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TN Math Curriculum Framework
Key: I = Introduced, D =
Developing, A = State Assessed, M = Mastered
First Grade
D
Sort objects by two of the
following attributes: color, size, shape, and kind.
www.harcourtachieve.com
I
Describe how objects in a
group are alike and how they are different.
http://www.sanrio.co.jp/english/multimedia/s_gallery/kt_demo.html
http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/ob.cgi
D
Identify and describe
growing patterns found in literature, in the
environment, in physical arrangements, and in pictures.
www.harcourtachieve.com
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/games/flash.php?contentid=110880&
D
Translate a repeating
pattern from one format to another (e.g., red-blue-blue
to snap-clap-clap).
www.harcourtachieve.com
D
Create, describe, and
extend concrete, visual, auditory, or number patterns.
www.harcourtachieve.com
I
Identify the unit of a
two-part repeating pattern.
www.harcourtachieve.com
D
Show or represent number
sentences, involving addition and subtraction and
numbers 0-20, with concrete objects.
D
Use mathematical terms and
symbols appropriately.
I
Interpret and solve simple
open addition sentences, including finding the missing
addend.
www.harcourtachieve.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime/games/test.shtml
Second Grade
D
Identify the rules by which
objects or numbers have been sorted.
D
Extend a growing pattern,
involving objects, shapes, or numbers.
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/counting/patan4.html
D
Identify the unit of a
three-part repeating pattern.
http://www.linkslearning.org/Kids/1_Math/2_Illustrated_Lessons/5_Patterns/index.html
D
Translate a repeating
pattern from one format to another (e.g., red-blue-blue
to snap-clap-clap).
I
Determine the output number
for a particular input number given a one-operation rule
involving addition or subtraction.
D
Interpret and solve open
sentences that involve addition or subtraction.
D
Communicate and use
mathematical terms and symbols appropriately.
D
Show or represent number
sentences, involving addition and subtraction and
numbers 0-20, with concrete objects.
D
Demonstrate knowledge of and
use the commutative property of addition.
I
Show that subtraction is not
commutative.
D
Apply the addition and
subtraction properties of 0 (adding or subtracting 0
doesn’t change a given number).
I
Describe qualitative change
(e.g., a student growing taller).
I
Describe quantitative change
(e.g., a student growing 2 inches in 1 year).
Third Grade
A
Sort
objects by two attributes.
D
Sort
objects by two or more attributes.
M
Devise,
carry out, and explain how a group of objects has been
sorted.
A
Identify
the rules by which objects or numbers have been sorted.
D
Recognize, describe, complete, translate, or create
patterns of figures or numbers.
A
Extend
repeating and growing numerical or geometric patterns.
http://www.funbrain.com/cracker/index.html
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/linda/algebra/activities/pattern_grow/pattern_farm.html
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/parentsteachers/lessonplans/lesson4.html
A
Represent repeating geometric patterns as repeating
numerical patterns.
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/linda/algebra/activities/patterns/growpattern.html
D
Describe
a growing pattern, involving objects, shapes, or
numbers.
A
Determine the output number for a particular input
number given a one-operation function rule involving
addition or subtraction.
D
Demonstrate knowledge (with words or symbols) of the
commutative properties of addition and multiplication.
D
Show or
represent and solve open sentences, involving addition,
subtraction, and multiplication, with concrete objects
or pictures.
A
Solve
open sentences that involve addition and subtraction of
whole numbers zero to twenty.
A
Connect
open sentences to real-world situations.
D
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of grade level
mathematical terms.
I
Demonstrate understanding that an equation is a number
sentence stating two quantities are equal.
D
Use the
commutative property of addition and multiplication.
D
Show
that subtraction is not commutative.
M
Apply
the addition and subtraction properties of 0 (adding or
subtracting 0 doesn’t change a number).
I
Apply
the zero and identity properties of multiplication
(adding 0 or multiplying by 1 doesn’t change a number).
I
Use
arrays to represent the commutative property of
multiplication.
D
Describe
qualitative change (e.g., a student growing taller).
D
Describe
quantitative change (e.g., a student growing two inches
in one year).
Fourth Grade
D
Generalize and extend or
complete patterns involving geometric figures or
numbers.
A
Extend numerical and
geometric patterns.
http://www.mathsyear2000.org/magnet/minus2/craterpairs/index2.html
http://www.hbschool.com/activity/buzz/buzz.html
http://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg2/splat/splatsq100.html
D
Represent and analyze
patterns and relationships using words, tables, and
graphs.
A
Determine the function rule
for data in a function table.
A
Apply basic function rules.
A
Solve open sentences
involving addition and subtraction.
A
Solve open sentences
involving multiplication and division.
A
Connect open sentences to
real-world situations.
I
Represent the idea of a
variable as an unknown quantity by using a letter or a
symbol.
D
Demonstrate understanding
that an equation is a number sentence stating that two
quantities are equal.
D
Use the commutative,
associative, zero, and identity properties for addition
and multiplication.
I
Investigate how a change in
one variable relates to a change in a second variable.
Fifth Grade
D
Generalize and extend or
complete patterns involving geometric figures or
numbers.
A
Extend numerical patterns.
A
Extend geometric patterns.
A
Generalize numerical
patterns using a variable.
D
Represent and analyze
patterns and functions using words, tables, and graphs.
D
Determine or apply a
function rule involving data in a function table.
A
Apply basic function rules.
M
Demonstrate understanding
that an equation is a number sentence stating two
quantities are equal.
A
Solve open sentences
involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and
division.
A
Connect open sentences to
real-world situations.
D
Represent the idea of a
variable as an unknown quantity using a letter or a
symbol.
A
Select an equation that
represents a given mathematical relationship.
M
Apply commutative,
associative, zero, distributive, and identity
properties.
M
Show that division is not
commutative.
D
Investigate how a change in
one variable relates to a change in a second variable.
Seventh Grade
D
Represent, analyze, and
extend geometric and numerical patterns.
A
Extend geometric and
numerical patterns.
I
Develop understanding for
arithmetic sequences.
A
Generalize patterns in data
represented in tables and graphs.
A
Extend rate charts to solve
real-world problems.
A
Apply function rules.
D
Create function rules.
D
Demonstrate understanding of
different uses of variables.
A
Represent mathematical
statements and real-world situations using symbols.
I
Translate one-variable
verbal and written expressions into algebraic
expressions.
A
Evaluate algebraic
expressions given the value of two or more variables.
http://www.mathgoodies.com/puzzles2004/
A
Solve one-step linear
equations.
A
Identify whole numbers that
satisfy a given one-variable inequality.
D
Model algebraic equations
with manipulatives, technology, and paper and pencil.
A
Solve real-world problems
involving one-step linear equations.
http://www.gamequarium.com/prealgebra.html
I
