6th Grade Math Options

[Anonymous]

What is the difference between AIM and Accelerated Math 6+?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/middleschool/grade6.aspx

[Anonymous]

AIM covers 7th and 8th grade math in one year and sets you up to take Algebra the following year. It was designed by MCPS.
Accelerated 6+ covers 6th grade and half of 7th grade math, and is followed by Accelerated 7+, which covers the rest of 7th and 8th grade math. After 7+, you are ready for algebra. It is the accelerated pathway designed by the current curriculum provider (Illustrative math).

There may be some flexibility in moving between math pathways or variations at different middle schools, but that is the main idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:AIM covers 7th and 8th grade math in one year and sets you up to take Algebra the following year. It was designed by MCPS.
Accelerated 6+ covers 6th grade and half of 7th grade math, and is followed by Accelerated 7+, which covers the rest of 7th and 8th grade math. After 7+, you are ready for algebra. It is the accelerated pathway designed by the current curriculum provider (Illustrative math).

There may be some flexibility in moving between math pathways or variations at different middle schools, but that is the main idea.

Thank you.

[Anonymous]

AIM is a prealgebra class based on LearnZillion 7th and 8th Grade curriculum. This class helps your child reach Algebra I in 7th Grade. Accellerated Math 6+, goes with Accellerated math 7+ (Covering the entire LearnZillion MS curriculum in 2 years instead of 3) and leads to Algebra I in 8th Grade.

Algebra I in 8th Grade used to be the normal track in MCPS, but they seem to be moving back to an Alegebra in 9th model

[Anonymous]

FYI LearnZillion and Illustrative Math are the same thing in this context

[Anonymous]

When did this change occur? I remember a few years back, if a student took compacted math (5-6) in fifth, he/she took IM or AIM in seventh, then Algebra in 8th. Now, it seems that someone who takes compacted math in sixth does not automatically end up in Algebra in 8th. Is this accurate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When did this change occur? I remember a few years back, if a student took compacted math (5-6) in fifth, he/she took IM or AIM in seventh, then Algebra in 8th. Now, it seems that someone who takes compacted math in fifth grade does not automatically end up in Algebra in 8th. Is this accurate?

PP: I meant to state fifth grade above.

[Anonymous]

They had to make some changes when they switched from the homegrown Curriculum 2.0 to the LearnZillion math curriculum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When did this change occur? I remember a few years back, if a student took compacted math (5-6) in fifth, he/she took IM or AIM in seventh, then Algebra in 8th. Now, it seems that someone who takes compacted math in sixth does not automatically end up in Algebra in 8th. Is this accurate?

Correct.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:AIM covers 7th and 8th grade math in one year and sets you up to take Algebra the following year. It was designed by MCPS.
Accelerated 6+ covers 6th grade and half of 7th grade math, and is followed by Accelerated 7+, which covers the rest of 7th and 8th grade math. After 7+, you are ready for algebra. It is the accelerated pathway designed by the current curriculum provider (Illustrative math).

There may be some flexibility in moving between math pathways or variations at different middle schools, but that is the main idea.

So if you have done math 5/6 in 5the grade then 2/3 of what they go over in math 6+ is repeat? Does not seem to be thought out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:AIM covers 7th and 8th grade math in one year and sets you up to take Algebra the following year. It was designed by MCPS.
Accelerated 6+ covers 6th grade and half of 7th grade math, and is followed by Accelerated 7+, which covers the rest of 7th and 8th grade math. After 7+, you are ready for algebra. It is the accelerated pathway designed by the current curriculum provider (Illustrative math).

There may be some flexibility in moving between math pathways or variations at different middle schools, but that is the main idea.

So if you have done math 5/6 in 5the grade then 2/3 of what they go over in math 6+ is repeat? Does not seem to be thought out.

Well maybe if you didn't do very well in compacted 5/6 then it would be wise to slow things down and repeat some topics.

[Anonymous]

How does 6th grade math placement work? My 4th grader is, for lack of a better way to put it, a total math whiz and bored in his compacted math class. The curriculum site lists Algebra 1 as an "other option" for 6th grade. Is that something a kid could test into, or what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:AIM covers 7th and 8th grade math in one year and sets you up to take Algebra the following year. It was designed by MCPS.
Accelerated 6+ covers 6th grade and half of 7th grade math, and is followed by Accelerated 7+, which covers the rest of 7th and 8th grade math. After 7+, you are ready for algebra. It is the accelerated pathway designed by the current curriculum provider (Illustrative math).

There may be some flexibility in moving between math pathways or variations at different middle schools, but that is the main idea.

So if you have done math 5/6 in 5the grade then 2/3 of what they go over in math 6+ is repeat? Does not seem to be thought out.

Well maybe if you didn't do very well in compacted 5/6 then it would be wise to slow things down and repeat some topics.

In most MS, I believe students have both AIM and 6+ available as possibilities for 6th Grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When did this change occur? I remember a few years back, if a student took compacted math (5-6) in fifth, he/she took IM or AIM in seventh, then Algebra in 8th. Now, it seems that someone who takes compacted math in sixth does not automatically end up in Algebra in 8th. Is this accurate?

Correct.

Placement in AIM or AMP6+ depends on teacher recommendations, which include looking at grades and MAP scores. So it's not automatic to move into AIM after compacted math anymore. They made it harder last year because of virtual learning and the fact that not everything was covered as planned last year. We'll have to see going forward how many students go into AIM vs AMP6+. Kids who end up in the lottery pool for the middle school math/science magnets should automatically go into AIM, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When did this change occur? I remember a few years back, if a student took compacted math (5-6) in fifth, he/she took IM or AIM in seventh, then Algebra in 8th. Now, it seems that someone who takes compacted math in sixth does not automatically end up in Algebra in 8th. Is this accurate?

Correct.

Placement in AIM or AMP6+ depends on teacher recommendations, which include looking at grades and MAP scores. So it's not automatic to move into AIM after compacted math anymore. They made it harder last year because of virtual learning and the fact that not everything was covered as planned last year. We'll have to see going forward how many students go into AIM vs AMP6+. Kids who end up in the lottery pool for the middle school math/science magnets should automatically go into AIM, though.

They already limited who could move from 4/5 into 5/6 last year, so the group in 5/6 should be pretty strong.