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Engage all students equitably in a standards-aligned, high quality mathematics curriculum so that students develop mathematical ‘habits of mind’ as critical thinkers, adept problem solvers, and mathematical communicators, and therefore engage productively in college, career and the ever-changing, interdisciplinary world.
Newly Adopted Core Curriculum in K-5 Classrooms
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Elementary school students will now use Imagine Learning IM curriculum, which combines digital and print materials to engage students in learning within a vibrant and productive math learning community. The program is based in problem-based learning where students discuss math ideas and build on each other's thinking to understand and apply math concepts. The “Warm Up - Activity - Synthesis” lesson structure allows teachers to foster student-centered discourse and curiosity, engage students in problem solving, and synthesize learning at the end of each lesson.
Students Learn in a Math Learning Community
Essential to problem-based learning, students collaborate, learn together, and grow in community to deepen their mathematical understanding as a classroom learning community.
Students Utilize Mathematical Language Routines
Mathematical discussion is a key structure in the Imagine Learning IM classroom, and students learn language routines from Kindergarten through 5th grade that allow for rich math dialogue between students in the math learning community.
Students Use Math Journals to Reflect and Learn
Teachers engage students in reflective writing about their math learning throughout the math unit so students may synthesize and make sense of their mathematical ideas as they develop.
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