Texts we will use this year in case you want your own copy to keep at home and spare those growing vertebrae. Often these are available on Amazon.com, abebooks.com, or half.com for a very reasonable price.
Science Texts: Prentice Hall Science Explorer Series 2007
From Bacteria to Plants
Chemical Building Blocks
Weather and Climate
Environmental Science ISBN 0-13-201148-4
Mathematics Textbooks - I have arranged for every student to have one book at home and one at school, but if there are multiple destinations after school, you may wish to purchase another.
Sixth - Middle Grades Math, Course 1 - Tools for Success, 2001, Prentice Hall ISBN 0-13-051960-X
Seventh - Middle Grades Math, Course 2 - Tools for Success 2001,
Prentice Hall ISBN 0-13-043416-7
Eighth - Middle Grades Math, Course 3 - Tools for Success, 2001, Prentice Hall ISBN 0-13-043417-5
With the advent of Common Core Standards for Mathematics, it is necessary to derive some of your student's homework from other sources, including the internet. Please support your student in using the internet to complete math homework when it is required.
Sixth and seventh grade students will have use of a workbook which covers all common core standards at their level.
State Learning Standards by Grade
Mathematics K-8
Science K-12
In addition, Washington has recently adopted the Next Generation Science Standards. For a look at what is expected for middle schoolers to know and be able to do, go to the NextGen site and do some exploring
Next Generation Science Standards
Common Core State Standards
Mathematics
Mathematics Transition for Sixth Grade
Books you might like to read - Sites you might like to visit
The joy of x - a journey through the joy and the beauty of mathematics, especially for you if you haven't always loved math
Mind Shift: finding the beauty in math- a site where people discuss what makes learning math relevant and inspiring
A Beginner's guide to constructing the universe - a vision of mathematics that is quite different from the traditional classroom approach to geometry.
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