MATH
UNDERSTANDING NUMBERS AND SOLVING
REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS
We believe in engaging all students in math lessons that help them grow their abilities and knowledge. Responding to the individual needs and strengths of each student is a priority in math instruction. Through their math education, students should learn to apply math to real-world settings.
Contact
Gail Moore
Math curriculum specialist
360-313-1020
Email
CORE CONCEPTS
HIGHLIGHTS
Elementary
Curriculum and standards
Addition and subtraction: Concepts, skills and problem-solving, place value
Kindergarten: Add/Subtract within 5
- First grade: Add/Subtract within 10
- Second grade: Add/subtract within 100 and single-digit sums and differences (sums from memory by end of second grade)
Multiplication and division of whole numbers and fractions: Concepts, skills and problem solving; single-digit products and quotients
Third grade: Single-digit multiplication (accurately multiply and divide within 100); add/subtract within 1,000
Fourth grade: Add/subtract within 1,000,000
Fifth grade: Multi-digit multiplication
Middle school
Curriculum and standards
Sixth grade
Ratios and relationships with fractions
Early expressions and equations
- Multi-digit division
Multi-digit decimal operations
Seventh grade
Ratios and relationships with fractions
Arithmetic of rational numbers
Eighth grade
- Linear equations
Linear functions
Middle school course pathways
In sixth grade, all VPS students take Math I, an important foundational course for success in middle school math and beyond.
In seventh grade, students who exceeded grade-level standards the previous year will be enrolled in an accelerated pathway (see Pathway 2), unless a parent or guardian chooses to opt them out. They will take a course that covers both seventh and eighth grade standards. Then, in eighth grade, these students will go on to take a high school Algebra I class.
High school
Course options
Graduation requirements
Curriculum and standards
Ratios and relationships with fractions
- Percentages and unit conversions (e.g., in the context of complicated measurement problems involving quantities with derived or compound units)
- Basic function concepts (e.g., by interpreting the features of a graph in the context of an applied problem)
- Concepts and skills of geometric measurement (e.g., when analyzing a diagram or schematic)
- Concepts and skills of basic statistics and probability
- Performing rational number arithmetic fluently
Algebra I
Algebra II
Applied algebra (career and technical education dual credit)
Geometry
Concepts and skills of basic statistics and probability
Statistics and data literacy
Modeling our world with mathematics
Pre-calculus
Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate calculus
Advanced Placement statistics
Bridge to College
All public high school students are required to meet statewide graduation requirements to earn a diploma.
- 1 credit of Algebra I
- 1 credit of geometry
1 credit of a high school–level math course that meets the student’s education and career goals identified in their high school and beyond plan