Click the round button to open the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for Mathematics adopted by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in March 2017. Watch the Standards Based Learning in Massachusetts Classrooms – Elementary Math four minute video by the Department of Elementary & Secondary Education (DESE).
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The Math Family Guides below explain the major focus of each grade level and what your child will learn by the end of that school year. The Grade Level DESE Handout links, above each English language PDF, open a folder of translations in Spanish, Chinese, and Brazilian Portuguese. You can access DESE's family guides to the Massachusetts learning standards for Pre-kindergarten through Grade 12 in mathematics, English Language Arts and literacy, science and technology/engineering, and history and social science here.
DESE Math Standards Handout Kindergarten – English.pdfDESE Standards Handout Second Grade – English.pdfDESE Standards Handout Fourth Grade – English.pdfDESE Standards Handout First Grade – English.pdfDESE Standards Handout Third Grade – English.pdfDESE Standards Handout Fifth Grade - English.pdfThe two documents below summarize the progression of standards related to developing a conceptual understanding of the standard algorithms for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for Mathematics. Accompanying examples of strategies and algorithms for each operation show how students progress toward the standard algorithms.
2017-06qrg-standardalgorithms.pdf2017-06qrg-mult-divide.pdf
The Standards for Mathematical Practice describe ways that students engage with math as they grow in mathematical maturity and expertise throughout the elementary, middle, and high school years. Mathematics educators at all levels seek to develop these practice standards in their students by connecting them daily to math content during instruction. DESE's guides below describe examples of how mathematically proficient students in grades pre-K through 2 and Grades 3 through 5 may demonstrate the eight Standards for Mathematical Practice.
2017-06qrg-smp-pk-2.pdf2017-06qrg-smp-3-5.pdfPage updated
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