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Primary Connections:

NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000)
(National)

  • Algebra > Understand patterns, relations, and functions (Grade: K – 2)

Secondary Connections:

NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000)
(National)

  • Geometry > Analyze characteristics and properties of two- and three-dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships (Grade: 3 – 5)
  • Measurement > Understand measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems, and processes of measurement (Grade: 3 – 5)
  • Algebra > Understand patterns, relations, and functions (Grade: K – 2)

References:

NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000)
(National)

  • Measurement > Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements (Grade: 6 – 8)
  • Measurement > Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements (Grade: 6 – 8)
  • Data Analysis and Probability > Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them (Grade: 3 – 5)
  • Data Analysis and Probability > Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them (Grade: 3 – 5)
  • Algebra > Understand patterns, relations, and functions (Grade: 3 – 5)
  • Algebra > Analyze change in various contexts (Grade: K – 2)
  • Measurement > Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements (Grade: 3 – 5)
  • Geometry > Analyze characteristics and properties of two- and three-dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships (Grade: 3 – 5)
  • Geometry > Apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations (Grade: 3 – 5)
  • Geometry > Apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations (Grade: 6 – 8)
  • Geometry > Use visualization, spatial reasoning, and geometric modeling to solve problems (Grade: 6 – 8)
  • Geometry > Apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations (Grade: K – 2)
  • Geometry > Apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations (Grade: K – 2)
  • Geometry > Analyze characteristics and properties of two- and three-dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships (Grade: K – 2)
  • Measurement > Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements (Grade: 6 – 8)

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Primary Connections:

NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000)
(National)

  • Algebra > 1.1 Understand patterns, relations, and functions (Grade: K – 2)
    sort, classify, and order objects by size, number, and other properties

Secondary Connections:

NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000)
(National)

  • Geometry > 1.2 Analyze characteristics and properties of two- and three-dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships (Grade: 3 – 5)
    classify two- and three-dimensional shapes according to their properties and develop definitions of classes of shapes such as triangles and pyramids
  • Measurement > 1.5 Understand measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems, and processes of measurement (Grade: 3 – 5)
    explore what happens to measurements of a two-dimensional shape such as its perimeter and area when the shape is changed in some way
  • Algebra > 1.2 Understand patterns, relations, and functions (Grade: K – 2)
    recognize, describe, and extend patterns such as sequences of sounds and shapes or simple numeric patterns and translate from one representation to another

References:

NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000)
(National)

  • Measurement > 2.4 Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements (Grade: 6 – 8)
    develop strategies to determine the surface area and volume of selected prisms, pyramids, and cylinders
  • Measurement > 2.5 Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements (Grade: 6 – 8)
    solve problems involving scale factors, using ratio and proportion
  • Data Analysis and Probability > 1.2 Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them (Grade: 3 – 5)
    collect data using observations, surveys, and experiments
  • Data Analysis and Probability > 1.3 Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them (Grade: 3 – 5)
    represent data using tables and graphs such as line plots, bar graphs, and line graphs
  • Algebra > 1.1 Understand patterns, relations, and functions (Grade: 3 – 5)
    describe, extend, and make generalizations about geometric and numeric patterns
  • Algebra > 4.2 Analyze change in various contexts (Grade: K – 2)
    describe quantitative change, such as a student's growing two inches in one year
  • Measurement > 2.3 Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements (Grade: 3 – 5)
    select and use benchmarks to estimate measurements
  • Geometry > 1.3 Analyze characteristics and properties of two- and three-dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships (Grade: 3 – 5)
    investigate, describe, and reason about the results of subdividing, combining, and transforming shapes
  • Geometry > 3.3 Apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations (Grade: 3 – 5)
    identify and describe line and rotational symmetry in two- and three-dimensional shapes and designs
  • Geometry > 3.2 Apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations (Grade: 6 – 8)
    examine the congruence, similarity, and line or rotational symmetry of objects using transformations
  • Geometry > 4.5 Use visualization, spatial reasoning, and geometric modeling to solve problems (Grade: 6 – 8)
    recognize and apply geometric ideas and relationships in areas outside the mathematics classroom, such as art, science, and everyday life
  • Geometry > 3.2 Apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations (Grade: K – 2)
    recognize and create shapes that have symmetry
  • Geometry > 3.1 Apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations (Grade: K – 2)
    recognize and apply slides, flips, and turns
  • Geometry > 1.3 Analyze characteristics and properties of two- and three-dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships (Grade: K – 2)
    investigate and predict the results of putting together and taking apart two- and three-dimensional shapes
  • Measurement > 2.3 Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements (Grade: 6 – 8)
    develop and use formulas to determine the circumference of circles and the area of triangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, and circles and develop strategies to find the area of more-complex shapes

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