Strands+&+Standards

Math Standards & Expectations-
Number and Operations Instructional programs from prekindergarten through grade 12 should enable all students to:Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems Pre-K–2 Expectations: In prekindergarten through grade 2 all students should: • count with understanding and recognize "how many" in sets of objects • use multiple models to develop initial understandings of place value and the base-ten number system; • develop understanding of the relative position and magnitude of whole numbers and of ordinal and cardinal numbers and their connections; Algebra Instructional programs from prekindergarten through grade 12 should enable all students to: Understand patterns, relations, and functions Pre-K–2 Expectations: In prekindergarten through grade 2 all students should: · sort, classify, and order objects by size, number, and other properties; · recognize, describe, and extend patterns such as sequences of sounds and shapes or simple numeric patterns and translate from one representation to another; analyze how both repeating and growing patterns are generated

National Social Studies and History Standards-
THE WORLD IN SPATIAL TERMS As a result of activities in grades K-12, all students should · Understand how to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective. · Understand how to use mental maps to organize information about people, places, and environments in a spatial context. · Understand how to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface. = = =Nets for students 2007=

Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students: a.interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media. b. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats. c. develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures. contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.
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=NCTE / IRA Standards for the English Language Arts=

3. Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features (e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).

8. Students use a variety of technological and information resources (e.g., libraries, databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge.