Our math curriculum serves as a platform for advancing children's 21st-century mathematical skills - their abstract reasoning, their collaboration skills, their ability to learn from peers and through technology, and their flexibility as a learner in a dynamic learning environment. Students have the opportunity to be engaged in dialogue and learning experiences that allow complex topics and ideas to be explored from many angles and perspectives. They will also learn how to think and solve problems for which there is no one solution - and learn mathematical skills along the way.

Our math lessons combine problem-based learning with visual learning. Students learn more about math by solving rich, real-world based problems. They gain a deeper, clearer understanding of math concepts with visual models and scaffolds in every lesson. Our lessons are a balanced combination of procedure and understanding through practice and reflection.

The four major domain areas at the core of our math instruction program are:

Number Sense and Operation

• At levels K-2 this domain addresses counting, the base-ten number system, and the operations of addition and subtraction.
• At levels 3-5 this domain addresses four operations with whole numbers with an emphasis on multiplication and division, as well as understanding of and computation with decimals and fractions.

Algebra

• At levels K-2 this domain addresses skip-counting, fact families, and using number sentences to solve addition and subtraction problems.
• At levels 3-5 this domain addresses multiplication and division concepts, including remainders, factors and multiples, as well as numeric expressions and patterns.

Measurement and Statistics

• At levels K-2 this domain addresses the concept of measurement units, especially for length and time. It also includes showing data on simple graphs.
• At levels 3-5 this domain addresses the relationship among measurement units, geometric measurement concepts, and presenting and interpreting data on line plots and bar graphs.

Geometry

• At levels K-2 this domain addresses attributes of basic two- and three-dimensional shapes, relationships between shapes, and simple geometric terms.
• At levels 3-5 this domain addresses angles and perpendicular and parallel lines, classification of two-dimensional figures, line symmetry and plotting points on the coordinate plane.

New York State Next Generation Mathematics Standards