Big K Math Component
This component of the program is designed to develop number concepts and reasoning, computation skills, problem solving strategies and application. Students are immersed in such a way that builds skill, confidence and a fascination with the logic of numbers. Through a variety of approaches students will become familiar with:
- whole number recognition/understanding
- place value through 1,000
- less than, greater than, and equals signs
- addition
- subtraction
- basic facts - addition/subtraction
- skip counting
- multiplication
- division
- fractions
- time
- word problems - throughout curriculum
- problem solving, metacognition, estimation throughout curriculum
- mental math strategies
- money
- measurement - length, weight and volume units
- odd/even numbers
- graph interpretation and creation
- geometry - 2 and 3 dimensional shapes, attributes, congruency, and symmetry
- patterns - identification and extension