Middle School Addition and Subtraction Goals

Browse CCS-aligned IEP goals and objectives for addition and subtraction of positive and negative and whole and decimal numbers

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Middle School Addition and Subtraction Goals

These mathematics goals for students in 6th to 8th grade focus on building students’ comfort for adding and subtracting decimals, integers, and with scientific notation. Each can be modified for more basic addition and subtraction as well. Not seeing the grade level or skill you need? Check out our elementary school, middle school, and high school addition and subtraction goals.

  • Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.B.

Nita can add with regrouping fluently and subtract with regrouping with 60% accuracy. She can add and subtract with decimals if the problem is already lined up. If the problem is not lined up, she adds and subtracts decimals with 40% accuracy.

  • Given columned paper, Name will fluently add and subtract multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.B.
  • Make it harder: Remove the supports or specify decimals to the thousandths 
  • Make it easier: Specify that the problems are already lined up; limit the decimals to tenths or hundredths
  • Apply and extend previous understandings of addition and subtraction to add and subtract rational numbers; represent addition and subtraction on a horizontal or vertical number line diagram. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.NS.A.1

Nyoko can add and subtract positive numbers, including with regrouping, with 80% accuracy. She can use a number line to add and subtract negative numbers with 20% accuracy.

  • Given a number line, Name will apply and extend previous understandings of addition and subtraction to add and subtract rational numbers, solving problems with positive and negative whole numbers with 80% accuracy as measured by teacher records and observations CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.NS.A.1
  • Make it harder: Change whole numbers to decimals or fractions.
  • Make it easier: Limit the problems to just adding positive and negative numbers or provide the student with a calculator
  • Perform operations with numbers expressed in scientific notation, including problems where both decimal and scientific notation are used. Use scientific notation and choose units of appropriate size for measurements of very large or very small quantities (e.g., use millimeters per year for seafloor spreading). Interpret scientific notation that has been generated by technology CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.A.4

Noah can add and subtract decimals and integers with 60% accuracy. He can add and subtract numbers with the same integers with 40% accuracy and needs significant teacher support to add and subtract numbers with different integers.

  • Easiest: Name will perform operations with numbers, including problems where decimals are used, solving addition and subtraction problems with decimals to tenths with 80% accuracy as measured by teacher records and observations CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.A.4
  • Medium: Name will perform operations with numbers expressed in scientific notation, including problems where both decimal and scientific notation are used, solving addition and subtraction problems with numbers raised to the same exponent with 80% accuracy as measured by teacher records and observations  CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.A.4
  • Hardest: Name will perform operations with numbers expressed in scientific notation, including problems where both decimal and scientific notation are used, solving addition and subtraction problems with scientific notation with 80% accuracy as measured by teacher records and observations CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.A.4

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