Is your middle schooler
ready for Algebra?
Find out in 5 minutes
Algebra isn't the goal right now. Confidence is. Number sense is. Making change at the store without freezing up is. Tap through every skill and see exactly where your middle schooler stands.
"This is the master list of everything your middle schooler needs before Algebra. That's it. That's the whole job for right now."
Use any textbook, any curriculum, or any math book you already own. Just look for these concepts. You can also go completely rogue with real-life math, projects, games, and practice problems. The curriculum doesn't matter. These skills do.
Work on these first
These are the gaps that make everything else harder. Start at the top of this list.
Keep strengthening
Almost there. A little practice each week and these tip over into solid.
Already solid
Celebrate these. Your middle schooler earned them, and so did you.
How to Teach Middle School Math Without Algebra
You just mapped exactly where your middle schooler is. This guide gives you the 10-month plan, the daily rhythm, and the confidence to work through every skill on that checklist. No new curriculum, no panic, and no Algebra.
- 10-month roadmap for every skill on this list
- 20 to 30 minute a day rhythm guide
- Billionaire Grandpa Budget Project
- Math facts mastery system
- 6 bonus activities that unlock weekly
- Works with any curriculum, or none
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Gaps don't mean failure. They just mean "not yet."
When I sat down and really looked at what my middle schoolers knew, I found gaps I didn't expect. Fractions we'd "done" three times. Decimals that looked solid until they hit a harder problem. It wasn't because I was a bad teacher. That's how math learning works. Middle schoolers need to circle back.
This roadmap isn't a report card. It's a GPS. It shows you where you are so you can figure out where to go next. Almost every gap on this list can be closed in 20 to 30 minutes a day, without a new curriculum, without Algebra, and without losing your mind.
Bekki, homeschool mom of five sons
