Elementary Level Mathematics: Strand Overviews

Using the Strand Overviews

The Strand Overviews are organized by grade. At the beginning of each grade overview the foundational objectives are presented. The first five foundational objectives are representative of the five strands in this Mathematics Curriculum. The following five foundational objectives are supportive of each Common Essential Learning excluding numeracy. These foundational objectives are expected to be applied at the appropriate level as supported by the detailed listing of the student learning objectives.

For each learning objective to be formally taught at each grade, a corresponding example or activity is given to help explain the objective and present a suggested level of difficulty. These examples may be used verbatim or adapted to suit a unit plan.

The facing page contains a column of manipulatives and resources that may be used to develop the corresponding objectives, and a column of instructional notes from which the teacher may acquire many ideas to use within each topic or subtopic.

A space is allotted for teacher notes where additional examples, activities, manipulatives, resources, and instructional notes can be written.

Various student assessment techniques are suggested for each learning objective. These are written in abbreviated form under each objective.
e.g., (Assess: AR, OC) - indicates anecdotal records and/or observation checklist could be used for assessment purposes.
For further reference to these techniques see Student Evaluation.

Note: Teachers are encouraged to use and adapt ideas from the strand overviews, model units, and projects other than the grade level(s) they are teaching.