Course Overview
Student learning objectives in Elementary Mathematics are divided into five strands. Each strand is divided into topics and subtopics with emphasis placed on the objectives appropriate for each of Grades 1-5. Some learning objectives have also been included for Kindergarten.
- Problem Solving
- Understanding
- Planning and Executing
- Reflecting
- Numbers and Operations
- Whole Numbers
- Foundations
- Counting
- Place Value
- Addition
- Subtraction
- Multiplication
- Division
- Rational Numbers
- Common Fractions
- Decimal Fractions
- Data Management and Analysis
- Collecting
- Organizing and Displaying
- Summarizing and Interpreting
- Geometry
- Space (three-dimensional)
- Plane (two-dimensional)
- Measurement
- Length
- Area
- Capacity
- Volume
- Mass
- Time
- Temperature
- Money
- Angles
Implementation Considerations
Policy and Time Allocations
Mathematics is a Required Area of Study at the Elementary Level. Time requirements for this course at each of Grades 1-5 is 210 minutes per week.
Documents
Curriculum Guide - one per teacher
Bibliography - one per school - spring 1992
Information Bulletin for Administrators - one per school - winter 1992
These documents are online as part of the Evergreen Curriculum. Additional print copies of these documents are available from the Book Bureau.
Key Resources
Staff Development
Saskatchewan Education will provide regional or school-division-based inservice to school divisions implementing the program during the three-year "window" for implementation. School divisions are responsible for providing release time and expenses for teachers to attend implementation inservice.
Integrating Mathematics With Other Subjects
Integration in mathematics entails:
- teaching mathematics in a manner that is meaningful and applicable to all students;
- combining many of the learning objectives from various strands and topics of mathematics within a unit of study; and,
- demonstrating the applicability of mathematics by showing the interrelatedness with other Required Areas of Study.
Five integrated units, one at each grade level, are included in the curriculum guide and serve as models.