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Everyday Mathematics is our math curriculum. Below you will find a chart that lists the various topics, which our students will be exploring throughout the school year.
| Everyday Mathematics | |
| Learning Goals--Units 1-12 | |
| Learning Goal By Unit | Unit |
| Secure | |
| Draw arrays to model multiplication | 1 |
| Know basic multiplication facts | 1 |
| Identify even and odd numbers | 1 |
| List the factors of a number | 1 |
| Find the sum and difference of multidigit whole numbers and decimals | 2 |
| Identify the maximum, minimum, mode and mean for a data set | 2 |
| Identify place value in numbers to billions | 3 |
| Know properties of polygons | 3 |
| Define and create tessellations | 3 |
| Know place value to hundredths | 4 |
| Find and use data landmarks | 6 |
| Convert among fractions, decimals and percents | 8 |
| Convert between fractions and mixed or whole numbers | 8 |
| Find common denominators | 8 |
| Understand the concept of area of a figure | 9 |
| Use a formula to find the area of rectangles | 9 |
| Use formulas to find the areas of polygons and circles | 11 |
| Know the properties of geometric solids | 11 |
| Find and identify factors of numbers | 12 |
| Find the prime factorizations of numbers | 12 |
| Developing/Secure | |
| Use a divisibility test to determine if a number is divisible by another number | 1 |
| Identify prime and composite numbers | 1 |
| Understand how square numbers and their square roots are related | 1 |
| Make magnitude estimates | 2 |
| Find the product of multidigit whole numbers ands decimals | 2 |
| Know place value to billions | 2 |
| Estimate the measure of an angle | 3 |
| Measure an angle to within 2º | 3 |
| Identify types of angles | 3 |
| Identify types of triangles | 3 |
| Convert between fractions and mixed numbers | 5 |
| Find equivalent fractions | 5 |
| Convert among fractions, decimals, and percents | 6 |
| Understand and apply exponential notation | 7 |
| Identify number sentences; tell whether a number sentence is true or false | 7 |
| Understand and apply the use of parentheses in number sentences | 7 |
| Order and compare positive and negative numbers | 7 |
| Use an algorithm to add mixed numbers | 8 |
| Order and compare fractions | 8 |
| Plot ordered pairs on a one-quadrant coordinate grid | 9 |
| Identify the base and height of triangles and parallelograms | 9 |
| Use a formula to find the area of triangles and parallelograms | 9 |
| Solve one-step pan-balance problems | 10 |
| Interpret mystery line plots ands graphs | 10 |
| Use formulas to find the volume of prisms and cylinders | 11 |
| Solve ratio and rate number stories | 12 |
| Learning Goal By Assessment Rubric Indicators | Unit |
| Developing | |
| Round numbers to designated places | 2 |
| Determine angle measures based on relationships between angles | 3 |
| Find the quotient and remainder of a whole number divided by a 1-digit whole number | 4 |
| Find the quotient and remainder of a whole number divided by a 2-digit whole number | 4 |
| Make magnitude estimates for quotients of whole and decimal numbers divided by whole numbers | 4 |
| Interpret the remainder in division number stories | 4 |
| Determine the value of a variable; use this value to complete a number sentence | 4 |
| Order and compare fractions | 5 |
| Convert between fractions and percents | 5 |
| Draw a circle graph for a set of data | 5 |
| Measure pieces of a circle graph; interpret a circle graph | 5 |
| Add and subtract fractions with common denominators | 6 |
| Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators | 6 |
| Understand how sample size affects results | 6 |
| Find a common denominator | 6 |
| Understand and apply powers of 10 | 7 |
| Understand and apply order of operations to evaluate expressions and sole number sentences | 7 |
| Add and subtract positive and negative numbers | 7 |
| Use an algorithm to multiply fractions | 8 |
| Use an algorithm to subtract mixed numbers with like denominators | 8 |
| Find a percent of a number | 8 |
| Plot ordered pairs on a four-quadrant coordinate grid | 9 |
| Understand the concept of volume of a figure | 9 |
| Use a formula to find the volume of prisms | 9 |
| Write algebraic expressions to describe situations | 10 |
| Represent rate problems as formulas, graphs, and tables | 10 |
| Use formulas to find circumference and area of a circle | 10 |
| Distinguish between circumference and area of circle problems | 10 |
| Find the greatest common factor of two numbers | 12 |
| Find the least common multiple of two numbers | 12 |
| Beginning/Developing | |
| Rename numbers written in exponential notation | 1 |
| Add fractions with like denominators | 5 |
| Construct stem-and-leaf plots | 6 |
| Read and interpret stem-and-leaf plots | 6 |
| Understand and apply scientific notation | 7 |
| Use the Multiplication Counting Principle to find the total number of possible outcomes of a sequence of choices | 12 |
| Beginning | |
| Find the prime factorization of numbers | 1 |
| Write and solve open sentences for number stories | 2 |
| Divide decimal numbers by whole numbers with no remainders | 4 |
| Write and solve number sentences with variables for division number stories | 4 |
| Use an algorithm to multiply mixed numbers | 8 |
| Solve two-step pan-balance problems | 10 |
| Understand the relationship between the volume of pyramids and prisms, and the volume of cones and cylinders | 11 |
| Find the surface area of prisms | 11 |
| Understand how to find the surface area of cylinders | 11 |
| Understand the concept of capacity and how to calculate it | 11 |
| Use tree diagrams to find all possible ways a sequence of choices can be made | 12 |
| Compute the probability of outcomes when choices are equally likely | 12 |