The following sets of blocks provide a brief overview of the Math curriculum set for Elementary grades and Middle grades for the academic year. The curriculum is based on common core standards. It is a gradual preparation for state standardized testing and SAT.
LOWER ELEMENTARY (GRADE 1 AND GRADE 2)
Block 1
- Double digit with and without carrying ;Addition sentences
- Counting Numbers through 51-70
- Place value –tens
- Greater than less than; Ordering numbers
- Problem solving -Long and short open responses and logical reasoning
Block 2
- Double digit subtraction with and without borrowing
- Counting Numbers through 70 -100
- Place value -hundreds
- Ordinal numbers; Skip counts – 2’s, 5’s;Comparing numbers
- Problem solving -Long and short open responses and logical reasoning
Block 3
- Double digit addition and subtraction; Subtraction across zero
- Rounding numbers
- Time
- Money
- Problem solving – Long and short open responses and logical reasoning
Block 4
- Three digit addition subtraction; Subtraction across zero
- Patterns- repeating and growing
- Comparing numbers
- Finding missing addends; Even and odd numbers
- Problem solving -Long and short open responses and logical reasoning
Block 5
- Multiplication – 1-6; Multiplication stories
- Money
- Time
- Fractions
- Problem solving -Long and short open responses and logical reasoning
Block 6
- Multiplication – 7-12;Multiplication stories
- Measurement
- Geometry
- Graphs
- Problem solving -Long and short open responses and logical reasoning
UPPER ELEMENTARY (Grade 3 – Grade 5)
Block 1
- Addition Properties;Column addition
- Rounding numbers
- Probability
- Place value ;money
- Problem solving -Long and short open responses and logical reasoning
Block 2
- Subtraction properties;Adding and subtracting number in thousands
- Multiply multiples of 10, 100 and 1000
- Multiplication of a 2 digit and 3 digit number with single number- Multiply money
- Graphs- bar, line, pictograph ordered pairs
- Problem solving -Long and short open responses and logical reasoning
Block 3
- Fractions and decimals
- Single digit division; Division with remainder
- Two and three digit quotient;Divide money
- Geometry and Measurement
- Problem solving – Long and short open responses and logical reasoning
Block 4
- Multiplication and division properties
- Multiply 2 two-digit numbers, three-digit number by two-digit number
- Uses of numbers-place value to hundred thousands
- Compare numbers; order numbers;round numbers
- Problem solving -Long and short open responses and logical reasoning
Block 5
- Add and subtract (number in 10 thousands)
- Multiply greater numbers
- Factors and multiples, prime composite numbers
- Averages
- Problem solving -Long and short open responses and logical reasoning
Block 6
- Addition and subtraction of Fraction and Decimals
- Order of operations ;
- Words into expressions;Compare expressions
- Three-digit quotients, divide money
- Problem solving -Long and short open responses and logical reasoning
UPPER ELEMENTARY – Accelerated Math
Block 1
- Divide greater numbers
- Place value of whole numbers and decimals
- Measurement /Data
- Variable and equations
- Problem solving -Long and short open responses and logical reasoning
Block 2
- Ratio,
- Proportion
- percentage
- Multiplication and Division of Fractions and Decimals
- Problem solving -Long and short open responses and logical reasoning
Block 3
- Probability and Graphing
- Integers
- Coordinating Graphing
- Multiplication and Division of Fractions and Decimals
- Problem solving – Long and short open responses and logical reasoning
Block 4
- Whole Numbers- place value millions, billions
- Decimals, and
- Numeric and algebraic expressions
- Integers and Algebra
- Problem solving -Long and short open responses and logical reasoning
Block 5
- Fractions and Decimals
- Geometry
- Geometry and Measurement
- Patterns and operations
- Problem solving -Long and short open responses and logical reasoning
Block 6
- Ratio, Proportion, Percent, and Probability
- Rational Numbers and Algebra
- Interpreting Data and Predicting
- Organizing and displaying
- Problem solving -Long and short open responses and logical reasoning
MIDDLE – PRE-ALGEBRA/ Accelerated MATH
Level 1
- Divide greater numbers
- Place value of whole numbers and decimals
- Measurement /Data
- Variable and equations
- Problem solving -Long and short open responses and logical reasoning
Level 2
- Ratio,
- Proportion
- percentage
- Multiplication and Division of Fractions and Decimals
- Problem solving -Long and short open responses and logical reasoning
Level 3
- Probability and Graphing
- Integers
- Coordinating Graphing
- Multiplication and Division of Fractions and Decimals
- Problem solving – Long and short open responses and logical reasoning
Level 4
- Whole Numbers- place value millions, billions
- Decimals, and
- Numeric and algebraic expressions
- Integers and Algebra
- Problem solving -Long and short open responses and logical reasoning
Level 5
- Fractions and Decimals
- Geometry
- Geometry and Measurement
- Patterns and operations
- Problem solving -Long and short open responses and logical reasoning
Level 6
- Ratio, Proportion, Percent, and Probability
- Rational Numbers and Algebra
- Interpreting Data and Predicting
- Organizing and displaying
- Problem solving -Long and short open responses and logical reasoning