Mathematic Essential Academic Learning
Requirements for |
EALR: 1. The student understands and applies the concepts and procedures of mathematics.
Component 1:1
Understands and applies concepts and procedures from number sense (number and
numeration, computation, and estimation).
- Reads, writes, compares, and orders whole numbers to 999.
- Understands place value concepts through 999.
- Demonstrates knowledge of simple/common fractions at a pictorial level.
- Knows addition and subtraction facts to 18.
- Adds and subtracts two and three-digit numbers with one regrouping, progressing from the concrete through the symbolic.
- Uses mental arithmetic, pencil and paper, or calculator as appropriate to task.
- Describes and justifies own methods of estimation involving realistic measurement situations (time, money, length, etc.).
- Uses physical models and patterns to describe the difference between odd and even numbers.
- Uses a variety of strategies to describe and solve situations involving multiplication and division.
Component 1:2
Understands and applies concepts and procedures from measurement (attributes and
dimensions, approximation and precision, and systems and tools).
- Uses directly measurable attributes such as length, volume, money, and time to describe and compare objects.
- Estimates to predict and to determine when measurements are reasonable.
- Understands the benefits of standard and non-standard units of measurement.
- Knows appropriate units of measure for length, perimeter, area, weight/mass, money, temperature, and time.
- Knows and uses appropriate tools for measuring length, perimeter, weight/mass, money, temperature, and time.
- Measures to the nearest whole unit.
Component 1:3
Understands and applies concepts and procedures from geometric sense (shape and
dimension, and relationships and transformations).
- Uses attributes of shape and size to identify, name, and sort three-dimensional figures such as cubes, cones, and cylinders.
- Determines, by counting, the number of faces, corners, and edges of three-dimensional objects.
- Produces symmetrical designs.
- Identifies lines of symmetry in shapes.
- Combines and sub-divides shapes to form other shapes.
- Understands and compares how geometric shapes and objects in the surrounding environment are related.
- Graphs and describes location of objects on a coordinate grid.
- Describes the relationship between triangle and quadrilaterals.
- Understands and constructs symmetric, congruent, and similar figures.
- Understands simple geometric transformations.
- Uses appropriate vocabulary to describe geometric figures.
- Draws and uses geometric figures in order to solve problems in real life two-dimensional settings.
Component 1:4
Understands and applies concepts and procedures from probability and statistics
(probability, statistics, and prediction and inference).
- Understands the difference between certain and uncertain events.
- Knows how to list possible outcomes of simple experiments.
- Uses experiments to investigate uncertain events.
- Knows that data can consist of tabulations of events, objects, or occurrences.
- Systematically collects data.
- Organizes and displays data in numerical and graphical form.
- Predicts outcomes and compares the predictions to experimental results.
- Understands and makes inferences based on experimental results.
Component 1:5
Understands and applies concepts and procedures from algebraic sense (relations
and representations, and operations).
- Recognizes, creates, and extends patterns of objects and numbers.
- Understands the use of guess and check in the search for patterns.
- Symbolically represents number patterns.
- Uses the symbols > (greater than), < (less than), and = (equal) to indicate numerical relationships.
- Uses standard notation in reading and writing open sentences.
- Represents and records different combinations of numbers which equal the same total.
- Demonstrates and records the inverse relation of addition and subtraction.
- Solves equations at the concrete, pictorial, and symbolic level.
EALR: 2. The student uses mathematics to define and solve problems.
Component 2:1
Investigates situations (by searching for patterns and exploring a variety of
approaches).
- Searches for patterns.
- Uses a variety of strategies and approaches.
- Recognizes when information is missing or extraneous.
- Recognizes when an attempted approach is unproductive and tries a new approach.
Component 2:2
Formulates questions and defines the problem.
- Identifies questions to be answered in familiar situations.
- Defines problems in familiar situations.
- Identifies the unknowns in familiar situations.
Component 2:3
Constructs solutions (by choosing the necessary information and using the
appropriate mathematical tools).
- Organizes relevant information to solve a problem.
- Selects and uses appropriate tools to measure length, mass, and capacity.
- Uses a variety of strategies.
EALR: 3. The student uses mathematical reasoning.
Component 3:1
Analyzes information (from a variety of sources; uses models, known facts,
patterns and relationships to validate thinking).
- Interprets information in relatively familiar situations.
- Compares and contrasts information.
- Validates thinking using models, known facts, patterns and relationships.
Component 3:2
Predicts results and makes inferences (and makes conjectures based on analysis of
problem situations).
- Makes conjectures and inferences based on analysis of relatively familiar problems.
Component 3:3
Draws conclusions and verifies results (supports mathematical arguments,
justifies results, and checks for reasonableness of solutions).
- Tests conjectures by finding examples to support or contradict them.
- Supports arguments and justifies results based on experiences.
- Checks for reasonableness of results using concepts and procedures.
- Reflects on and evaluates procedures and results in familiar situations.
EALR: 4. The student communicates knowledge and understanding in both everyday and mathematical language.
Component 4:1
Gathers information (reads, listens, and observes to access and extract
mathematical information).
- Creates a plan for collecting information.
- Uses reading, listening, and observation skills to access and extract mathematical information from a variety of sources such as: pictures, diagrams, physical models, classmates, oral narratives, and symbolic representations.
- Uses technology to browse, select, and retrieve mathematical information from a variety of sources.
Component 4:2
Organizes and interprets information.
- Organizes mathematical information orally and in writing.
- Clarifies mathematical understandings by reflecting, discussing, and writing.
Component 4:3
Represents and shares information (shares, explains, and defends mathematical
ideas using terms, language, charts, and graphs that can be clearly understood by a
variety of audiences).
- Expresses ideas using mathematical language and notation such as physical or pictorial models, tables, charts, graphs, or open sentences.
- Expresses mathematical ideas using everyday language.
EALR: 5. The student understands how mathematical ideas connect within mathematics, to other subject areas, and to real-life situations.
Component 5:1
Relates concepts and procedures within mathematics (recognizes relationships among
mathematical ideas and topics).
- Links concepts and procedures between mathematical content areas in familiar situations.
Component 5:2
Relates mathematical concepts and procedures to other disciplines (identifies and
applies mathematical thinking and notation in other subject areas).
- Uses mathematical thinking and modeling in familiar situations in other disciplines.
- Describes examples of contributions of different cultures to the development of number systems and patterns.
Component 5:3
Relates mathematical concepts and procedures to real-life situations (understands
the connections between mathematics and problem-solving skills used every day at work and
at home).
- Identifies examples of uses of mathematics in own daily life.
- Identifies examples of uses of mathematics in situations that relate to society.