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Math Colorado Content Standards

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STANDARD 1:

Students develop number sense and use numbers and

number relationships in problem-solving situations and

communicate the reasoning used in solving these problems.

 

GRADES K-4

In grades K-4, what students know and are able to do includes

• demonstrating meanings for whole numbers, and commonly-used fractions and decimals, and representing equivalent forms of the same number through

the use of physical models, drawings, calculators, and computers;

• reading and writing whole numbers and knowing place-value concepts and numeration through

their relationships to counting, ordering, and grouping;

• using numbers to count, to measure, to label, and to indicate location;

• developing, testing, and explaining conjectures* about properties of whole numbers, and

commonly-used fractions and decimals; and

• using number sense to estimate and justify the reasonableness of solutions to problems

involving whole numbers, and commonly-used fractions and decimals.

 

STANDARD 2:

Students use algebraic methods to explore, model, and

describe patterns and functions involving numbers,

shapes, data, and graphs in problem-solving situations

and communicate the reasoning used in solving these problems.

GRADES K-4

In grades K-4, what students know and are able to do includes

• reproducing, extending, creating, and describing patterns and sequences using a variety of

materials;

• describing patterns and other relationships using tables, graphs, and open sentences*;

• recognizing when a pattern exists and using that information to solve a problem; and

• observing and explaining how a change in one quantity can produce a change in another.

 

STANDARD 3:

Students use data collection and analysis, statistics, and

probability in problem-solving situations and

communicate the reasoning used in solving these problems.

 

GRADES K-4

In grades K-4, what students know and are able to do includes

• constructing, reading, and interpreting displays of data including tables, charts, pictographs,

and bar graphs;

• interpreting data using the concepts of largest, smallest, most often, and middle;

• generating, analyzing, and making predictions based on data obtained from surveys and chance

devices; and

• solving problems using various strategies for making combinations.

 

STANDARD 4:

Students use geometric concepts, properties, and

relationships in problem-solving situations and

communicate the reasoning used in solving these problems.

 

GRADES K-4

In grades K-4, what students know and are able to do includes

• recognizing shapes and their relationships

• identifying, describing, drawing, comparing, classifying, and building physical models of

geometric figures;

• relating geometric ideas to measurement and number sense;

• solving problems using geometric relationships and spatial reasoning;

and

• recognizing geometry in their world.

 

STANDARD 5:

Students use a variety of tools and techniques to

measure, apply the results in problem-solving

situations, and communicate the reasoning used in

solving these problems.

 

GRADES K-4

In grades K-4, what students know and are able to do includes

• knowing, using, describing, and estimating measures of length, perimeter, capacity, weight,

time, and temperature;

• comparing and ordering objects according to measurable attributes;

• demonstrating the process of measuring and explaining the concepts related to units of

measurement;

• using the approximate measures of familiar objects to develop a sense of measurement; and

• selecting and using appropriate standard and non-standard units of measurement in

problem-solving situations.

 

STANDARD 6:

Students link concepts and procedures as they develop

and use computational techniques, including estimation,

mental arithmetic, paper-and-pencil, calculators, and

computers, in problem-solving situations and

communicate the reasoning used in solving these problems.

 

GRADES K-4

In grades K-4, what students know and are able to do includes

• demonstrating conceptual meanings for the four basic arithmetic operations of addition,

subtraction, multiplication, and division;

• adding and subtracting commonly-used fractions and decimals using physical models;

• demonstrating understanding of and proficiency with basic addition, subtraction,

multiplication, and division facts without the use of a calculator;

• constructing, using, and explaining procedures to compute and estimate with whole numbers;

and

• selecting and using appropriate methods for computing with whole numbers in

problem-solving situations from among mental arithmetic, estimation, paper-and-pencil,

calculator, and computer methods.