What form of math should sixth graders be taught?

Question

I have been teaching preschool and first grade rather than sixth grade and they sent me to this grade for higher pay under a choice and I said yes to that choice. I do not know which form of math is taught. The four forms is what I mean.

Division
Multipication
Addition
Subtraction
and Square Routes?

Answer 1

Those forms are a little below sixth grade. Maybe for special education people, but for regular or superintendent classes, the math teachers teach algebra, palindromes, pythagorean thorem, and stuff like that. Maybe you should do a little review on discounts, fractions, decimals, and stuff like that.

Answer 2

SQUARE ROUTES?

Get thee out of a classroom, you are NOT qualified to be shaping our future leaders' minds! I cannot believe that any school would allow you to teach young children when you use expressions like "square routes"!

I find it hard to believe you're a teacher. Every teacher knows there are set curriculum guides created at a national, provincial/state and/or local level outlining exactly what needs to taught at each grade level. When you take on a new class, your school provides you with these resources. Teachers don't just choose a random subject to teach!

Answer 3

i would ask to see what worksheets the school uses and work through them yourself so you can get a feel for where possible hiccups may lie as well as a clue as to what level you will need to pitch it at

also kids at that age start to be very diverse in their abilities so you may be using the first week or so to find out who are the more able ones and who the less able.

i would do an 'investigation problem' with them to start with as each child will be able to start it and then you will find that how far along they get will be something to do with how able they are

then if you have a mixed ability class split the children into groups according to their ability and set work accordingly

get a scheme of work together for a given topic so that kids can work through at their own pace

also another thing to bear in mind is that maths is very hierarchical - ie some areas will need to be mastered before moving onto other areas (if a child finds subtraction difficult then perhaps moving them onto division wouldn't help them at all)

Answer 4

Sixth graders are a little bit beyond addition and subtraction. When I was that age, they were beginning to teach us pre-algebra.

Answer 5

Everything you said plus more: kids should be taught how to engage in inductive reasoning and form conjectures; kids should be taught about the properties and classifications of geometric shapes...and much more.

Answer 6

Shouldn't your school district have a curriculum to follow? Ours does, our teachers must follow the curriculum. Our math curriculum has a website with teaching tools and tips. See if your does, too.

Answer 7

yeah those are the things i dont think you need to teach them + and -