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Everyday Mathematics Learning Goals: What should my child know?

Everyday Mathematics Kindergarten Year-End Learning Goals

 

  • Verbally counts 20 or more objects in a random arrangement.
  • Performs interrupted verbal counting beyond 100.
  • Counts backward from 22 or higher.
  • Counts by 2s beyond 30.
  • Counts by 5s beyond 110.
  • Counts by 10s beyond 110.
  • Reads any number, 100 or less.
  • Writes any number, 100 or less.
  • Understands basic meanings of addition and subtraction in real-life situations, in children’s own number stories, in oral problems, with concrete objects, and on number lines.
  • Understands 2-digit numbers in terms of 10s and 1s.
  • Understands equivalent expressions as two or more different expressions of the same number. For example, 6 is the same as, or equivalent to 2+4, 5+1, and 7-1.
  • Recognizes many non computational uses of numbers through daily experiences. For example, children may count snacks and days until a special event; measure weight, length, weight, and elapsed time; experience certain reference frames such as clocks, calendars, temperatures, and ordinal numbers.
  • Estimates using language such as about how many, about how much, and about what cost.
  • Identifies and uses measuring tools for linear, weight, and volume measures.
  • Performs simple data collection and graphing.
  • Has experience with basic geometric shapes and symmetry concepts.
  • Recognizes and names basic plane and solid figures.
  • Knows the value of a penny, nickel, and dime; recognizes a quarter.
  • Estimates time on an analog hand to the using the hour hand.

Everyday Mathematics Learning Goals for First Grade

 

Secure                                                                                                            

·     Count up and back by 1s, starting with any number up to and including 20     

·     Count 20 or more objects            

·     Count by 2s to 20; count by 5s to 50        

Unit

1

1

2

Developing/Secure

  • Count by 5s to 40
  • Count by 2s to 40
  • Write numbers from 1 to 20
  • Compare pairs of numbers less than 16
  • Count up and back by 1s on the number grid
  • Exchange pennies for nickels
  • Calculate the values of combinations of pennies and nickels
  • Tell time to the nearest hour
  • Order and compare numbers to 22
  • Tell time to the nearest half-hour
  • Understand place value for 10s and 1s
  • Know addition facts
  • Solve addition and subtraction number stories
  • Calculate the values of combination of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters
  • Identify and use patterns on a number grid

Unit

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

4

4

8

8

8

8

9

Developing

  • Write and count tallies
  • Find complements of 10
  • Solve addition and subtraction number stories
  • Identify and complete patterns
  • Solve addition and subtraction problems by skip counting on the number line and the number grid
  • Identify numbers as odd and even
  • Know the values of pennies, nickels, and dimes, and calculate the value of combinations of these coins
  • Tell time to the nearest half-hour
  • Find sums and missing addends
  • Calculate the values of combinations of pennies, nickels, and dimes
  • Understand place value for tens and ones
  • Compare numbers using < and >
  • Know +1, and +0, doubles and sums of 10 addition facts
  • Find equivalent names for a number
  • Sort and identify objects by attributes
  • Know addition facts

Unit

1

2

2,3,4,5

3

 

3

3

 

3

3

3

4

4

5

5

5

6

7

7

Beginning/Developing

  • Complete Frames-and-Arrows diagrams
  • Use standard units for measuring length
  • Find missing numbers and/or the missing rule in “What’s My Rule?” problems
  • Know addition facts
  • Calculate the value of combinations of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters
  • Identify polygons and know their characteristics
  • Identify fractional parts of regions and sets with a focus on unit fractions
  • Identify fractional parts of a region

Unit

3

4

5

6

6

7

8

9

Beginning

  • Measure objects to the nearest centimeter
  • Understand digital notation for time
  • Identify 3-dimensional shapes and know their characteristics
  • Identify symmetrical figures
  • Make change for amounts less than $1
  • Solve 2-digit addition and subtraction problems
  • Compare fractions less than 1
  • Find equivalent fractions for given fractions

Unit

6

6

7

7

8

9

9

9

 

Everyday Mathematics Learning Goals for Second Grade

 

Secure

  • Count by 2s, 5s, and 10s
  • Make tallies and give the total
  • Know “easier” addition facts
  • Complete simple Frames-and-Arrows diagrams
  • Solve addition number stories
  • Find equivalent names for numbers
  • Show “P,” “N,” “D,” and “Q” for a given amount
  • Know addition facts
  • Know “easier” subtraction facts
  • Identify 2-dimensional shapes
  • Add three 1-digit numbers mentally
  • Know complements of 10
  • Count by 2s, 5s, and 10s and describe the patterns
  • Find missing addends for the next multiple of 10
  • Solve number-grid puzzles
  • Plot data on a bar graph
  • Use equivalent coins to show money amounts in different ways
  • Use a calculator to compute money amounts
  • Exchange pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters
  • Multiply numbers with 0 or 1 as a factor
  • Tell time to 5-minute intervals
  • Demonstrate calendar concepts and skills
  • Compare quantities from a bar graph

Unit

1

1

2

2

2

2

3

3

3

5

6

7

7

7

7

7

10

10

10

11

12

12

12

Developing/Secure

  • Know addition facts for sums to 10 
  • Know “harder” addition facts 
  • Know “easier” subtraction facts 
  • Complete “What’s My Rule?” tables 
  • Solve subtraction number stories 
  • Construct fact families for addition and subtraction 
  • Tell time to 5-minute intervals 
  • Identify place value in 2-digit and 3-digit numbers 
  • Add and subtract with multiples of 10
  • Draw line segments 
  • Add and subtract with multiples of 10 
  • Solve addition and subtraction number stories 
  • Measure to the nearest inch
  • Measure to the nearest centimeter 
  • Use a ruler, tape measure, and meter/yardstick correctly 
  • Read and write money amounts in decimal notation 
  • Know and express automatically the values of digits in  3- and 4-digit numbers
  • Construct multiplication/division fact families                                                                                  
  • Multiply numbers with 2, 5, and 10 as a factor

 

 

 

Unit

1

2

2

2

2

2

3

3

4

5

6

6

7

7

9

10

 

10

12

12

Developing

  • Calculate the values of coin and bill combinations
  • Identify place value for ones, tens, and hundreds
  • Complete number sequences; identify and use number patterns to solve problems
  • Find equivalent names for numbers
  • Compare numbers; write symbols <, >, and =
  • Know “harder” subtraction facts
  • Solve Frames-and-Arrows problems having two rules
  • Make change
  • Know more difficult subtraction facts
  • Devise and use strategies for finding sums of 2-digit numbers
  • Devise and use strategies for finding differences of 2-digit numbers
  • Estimate approximate costs and sums
  • Read °F on a thermometer
  • Identify 3-dimensional shapes, such as rectangular prisms, cylinders, pyramids, cones, and spheres
  • Identify symmetrical figures
  • Find common attributes of shapes
  • Identify parallel and nonparallel line segments
  • Use the trade-first method to solve 2-digit subtraction problems
  • Make ballpark estimates of exact answers
  • Model multiplication problems with arrays
  • Add three 2-digit numbers mentally
  • Find missing addends for any multiple of 10
  • Find the median (middle value) of a data set
  • Understand fractions as names for equal parts of a region or set
  • Understand that the amount represented by a fraction depends on the

             size of the whole (ONE)

  • Shade a specified fractional part of a set
  • Give the fraction name for the shaded part of a set
  • Find the equivalent fractions for given fractions
  • Shade a specified fractional part of a region
  • Give the fraction name for the shaded part of a region
  • Measure to the nearest ½ inch
  • Measure to the nearest ½ cm
  • Use appropriate units for measurement and recognize sensible measurements
  • Find area concretely
  • Find perimeter concretely
  • Identify equivalencies for inches, feet, and yards
  • Solve money stories involving change
  • Estimate totals for “ballpark” check of exact answers
  • Know and express automatically the values of digits in 5-digit numbers
  • Estimate and solve addition and subtraction number stories with dollars and cents
  • Solve 1-digit multiplication stories (multiples of equal groups)
  • Solve simple division stories (equal sharing and equal groupings)
  • Multiply numbers with 2, 5, or 10 as a factor
  • Construct multiplication/division fact families
  • Make difference and ratio comparisons
  • Determine the median, maximum, minimum, and range of a data set

Unit

1

1

 

1

1

1

2

2

2

3

4

4

4

4

 

5

5

5

5

6

6

6

6,7

7

7

8

 

8

 

8

8

8

8

9

9

 

9

9

9

9

10

10

 

10

 

11

11

11

11

11

11

12

Beginning/Developing

  • Solve stories about multiples of equal groups
  • Solve equal-grouping and equal-sharing division problems
  • Compare fractions less than one
  • Identify equivalencies for mm, cm, dm, and m

Unit

6

6

8

9

Beginning

  • Use parentheses in number models
  • Use alternate names for times of day
  • Know “harder” multiplication facts
  • Determine the mode of a data set

Unit

10

12

12

12

 

Everyday Math Learning Goals for Third Grade

 

Secure

  • Count by 10s and 100s
  • Know addition facts
  • Find equivalent names for numbers
  • Know addition and subtraction facts
  • Complete fact and number families
  • Measure line segments to the nearest centimeter
  • Know multiplication facts having 0 or 1 as a factor
  • Know multiplication facts from the first set of Fact Triangles
  • Identify and name 2-D and 3-D shapes
  • Identify symmetric figures and draw lines of symmetry

Unit

1

1

1

2

2

3

4

6

6

6

Developing/Secure

  • Identify and use number patterns to solve problems
  • Apply place-value concepts in 4-digit numbers 
  • Tell and show times to the nearest minute 
  • Calculate the values of combinations of bills and coins and write the total in dollars-and-cents notation 
  • Use basic facts to solve fact extensions 
  • Complete “What’s My Rule?” tables 
  • Solve addition and subtraction multi-digit number stories
  • Add multi-digit numbers
  • Subtract multi-digit numbers 
  • Measure line segments to the nearest ¼ inch 
  • Know multiplication facts having 2, 5, or 10 as a factor 
  • Complete multiplication/division fact families 
  • Know multiplication facts from the first set of Fact Triangles 
  • Read, write, and compare whole numbers up to 5 digits 
  • Identify place value in whole numbers up to 5 digits 
  • Identify right angles 
  • Solve equal grouping and equal sharing number stories 
  • Measure to the nearest centimeter and inch 
  • Make a frequency table
  • Make a bar graph

Unit

1

1

1

 

1

2

2

2

2

2

3

4

4

5

5

5

6

9

10

10

10

Developing

  • Estimate answers to multi-digit addition and subtraction problems
  • Find the perimeter of a polygon 
  • Find the area of a rectangular region divided into square units 
  • Solve equal grouping number stories by using multiplication 
  • Solve equal grouping and equal sharing number stories 
  • Compare and order decimals
  • Identify place value in decimals 
  • Read and write 1-and 2-digit decimals 
  • Identify, draw, and name line segments, lines and rays
  • Draw parallel and intersecting line segments, lines and rays
  • Draw angles as records of rotations 
  • Recognize and know square products 
  • Know multiplication facts from second set of Fact Triangles
  • Solve extended multiplication facts to tens x tens 
  • Find equivalent fractions for given fractions 
  • Identify fractional parts of a set 
  • Identify fractional parts of a region 
  • Solve extended multiplication facts to hundreds x hundreds 
  • Find the median of a data set
  • Know units of measure for length, weight, and capacity 
  • Know multiplication facts                                                  
  • Understand and use the language of probability 
  • Use fractions to record probability of events 
  • Use random draws to predict outcomes 
  • Collect and organize data for use in predicting outcomes

Unit

2

3

3

4

4

5

4,5

4,5

5,6

5,6

5,6

6,7

6.7

7

8

7,8

7,8

7,9

8,10

8,10

8,10

9,11

11

10,11

10,11

Beginning/Developing

  • Understand function and placement of parentheses in number sentences
  • Make ballpark estimates for sums and products
  • Identify fractions on a number line 
  • Solve fraction number stories 
  • Multiply multi-digit numbers by 1- or 1-digit numbers 
  • Find factors of a number 
  • Interpret remainders in division problems 
  • Find the volume of rectangular prisms 
  • Find the mean of a data set 
  • Understand area model of probability and solve simple spinner problems

Unit

7

7

8

8

9

9

9

10

10

11

Beginning

  • Read, write, and compare 6- and 7-digit whole numbers 
  • Read and write 3-digit decimals 
  • Compare and order fractions 
  • Convert between mixed numbers and fractions 
  • Solve number stories involving positive and negative numbers

Unit

5

5

8

8

9

 

Everyday Math Learning Goals for Fourth Grade

 

Secure

  • Solve addition and subtraction facts
  • Use the statistical landmarks maximum and minimum
  • Subtract multi-digit numbers
  • Add multi-digit numbers
  • Find equivalent names for numbers
  • Understand the relationship between multiplication and division
  • Draw and measure line segments to the nearest centimeter
  • Use dollars-and-cents notation
  • Compare large numbers
  • Estimate sums
  • Identify the whole for fractions
  • Identify fractional parts of a collection of objects
  • Identify fractional parts of regions
  • Convert between hundredths-fractions, decimals and percents
  • Use a calculator to rename any fractions as a decimal or percent
  • Use a transparent mirror to draw the reflection of a figure
  • Identify lines of symmetry, lines of reflection, reflected figures, and figures with line symmetry
  • Use rate tables, if necessary, to solve rate problems

Unit

1

2

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

7

7

7

9

9

10

 

10

12

Developing/Secure

  • Name, draw, and label line segments, lines and rays
  • Name, draw, and label angles, triangles and quadrangles
  • Identify and describe right angles and parallel lines and line segments
  • Read and write numerals to hundred-millions; give the value of the digits in numerals to hundred-millions
  • Know multiplication facts
  • Find the area of a figure by counting unit squares and fractions of unit squares inside the figure

Unit

1

1

1

 

2

2

 

8

Developing

  • Identify properties of polygons
  • Classify quadrangles according to side and angle properties
  • Display data with a line plot, bar graph or tally sheet
  • Use the statistical landmarks median, mode and range
  • Solve open sentences
  • Understand the function and placement of parentheses in number sentences
  • Determine whether number sentences are true or false
  • Solve addition and subtraction number stories
  • Use a map scale to estimate distances
  • Know basic addition facts
  • Express metric measures with decimals
  • Convert between metric measures
  • Read and write decimals to thousandths
  • Compare and order decimals
  • Draw and measure line segments to the nearest millimeter
  • Use personal references to estimate lengths in metric units
  • Solve 1- and 2-place decimal addition and subtraction problems and number stories
  • Know extended multiplication facts
  • Make magnitude estimates for products of multi-digit numbers
  • Solve multi-digit multiplication problems
  • Round whole numbers to a given place
  • Read and write numbers to billions; name the values of digits in numerals to billions
  • Solve whole number division problems
  • Express the remainder of a whole-number division problem as a fraction and the answer as a mixed number
  • Interpret the remainder in division problems
  • Name and locate points specified by ordered pairs on a coordinate grid
  • Identify acute, right, obtuse, straight and reflex angles
  • Make turns and fractions of turns; relate turns and angles
  • Use a circular protractor and a half-circle protractor to measure and draw angles
  • Solve multiplication and division number stories
  • Rename fractions with denominators of 10 and 100 as decimals
  • Apply basic vocabulary and concepts associated with chance events
  • Compare and order fractions
  • Find fractions equivalent for given fractions
  • Use formulas to find area of rectangles, parallelograms and triangles
  • Find the perimeter of a polygon
  • Find the percent or a fraction of a number
  • Convert between easy fractions (fourths, fifths and tenths), decimals and percents
  • Translate figures
  • Add positive and negative integers
  • Estimate the weight of objects in ounces or grams: weigh objects in ounces or grams
  • Solve cube-stacking volume problems
  • Describe properties of geometric solids
  • Find unit rates
  • Calculate unit prices to determine which product is the “better buy”
  • Evaluate the reasonableness of rate data
  • Collect and compare rate data

Unit

1

1

2

2

3

3

3

3

3

3

4

4

4

4

4

4

 

4

5

5

5

5

 

5

6

 

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

7

7

7

7

8

8

9

 

9

10

11

 

11

11

11

12

12

12

12

Beginning

  • Use a compass and straightedge to construct geometric figures
  • Use exponential notation to represent powers of 10
  • Identify locations on Earth for which latitude and longitude are given; find latitude and longitude for given locations
  • Add and subtract fractions
  • Make and interpret scale drawings
  • Use an estimation strategy to divide decimals by whole numbers
  • Use an estimation strategy to multiply decimals by whole numbers
  • Add integers
  • Rotate figures
  • Use a formula to calculate the volume of rectangular prisms
  • Subtract positive and negative integers
  • Find unit rates

Unit

1

5

 

6

7

8

9

9

10

10

11

11

12

 

Everyday Math Learning Goals for Fifth Grade

 

Secure

  • Draw arrays to model multiplication
  • Know multiplication facts
  • Identify even and odd numbers
  • Find the factors of numbers
  • Find the sum and difference of multi-digit whole numbers and decimals
  • Identify the maximum, minimum, median, mode, and mean for a data set
  • Identify place value in numbers to billions
  • Know properties of polygons
  • Define and create tessellations
  • Know place value to hundredths
  • Identify and use data landmarks
  • Convert among fractions, decimals, and percents
  • Convert between fractions and mixed or whole numbers
  • Find common denominators
  • Plot ordered pairs on a one-quadrant coordinate grid
  • Understand the concept of area of a figure
  • Use a formula to find the area of rectangles
  • Use formulas to find the areas of polygons and circles
  • Know the properties of geometric solids
  • Find the factors of numbers
  • Find the prime factorizations of numbers
  • Solve one-step pan-balance problems
  • Use formulas to find the volume of prisms and cylinders
  • Solve ratio and rate number stories

Unit

1

1

1

1

2

2

3

3

3

4

6

8

8

8

9

9

9

11

11

12

12

10

11

12

Developing/Secure

  • Use a divisibility test to determine if a number is divisible by another number
  • Identify prime and composite numbers
  • Understand how square numbers and their square roots are related
  • Make magnitude estimates
  • Find the product of multi-digit whole numbers and decimals
  • Know place value to billions
  • Estimate the measure of an angle
  • Measure an angle to within 2°
  • Identify types of angles
  • Identify types of triangles
  • Convert between fractions and mixed numbers
  • Find equivalent fractions
  • Convert between fractions, decimals, and percents
  • Understand and apply exponential notation
  • Determine whether number sentences are true or false
  • Understand the function and placement of parentheses in number sentences
  • Compare and order integers
  • Use an algorithm to add mixed numbers
  • Order and compare fractions
  • Understand the concept of volume of a figure
  • Identify the base and height of triangles and parallelograms
  • Use a formula to find the area of triangles and parallelograms

Unit

 

1

1

1

2

2

2

3

3

3

3

5

5

6

7

7

 

7

7

8

8

9

9

9

Developing

  • Round numbers to designated places
  • Determine angle measures based on relationships between angles
  • Find the quotient and remainder of a whole number divided by a 1-digit whole number
  • Find the quotient and remainder of a whole number divided by a 2-digit whole number
  • Determine the value of a variable; use this value to complete a number sentence
  • Order and compare fractions
  • Convert between fractions and percents
  • Draw a circle graph for a set of data
  • Measure pieces of a circle graph; interpret a circle graph
  • Add and subtract fractions with like denominators
  • Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators
  • Understand how sample size affects results
  • Find common denominators
  • Understand and apply powers of 10
  • Understand and apply order of operations to evaluate expressions and solve number sentences
  • Add and subtract integers
  • Use an algorithm to multiply fractions
  • Use an algorithm to subtract mixed numbers with like denominators
  • Find a percent of a number
  • Use a formula to find the volume of prisms
  • Write algebraic expressions to represent situations
  • Represent rate problems as formulas, graphs, and tables
  • Use formulas to find circumference and area of a circle
  • Distinguish between circumference and area of a circle
  • Interpret mystery line plots and graphs
  • Find the greatest common factor of two numbers
  • Find the least common multiple of two numbers

Unit

2

3

 

4

 

4

 

4

5

5

5

5

6

6

6

6

7

 

7

7

8

8

8

9

10

10

10

10

10

12

12

Beginning/Developing

  • Rename numbers written in exponential notation
  • Write and solve number sentences with variables for division number stories
  • Construct stem-and-leaf plots
  • Read and interpret stem-and-leaf plots
  • Understand and apply scientific notation
  • Use the Multiplication Counting Principle to find the total number of possible outcomes of a sequence of choices

Unit

1

 

4

6

6

7

 

12

Beginning

  • Find the prime factorizations of numbers
  • Write and solve open sentences for number stories
  • Divide decimal numbers by whole numbers with no remainders
  • Use an algorithm to multiply mixed numbers
  • Plot ordered pairs on a four-quadrant coordinate grid
  • Solve two-step pan-balance problems
  • Understand the relationship between the volume of pyramids and prisms, and the volume of cones and cylinders
  • Find the surface area of prisms
  • Understand how to find the surface area of cylinders
  • Understand the concept of capacity and how to calculate it
  • Understand and use tree diagrams to solve problems
  • Compute the probability of outcomes when choices are equally likely

Unit

1

2

4

8

9

10

 

11

11

11

11

12

12