Middle School Number Sense Goals
Browse CCS-aligned IEP goals and objectives for converting and ordering numbers and integers
Middle School Number Sense Goals
These mathematics goals for students in 6th to 8th grade focus on ordering rational numbers, integers, converting between fractions and decimals, and understanding the power of ten. Not seeing the grade level or skill you need? Check out our elementary school, middle school, and high school number sense goals.
- Understand ordering and absolute value of rational numbers CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.C.7
Nancy can order whole, positive numbers to one million. She needs more support with ordering integers and decimals, which she can order with under 30% accuracy.
- Ordering: Given a number line, Name will understand ordering of rational numbers, ordering integers with 80% accuracy as measured by teacher records and observations CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.C.7
- Absolute value: Name will understand ordering of rational numbers and absolute value, comparing the absolute value of integers with 80% accuracy as measured by teacher observations and records. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.C.7
- Make it easier: Have the student order only whole numbers to one million.
- Make it harder: Have the student order integers, absolute values, and decimals.
- Convert a rational number to a decimal using long division; know that the decimal form of a rational number terminates in 0s or eventually repeats. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.NS.A.2.D
- This packet has a lot of fraction to decimal conversions
- This one has both fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions
Polina can order decimals to tenths and fractions to fifths, but she needs teacher support to compare and convert fractions and decimal forms of a number.
- Given a calculator, Name will convert a rational number to a decimal using long division with 80% accuracy as measured by teacher records and observations CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.NS.A.2.D
- Make it easier: There aren’t a lot of ways to make this one easier because of the calculator.
- Make it harder: Remove the calculator. Ask the student to also convert from decimals to fractions.
- Use numbers expressed in the form of a single digit times an integer power of 10 to estimate very large or very small quantities, and to express how many times as much one is than the other. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.A.3
- Writing numbers in standard form and scientific notation
- Basic exponents
- Powers of ten worksheet
- Estimating with powers of ten worksheet
- Estimating, with vocabulary and explanations
- Lysandra can use a calculator to figure out how much any value is squared. She needs teacher support for larger exponents and, when asked to convert a number into scientific notation, she often gets confused with the decimal placement and treats all numbers as whole numbers.
- Name will use numbers expressed in the form of a single digit times an integer power of 10 to express how many times as much one is than the other, converting between scientific notation and standard form of a number with 80% accuracy as measured by teacher records and observations CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.A.3
- Make it easier: Add in supports, such as access to notes.
- Make it harder: Add “to estimate very large or very small quantities” to the goal. Change to compare the values using greater than and less than notation.
