Rutgers University’s Summer Bridge Math Program is a great way for your student to keep their math skills sharp. There are eight classes in the series, each consisting of 12 class sessions. Each class covers key math topics from one grade, 1st through 8th. The Summer Bridge Math Program is ideal for those who want to keep their student engaged during the summer, either to reinforce the learning gains made during the previous year or as a preview of the math topics they will face in the upcoming year.
Summer Bridge Math Live-Online Classes Offer:
- Various class structures. Classes are offered in two different formats to fit your student's needs: the 3-week schedule that offers 4 sessions each week or the 6-week schedule that offers 2 sessions each week.
- Expert instruction. Each class is led by a veteran instructor who has spent years in the classroom and who is selected based on their ability to provide a friendly, interactive classroom experience.
- Sound curriculum. The topics for each class are chosen to align with widely-used math standards to ensure that your student spends class time developing the family of skills education experts have identified as central to math mastery at each grade level. View class content below.
- Fun, engaging tasks. Students interact with the virtual classroom by writing on class slides and manipulating objects on the screen.
- Out-of-class practice problems. Supplementary exercises are provided so that students can gain additional practice with each session’s topics to reinforce what they have learned.
- Easy-to-access online learning portal. Students can join live class sessions via their browser; no special software applications are required. For the best experience, students should access class on a laptop or desktop computer. Some sessions may include opportunities to participate via webcam or microphone, but microphones and webcams are not required. The content of each session is available for viewing 24 hours a day so that students can go back and review topics that they may find challenging.
Course Content
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- Number families
- Addition and subtraction through two digits, including renaming
- Word problems
- Place value
- Counting by 5 and 10
- Money, including counting, adding, and subtracting with coins, up to one dollar
- Time, including reading clocks to the hour and half hour
- Basics of measurement
- Introduction to graphs
- Essential characteristics of basic plane shapes
- Fractions to one-quarter
- Addition and subtraction through three digits
- Word problems
- Place value
- Adding multiples of the same number
- Counting by 2, 5, and 10
- Money, including counting, adding, and subtracting with coins and dollar bills
- Time, including reading clocks to the quarter hour
- Measurement, including English (inch) and metric (centimeter) units
- Graphs, including pictographs and bar graphs
- Essential characteristics of basic plane shapes and three-dimensional solids
- Perimeter and introduction to area
- Fractions to one-sixth
- Addition and subtraction through four digits
- Multiplication and division to three digits
- Word problems
- Foundations of algebra, including sequences and properties of operations
- Time, including reading clocks to the minute and solving time problems
- Measurement, including English and metric units of length, area, volume and weight
- Graphs, including bar graphs and line plots
- Essential characteristics of plane shapes and three-dimensional solids
- Perimeter and area of shapes
- Fractions to one-twelfth
- Addition and subtraction through five digits
- Multiplication and division to five digits
- Word problems
- Foundations of algebra, including sequences and properties of operations
- Measurement, including English and metric units of length, area, volume, and weight
- Unit conversions
- Graphs, including bar graphs and line plots
- Parallel and perpendicular lines, angle measurement, types of triangles, and symmetry
- Fractions, including addition and subtraction of mixed numbers, multiplication, and equivalent fractions
- Addition and subtraction through five digits, including decimals
- Multiplication and division to five digits, including decimals
- Word problems
- Foundations of algebra, including parentheses, brackets, and order of operations
- Measurement, including English and metric units of length, area, volume, and weight
- Unit conversions
- Time, including elapsed time problems
- Graphing points, horizontal, and vertical lines on a coordinate grid
- Angle measurement, area, and volume, including circle facts
- Fractions, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of mixed numbers
- Multiplication and division of decimals
- Number properties including factors and multiples
- Multiplication and division of fractions and mixed numbers
- Ratios, proportions, rates, and percents
- Integers and absolute value
- The coordinate plane
- Expressions, equations, and inequalities
- Exponents and scientific notation
- Areas of parallelograms and right triangles
- Volume and surface area of right rectangular prisms
- Measures of central tendency
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of integers and rational numbers
- Equivalence of rational and decimal representations
- Properties of numbers
- Expressions, equations, and inequalities
- Ratios, rates, and percents
- Proportional relationships and graphing
- Area and perimeter of right triangles, parallelograms, and trapezoids
- Area and circumference of circles
- Scale drawings
- Angle relationships
- Volume and surface area of prisms
- Data and statistics including sampling
- Probability and compound events
- Positive and negative exponents
- Scientific notation
- Square and cube roots
- Irrational numbers including decimal approximations and relative order
- Solving equations in one variable
- Linear equations including slope-intercept form and graphing
- Systems of two linear equations
- Functions
- Rotation, reflection, and translation
- Congruent shapes
- Angle relationships
- The Pythagorean theorem