Different tools. Connected ideas.

Find the
big idea.

Follow a mathematical idea across materials, activities, and questions worth asking.

Number Sense

Explore quantities, compare numbers, and find useful relationships between them.

Connect number words with objects, organized groups, and the total in a collection.

Make the grouping of ones, tens, hundreds, and smaller units visible.

Use materials to explain joining, separating, grouping, sharing, and comparing.

Choose a whole, make equal parts, and compare their sizes and relationships.

Build, sort, move, and describe shapes using their properties.

Choose units, read scales, and distinguish what is being measured.

Describe repetition, notice change, and represent relationships with unknown values.

Predict possible outcomes, collect observations, and compare a model with an experiment.

Choose purposeful materials, ask useful questions, and connect models with mathematical explanations.