Math

“Ensuring Student Success” is the mission of District 54. In the area of mathematics students are provided opportunities with the five strands of Number Sense, Measurement, Algebra, Geometry and Data Analysis/Probability. Instruction is focused on real-life problem solving, a balance between whole-class and self-directed learning. The emphasis is on communication, facilitation of school-family cooperation and an appropriate use of technology. For more information, contact
Jim Vreeland
Director of Mathematics and Science
Linda Luick
Mathematics and Science Secretary
(847) 357-5143
Essential Learning Outcomes for Mathematics
Counting and Cardinality
Students will
- Demonstrate understanding that number words refer to quantity
- Count with understanding to 20
- Solve problems by matching sets and comparing amounts to 10
Measurement and Data
Students will
- Demonstrate the ability to sort, classify and order objects by size, number, shape and other properties
- Apply vocabulary such as “above”, “below” and “next to” to discuss position of objects
- Identify objects as “the same”, “different” or “more or less” on the basis of attributes
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Counting and Cardinality
Students will
- Count by ones and tens up to 100
- Count forwards and backwards from a given number (other than 1) in a known sequence up to 20
- Understand and demonstrate one to one correspondence
- Identify the number of objects in one group as greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group within sets of 20
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Students will
- Fluently add and subtract numbers 5 or less
- Solve addition problems by using words, pictures, and/or numbers with sums of up to 10
Number and Operations in Base Ten
Students will
- Understand that 10 can be thought of as a bundle of ones where the unit equals 10
Measurement and Data
Students will
- Identify and name the value of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters
- Tell and write time to the hour
Geometry
Students will
- Identify and describe shapes
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Students will
- Understand addition is commutative and demonstrate with turn-around facts
- Understand the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction
- Apply knowledge of addition and subtraction facts to solve word problems
- Demonstrate fluency in addition and subtraction within 20
Number and Operations in Base Ten
Students will
- Read and write numbers up to 120
- Apply knowledge of counting to 120 by completing any given number sequence
- Use place value to compare and order two-digit numbers
Measurement and Data
Students will
- Represent and interpret data
- Tell and write time in quarter- and half-hours using analog and digital clocks
- Add and subtract coins (quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies)
- Calculate and express the value of a combination of coins (quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies)
Geometry
Students will
- Identify and describe plane and solid figures including circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, spheres, cylinders, rectangular prisms, pyramids, cones and cubes
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Students will
- Demonstrate fluency in addition and subtraction facts within 20
- Solve problems using words, sentences, pictures and numbers to explain the steps used to solve the problem
Number and Operations in Base Ten
Students will
- Count by 1s, 2s, 5s, 10s, 25s and 100s past 1,000 and back by 1s from any number less than 1,000 with and without number grids, number lines and calculators
- Use place value to compare and order 3-digit numbers
- Read and write numbers up to the 1,000s place
- Compute sums and differences of one- and two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value
Measurement and Data
Students will
- Measure and estimate in standard units to the nearest whole unit
- Represent and interpret data
- Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the minute, using a.m. and p.m.
- Solve problems using dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies
Geometry
Students will
- Divide a whole into equal sized parts and describe with appropriate vocabulary
- Recognize shapes and their attributes
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Students will
- Fluently multiply within 100
- Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division within 100
- Solve multi-digit arithmetic problems involving the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)
- Determine and describe a pattern (sequence) or the unknown number and solve equations that have an unknown number or operation
- Solve open-ended response problems
Number and Operations in Base Ten
Students will
- Read, write, recognize and model numbers and their place values up to 100,000
Number and Operations – Fractions
Students will
- Develop understanding of fractions as numbers
Measurement and Data
Students will
- Solve problems involving measurement
- Represent and interpret data
Geometry
Students will
- Understand and recognize geometric measurement concepts in area and perimeter
- Describe, analyze, compare and classify two- and three-dimensional shapes by properties
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Students will
- Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems
- Gain familiarity with factors and multiples
- Generate and analyze patterns
Number and Operations in Base Ten
Students will
- Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit arithmetic
- Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic
Number and Operations – Fractions
Students will
- Extend understanding of fraction equivalence and ordering
- Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understanding of operations on whole numbers
- Understand decimal notation for fractions and compare fractions and decimals
Measurement and Data
Students will
- Solve problems involving measurement and conversions of measurement
- Represent and interpret data
- Classify events/describe chances of events using words or numbers
Geometry
Students will
- Understand, draw and identify concepts of angles and measure angles
- Classify shapes by properties of lines and angles
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Students will
- Write and interpret numerical expressions
- Analyze patterns and relationships
- Solve for the unknown in an equation with a single operation
- Choose an appropriate strategy to solve a problem
- Write an explanation using mathematical and strategic knowledge
Number and Operations in Base Ten
Students will
- Understand the place value system
- Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths
Number and Operations – Fractions
Students will
- Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions
- Apply and extend previous understanding of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions
Measurement and Data
Students will
- Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system
- Represent and interpret data
- Understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and addition
Geometry
Students will
- Graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-world and mathematical problems
- Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties
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Ratios and Proportional Relationships
Students will
- Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems
The Number System
Students will
- Convert and compare fractions (including improper fractions and mixed numbers), decimals and percents within 100%
- Solve problems and number sentences with integers
- Use ordered pairs of numbers to name, locate and plot points in all four quadrants of a coordinate grid
Expressions and Equations
Students will
- Determine a rule of a pattern or table and represent it using a variable expression
- Write and solve one variable equation
- Write and graph inequalities
- Justify and explain the steps used to solve a problem
Geometry
Students will
- Determine perimeter, area and volume
- Identify properties of single figures and determine the relationship between and among multiple figures
Statistics and Probability
Students will
- Read and interpret data in multiple representations
- Determine and apply the probabilities of events
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Ratios and Proportional Relationships
Students will
- Analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems
The Number System
Students will
- Apply and extend previous understanding of numerical operations to adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing rational numbers
Expressions and Equations
Students will
- Use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions
- Solve real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions, linear equations and linear inequalities
- Justify and explain the steps used to solve a problem
Geometry
Students will
- Draw and describe geometrical figures and describe the relationships between them including coordinate geometry
- Solve real-life and mathematical problems involving angle measures, perimeter, area, surface area and volume
Statistics and Probability
Students will
- Create, read, interpret and make predictions from data represented in graphs
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Expressions and Equations
Students will
- Fluently compute with real numbers
- Solve linear equations and inequalities
- Use and apply proportional reasoning
- Compute and evaluate expressions
- Solve systems linear equations
- Perform operations with polynomials
- Solve and factor polynomials
- Solve and perform operations with radical expressions and equations
- Solve and perform operations with rational expressions and equations
- Apply exponent properties
- Justify and explain the steps used to solve a problem
Functions
Students will
- Graph and write linear equations and inequalities
Geometry
Students will
- Solve real-life and mathematical problems involving angle measure, area, surface area and volume
- Understand and apply formulas and theorems
Seventh and Eighth Grade Accelerated Geometry
Mathematical Practice
Students will
- Apply the concept of deductive and inductive reasoning
- Recognize and/or apply properties of polygons
- Recognize and apply relationships within and among geometric figures
Congruence
Students will
- Recognize and/or apply properties of triangles and their congruencies
Expressing Geometric Properties with Equations
Students will
- Determine the perimeter, area, surface area and volume of two-dimensional and three-dimensional figures
Similarity, Right Triangles and Trigonometry
Students will
- Apply the properties of similarity
- Determine unknown lengths or angle measures in right triangles
Circles
Students will
- Apply the definition and properties of circles
Modeling with Geometry
Students will
- Apply probability to geometric situations
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