Standards: Connecticut has adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) as the Connecticut State Standards (CSS).
Instruction: All students will engage the Standards of Mathematical Practice when problem solving and thinking mathematically. Mathematics Instruction will follow the C-P-A pedagogy of concrete, pictorial and abstract components when solving mathematical problems. Mathematical instruction focuses heavily on visual representation as a strategy to support mathematical thinking. Strategies such as number bonds for composing and decomposing numbers, bar models, and open number lines to support problem solving and mental math, are ongoing strategies students are encouraged to use.
Personalized Learning Resources: DreamBox, NWEA Assessments
Standard Assessments: Students take the NWEA Assessment three times a year and Smarter Balanced Assessment in the Spring.
Generalize place-value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers.
Use place-value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.
Additional Standards to be addressed all year.
The student will be able to . . .
Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.
BIG IDEAS / UNDERSTANDINGS
The student will be able to . . .
Use place-value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.
Gain familiarity with factors and multiples.
The student will be able to . . .
Extend understanding of fraction equivalence and ordering.
Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers.
The student will be able to . . .
Understand decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions.
The student will be able to . . .
Draw and identify lines and angles, and classify shapes by properties of their lines and angles.
Represent and interpret data.
Geometric measurement: understand concepts of angle and measure angles.
The student will be able to . . .