Bridges (Grade 4)

At the Cove School we are preparing our students to meet the math practice and content demands of the New Illinois Learning Standards (NILS). To achieve this goal, we first seek to understand the unique and individualized needs of our students through a multi-faceted assessment program that consists of annual diagnostic testing, monthly progress monitoring, and frequent in-class curriculum-based assessments.

To support this instruction, in our classrooms, we use the math curriculum Bridges in Mathematics.

Bridges in Mathematics is a comprehensive PK–5 curriculum that equips teachers to fully address state standards in a rigorous, engaging, and accessible manner. Students gain a deep understanding of concepts, proficiency with key skills, and the ability to solve complex problems. The curriculum is composed of three distinct but integrated components: Problems & Investigations, Work Places, and Number Corner.

Seeing, touching, and sketching ideas create pictures in the mind’s eye, helping learners construct, understand, and apply mathematical ideas. Bridges incorporates increasingly complex visual models, including the number line and the array models, in a coherent framework across the curriculum.