Below is a list of the content that will be covered in each grade level
September
• Composing numbers and comparing numbers up to 100,000
• Introduction to tenths and hundredths using money
•Using place value concepts to determine 10, 100, 1000 more or less than a given number
• Rounding Numbers
•Addition of multi-digit numbers
• Rocket ship will begin with addition and subtraction facts. Students are expected to have mastered these facts in 2nd grade and this month will serve as a review.
October & November
•Review concept of Multiplication that was introduced in grade 2.
•Students will DISCOVER patterns when multiplying by powers of 10. Students will verbalize what happens after many different situations are presented. This will be built upon when using partial sums in multiplication.
•Multiplication of 2 digit by 1digit and 3 digit by 1 digit using partial sums.
• Multiplication of 2 digit by 1digit and 3 digit by 1 digit using traditional method.
•Estimating products.
•Introduction to 2 by 2 digit multiplication-partial sums approach
• Rocket ships work is done 3-4 days a week-students will vary as to what level they are on.
*Students will be able to use a multiplication chart until January
when solving multiplication problems in class.
December & January
• Addition, Subtraction and Multiplication with variables and symbols-
An Algebraic Approach
•Functions/Patterns- Can you guess my rule? Can you create a function machine?
•Mixed up word problems. The student will need to identify the operation and write an math sentence for the problem.
•Concrete introduction to division
•2 digit division by 1 digit division
• Rocket ships work is done 3-4 days a week
From this point on multiplication, division and place value question will be on spiral reviews and assessments so the students do not "lose" the concepts.
February & March
• Fractions- from a unit
Define numerator and denominator
Compare -like denominators
Compare-like numerators
•Fractions- from a set
Define numerator and denominator
• Fractions on a ruler with benchmarks (0, ½, 1)
What if it is more than 1?
•Define Mixed numbers.
Give a pictorial model of mixed number, show mixed number on a ruler.
•Fractions-CONCRETE
How many different names for 1, one-half, one-third, one-fourth-exploration
with fraction bars
•Explore equivalence with fraction bars
•Probability-relate fraction to probability
•Addition and Subtraction with like denominators-Concrete with fraction bars, stressing "COMMON NAME"
• Rocket ships work is done 3-4 days a week
March & April
•Geometry-defining a line, ray, line segment, angle (acute,
right, obtuse)
•Two dimensions-Defining a polygon. Naming families of polygons by attributes.
Triangles- define by both sides and angles.
Quadrilateral Family-by side length, parallel versus perpendicular lines, angles
Define REGULAR polygon, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, decagon
•Congruent Figures-what does it mean to be congruent?
•Lines of Symmetry
•Calculating Perimeter
•Beginning concepts of Area-counting number of squares covered-No formulas.
• Rocket ships work is done 3-4 days a week
May
•Money Sense-Making change without a calculator, or pencil and paper
• Elapse Time-word problems
•Data Collection
• Rocket ships work is done 3-4 days a week (goal is for all students to be finished with multiplication and division 0-9)