to ensure that your buddy is comfortable and ready to progress
3. What workbooks and worksheets can Study Buddies Connect staff provide me to help mid-level math students?
Mastering Essential Math Skills: Decimals and Percents Grade 4-6
Mastering Essential Math Skills: Fractions Grade 4-6
No Nonsense Algebra
4. What topics do students typically cover in each grade level? (Expand by clicking on grade level)
Sixth Grade Topics
- Understanding ratios, rates, and percents
- Add, subtract, multiply and divide both decimals and fractions
- Negative numbers (addition, subtraction, etc.)
- Properties of a number (GCF, LCM)
- Variables and expressions
- Equations and inequalities with variables
Seventh Grade Topics
- Negative number (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
- Variables: combine like terms, distribute, two step equations/inequalities
- Convert between fractions, decimals, & percents
- Rates and proportional relationships
- Geometry (area, circumference, scaling, angles)
Eighth Grade Topics
- Irrational numbers
- Properties of exponents
- Solving equations with one unknown variable
- Linear equations and functions
- Systems of equations
- Geometry (angles, Pythagorean theorem, transformations)