pre-algebra topics?

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Can someone point me to an online resource setting out the topics that are covered in Prealgebra in DCPS? Would it be the same as 8th grade math?

[Anonymous]

Probably. What math curriculum does your school use?

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Anonymous wrote:Probably. What math curriculum does your school use?

Illustrative Math but nothing is called “prelgebra.” And if kids can skip 8th grade math and go to Algebra in 8th then doesn’t that mean that 7th grade is prealgebra?

I guess I’m confused because there are different paths to get to algebra.

[Anonymous]

If you look on the Illustrative website there's an explanation of the condensed version so the content of grades 6-8 is done in two years. Faster pace but also less built-in review.

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Anonymous wrote:If you look on the Illustrative website there's an explanation of the condensed version so the content of grades 6-8 is done in two years. Faster pace but also less built-in review.

Can you link? All I see is accelerated 6-7. Is the idea that 7th is prealgebra?

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Anonymous wrote:If you look on the Illustrative website there's an explanation of the condensed version so the content of grades 6-8 is done in two years. Faster pace but also less built-in review.

Can you link? All I see is accelerated 6-7. Is the idea that 7th is prealgebra?

https://illustrativemathematics.org/math-curriculum/6-8-math/

The IM Accelerated Difference
A Condensed and Comprehensive Two-year Pathway That Addresses all Standards
IM 6–8 Math Accelerated, a compressed version of IM 6–8 Math, is a thoughtful alternative to conventional accelerated programs because its design eliminates the possibility for unfinished learning as students arrive at Algebra 1. It includes all of the standards in IM 6–8 Math and compacts them into a two-year curriculum meant to be covered during grades 6 and 7. The pace is faster than IM 6–8 Math, but no crucial mathematical concepts are left-out.

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Anonymous wrote:If you look on the Illustrative website there's an explanation of the condensed version so the content of grades 6-8 is done in two years. Faster pace but also less built-in review.

Can you link? All I see is accelerated 6-7. Is the idea that 7th is prealgebra?

There's not really any specific thing called "Pre-Algebra" in this curriculum. They learn the 6th-8th grade curriculum over two years. You can call the second half or the third third "Pre-Algebra" if you feel like it, I guess.

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Anonymous wrote:If you look on the Illustrative website there's an explanation of the condensed version so the content of grades 6-8 is done in two years. Faster pace but also less built-in review.

Can you link? All I see is accelerated 6-7. Is the idea that 7th is prealgebra?

There's not really any specific thing called "Pre-Algebra" in this curriculum. They learn the 6th-8th grade curriculum over two years. You can call the second half or the third third "Pre-Algebra" if you feel like it, I guess.

So if my kid isn’t getting through the 8th grade Illustrative Math in 7th he won’t be ready for algebra in 8th?

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Anonymous wrote:If you look on the Illustrative website there's an explanation of the condensed version so the content of grades 6-8 is done in two years. Faster pace but also less built-in review.

Can you link? All I see is accelerated 6-7. Is the idea that 7th is prealgebra?

There's not really any specific thing called "Pre-Algebra" in this curriculum. They learn the 6th-8th grade curriculum over two years. You can call the second half or the third third "Pre-Algebra" if you feel like it, I guess.

So if my kid isn’t getting through the 8th grade Illustrative Math in 7th he won’t be ready for algebra in 8th?

Well, I think if your kid's bright enough to take Algebra I in 8th, he'll probably be able to figure it out despite not taking 8th grade math. Whether the school will allow him to take Algebra I is a separate question.

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Anonymous wrote:If you look on the Illustrative website there's an explanation of the condensed version so the content of grades 6-8 is done in two years. Faster pace but also less built-in review.

Can you link? All I see is accelerated 6-7. Is the idea that 7th is prealgebra?

There's not really any specific thing called "Pre-Algebra" in this curriculum. They learn the 6th-8th grade curriculum over two years. You can call the second half or the third third "Pre-Algebra" if you feel like it, I guess.

So if my kid isn’t getting through the 8th grade Illustrative Math in 7th he won’t be ready for algebra in 8th?

Well, I think if your kid's bright enough to take Algebra I in 8th, he'll probably be able to figure it out despite not taking 8th grade math. Whether the school will allow him to take Algebra I is a separate question.

That’s what I’m failing to understand. Doesn’t the content build on itself? It seems like you shouldn’t just be able to skip content because you are “bright”?

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Anonymous wrote:If you look on the Illustrative website there's an explanation of the condensed version so the content of grades 6-8 is done in two years. Faster pace but also less built-in review.

Can you link? All I see is accelerated 6-7. Is the idea that 7th is prealgebra?

There's not really any specific thing called "Pre-Algebra" in this curriculum. They learn the 6th-8th grade curriculum over two years. You can call the second half or the third third "Pre-Algebra" if you feel like it, I guess.

So if my kid isn’t getting through the 8th grade Illustrative Math in 7th he won’t be ready for algebra in 8th?

Well, I think if your kid's bright enough to take Algebra I in 8th, he'll probably be able to figure it out despite not taking 8th grade math. Whether the school will allow him to take Algebra I is a separate question.

That’s what I’m failing to understand. Doesn’t the content build on itself? It seems like you shouldn’t just be able to skip content because you are “bright”?

It does build on itself, but kids who are bright can usually figure it out as they go along. Or watch some YouTube videos about it, or the teacher or staff can give them a little extra help. It will be fine.

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Anonymous wrote:If you look on the Illustrative website there's an explanation of the condensed version so the content of grades 6-8 is done in two years. Faster pace but also less built-in review.

Can you link? All I see is accelerated 6-7. Is the idea that 7th is prealgebra?

There's not really any specific thing called "Pre-Algebra" in this curriculum. They learn the 6th-8th grade curriculum over two years. You can call the second half or the third third "Pre-Algebra" if you feel like it, I guess.

So if my kid isn’t getting through the 8th grade Illustrative Math in 7th he won’t be ready for algebra in 8th?

Well, I think if your kid's bright enough to take Algebra I in 8th, he'll probably be able to figure it out despite not taking 8th grade math. Whether the school will allow him to take Algebra I is a separate question.

That’s what I’m failing to understand. Doesn’t the content build on itself? It seems like you shouldn’t just be able to skip content because you are “bright”?

It does build on itself, but kids who are bright can usually figure it out as they go along. Or watch some YouTube videos about it, or the teacher or staff can give them a little extra help. It will be fine.

That still literally does not make sense to me.

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Anonymous wrote:If you look on the Illustrative website there's an explanation of the condensed version so the content of grades 6-8 is done in two years. Faster pace but also less built-in review.

Can you link? All I see is accelerated 6-7. Is the idea that 7th is prealgebra?

There's not really any specific thing called "Pre-Algebra" in this curriculum. They learn the 6th-8th grade curriculum over two years. You can call the second half or the third third "Pre-Algebra" if you feel like it, I guess.

So if my kid isn’t getting through the 8th grade Illustrative Math in 7th he won’t be ready for algebra in 8th?

Well, I think if your kid's bright enough to take Algebra I in 8th, he'll probably be able to figure it out despite not taking 8th grade math. Whether the school will allow him to take Algebra I is a separate question.

That’s what I’m failing to understand. Doesn’t the content build on itself? It seems like you shouldn’t just be able to skip content because you are “bright”?

It does build on itself, but kids who are bright can usually figure it out as they go along. Or watch some YouTube videos about it, or the teacher or staff can give them a little extra help. It will be fine.

That still literally does not make sense to me.

I really don't know what else to tell you. If they're smart in math, with the teacher's help, they'll catch up as needed. Because that's part of what it means to be smart in math.

Are you asking this because your kid is not being allowed in Algebra? Or because you don't like that the school is putting your kid in Algebra?

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Anonymous wrote:If you look on the Illustrative website there's an explanation of the condensed version so the content of grades 6-8 is done in two years. Faster pace but also less built-in review.

Can you link? All I see is accelerated 6-7. Is the idea that 7th is prealgebra?

There's not really any specific thing called "Pre-Algebra" in this curriculum. They learn the 6th-8th grade curriculum over two years. You can call the second half or the third third "Pre-Algebra" if you feel like it, I guess.

So if my kid isn’t getting through the 8th grade Illustrative Math in 7th he won’t be ready for algebra in 8th?

Well, I think if your kid's bright enough to take Algebra I in 8th, he'll probably be able to figure it out despite not taking 8th grade math. Whether the school will allow him to take Algebra I is a separate question.

That’s what I’m failing to understand. Doesn’t the content build on itself? It seems like you shouldn’t just be able to skip content because you are “bright”?

It does build on itself, but kids who are bright can usually figure it out as they go along. Or watch some YouTube videos about it, or the teacher or staff can give them a little extra help. It will be fine.

That still literally does not make sense to me.

I really don't know what else to tell you. If they're smart in math, with the teacher's help, they'll catch up as needed. Because that's part of what it means to be smart in math.

Are you asking this because your kid is not being allowed in Algebra? Or because you don't like that the school is putting your kid in Algebra?

I’m asking because I want my kid to be prepared for algebra, and in the absence of actual textbooks, it’s impossible for me to tell how I can make sure that happens. Based on the loosey-goosey approach of letting some kids skip 7th grade math and others skip 8th grade math, I’m coming to believe that maybe nobody is trying in DCPS to systematically prepare kids for algebra. If there isn’t a concrete sequence of knowledge that has to be built to enroll in algebra then it sounds possible that they just put the “smart kids” in algebra and give up on the rest. Would not surprise me!

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Anonymous wrote:If you look on the Illustrative website there's an explanation of the condensed version so the content of grades 6-8 is done in two years. Faster pace but also less built-in review.

Can you link? All I see is accelerated 6-7. Is the idea that 7th is prealgebra?

There's not really any specific thing called "Pre-Algebra" in this curriculum. They learn the 6th-8th grade curriculum over two years. You can call the second half or the third third "Pre-Algebra" if you feel like it, I guess.

So if my kid isn’t getting through the 8th grade Illustrative Math in 7th he won’t be ready for algebra in 8th?

Well, I think if your kid's bright enough to take Algebra I in 8th, he'll probably be able to figure it out despite not taking 8th grade math. Whether the school will allow him to take Algebra I is a separate question.

That’s what I’m failing to understand. Doesn’t the content build on itself? It seems like you shouldn’t just be able to skip content because you are “bright”?

It does build on itself, but kids who are bright can usually figure it out as they go along. Or watch some YouTube videos about it, or the teacher or staff can give them a little extra help. It will be fine.

That still literally does not make sense to me.

I really don't know what else to tell you. If they're smart in math, with the teacher's help, they'll catch up as needed. Because that's part of what it means to be smart in math.

Are you asking this because your kid is not being allowed in Algebra? Or because you don't like that the school is putting your kid in Algebra?

I’m asking because I want my kid to be prepared for algebra, and in the absence of actual textbooks, it’s impossible for me to tell how I can make sure that happens. Based on the loosey-goosey approach of letting some kids skip 7th grade math and others skip 8th grade math, I’m coming to believe that maybe nobody is trying in DCPS to systematically prepare kids for algebra. If there isn’t a concrete sequence of knowledge that has to be built to enroll in algebra then it sounds possible that they just put the “smart kids” in algebra and give up on the rest. Would not surprise me!

Well, ask the school?