Course Abstract
Students use complex problems to develop and master skills
and concepts, use strategies and tools that make sense to them,
and communicate their reasoning clearly.
Unit One - Sampling and Classifying
Students collect and organize data, graph and interpret data,
and learn the vocabulary necessary for data analysis.
- EALR's:
- Math:
1.4.2
1.4.3
2.3
3.2
4.1
4.2
4.3
Unit Two - Strategies: An Assessment Unit
Teachers assess, formally and informally, students' abilities
to use addition and subtraction fact strategies and to collect
data.
- EALR's:
- Math: 1.1.1
1.1.2
1.1.3
1.4.2
1.4.3
Unit Three - Exploring Multiplication
Students connect multiplication word problems to multiplication
number sentences as well as write and solve multiplication stories.
- EALR's:
- Math: 1.1.1
1.1.2
2.1
2.3
Unit Four - Place Value Concepts
Students work with place value extending to four-digit numbers in
understanding our base ten number system. Base ten pieces are used
as concrete models to visualize how numbers are used to represent
different quantities. Students also practice writing and telling
time on analog and digital clocks.
- EALR's:
- Math: 1.1
1.5
2.1
4.3
Unit Five - Area of Different Shapes
Students find the area of different shapes by counting the number
of square centimeters. They piece together fractional parts of
square centimeters into full units. In the lab, The Better Picker
Upper, students find the area of irregular shapes, use adding and
subtracting skills in context, and extend their knowledge of the
role of fixed variable in an experiment.
- EALR's:
- Math: 1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
2.3
4.1
4.2
4.3
5.3
Unit Six - More Adding and Subtracting
Students use base ten pieces and the standard algorithm with
three- and four-digit addition and subtraction. They continue to
develop their own strategies for adding and subtracting big numbers
as they discuss and become comfortable with standard procedures.
They do problem solving in context and learn about the history of
our number system.
- EALR's:
- Math: 1.1
1.2
1.5
2.1
2.2
3.1
Unit Seven - Exploring Multiplication and Division
Students develop a conceptual understanding of multiplication and
division in a problem solving setting. They begin using the division symbol.
Students explore multiples of small numbers by collecting data on a point
graph. They investigate the multiplicative relationship between the number
of sides of a regular figure and its perimeter. They record and analyze the
results of their data.
- EALR's:
- Math: 1.1
1.2
1.5
2.1
2.2
4.2
4.3
5.1
5.3