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Math Strategies

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Math Strategies

 
Course Description

Math Strategies is a Response to Invention aimed at assisting students who have been identified through ISAT and MAP testing data as having deficits in math. Math Strategies uses a concrete- representational- abstract (CRA) approach to learning using discovery activities in the Math Elevations curriculum. Activities will increase students’ fact fluency and individual math deficits.

 
Enduring Understandings

Mathematics can help us make more informed decisions, work efficiently, solve problems, and appreciate its relevance in the world.
Geometric methods can help us to make connections and draw conclusions from the world in which we live.
Functions and number operations play fundamental roles in helping us to make sense of various situations.
Using prior knowledge, appropriate technology, and logical thinking, we can analyze data and effectively communicate the reasonableness of solutions.
Multiple mathematical approaches and strategies can be used to reach a desired outcome.
Algebraic models, patterns, and graphical representations are tools that can help us make meaningful connections to real-world situations.

 
Essential Questions:

How do numbers drive your life?

How do you know when an answer is reasonable?

How can you use math to model real life situations?

How can you find an alternative solution when you don’t get your desired outcome?

How can you use math tools and technology to solve problems?

 
Course Academic Vocabulary:
Math Strategies Vocabulary List
 
 
Course Units / Topics of Study: 

Numbers and Operations

Money and Decimals

Algebra, Patterns, and Functions

Geometry

Measurement

Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability

Computation with Whole and Decimal Numbers

Computation with Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

Numerations/ Number Theory

Computation with Integers and Decimals

Computation with Fractions