Curriculum Expectations

PROBLEM 1 - ZOO KEEPER HELPER (GRADE 1 - NUMBER SENSE & NUMERATION)

Overall Expectation:

• solve problems involving the addition and subtraction of single digit whole numbers, using a variety of strategies

Specific Expectations:

• Counting
• count forward by 1’s, 2’s to 100 using a variety of tools and strategies
• Quantity Relationships
• compose numbers up to 20 in a variety of ways
• demonstrate using concrete materials, the concept of conservation of a number
• Operational Sense
• Solve a variety of problems involving the addition and subtraction of whole numbers to 20, using concrete materials

PROBLEM 2 - AT THE POND (GRADE 2 - DATA MANAGEMENT & PROBABILITY)

Overall Expectation:

• Describe probability in everyday situations & simple games

Specific Expectations:

• Describe probability as a measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, using mathematical language (i.e impossible, unlikely, less likely, equally likely, more likely, certain
• Describe the probability that an event will occur through investigation with simple games and probability experiments and using mathematical language.

PROBLEM 3 - MAZE MANIPULATOR (GRADE 5 - GEOMETRY & SPATIAL SENSE)


Overall Expectation:

• Identify and describe the location of an object, using the cardinal directions, and translate two-dimensional shapes.

Specific Expectation:

• identify, perform, and describe translations, using a variety of tools (e.g., geoboard, dot paper, computer program);

PROBLEM 4 - ARCHITECT (GRADE 4 - MEASUREMENT)

Overall Expectations:

•            Estimate, measure and record length, perimeter, area, mass, capacity, volume, and elapsed time, using a variety of strategies
•            Determine the relationships among units and measurable attributes, including the area and perimeter of rectangles

Specific Expectations:

•          Estimate, measure using a variety of tools (e.g., centimetre grid paper, geoboard) and strategies, and record the perimeter and are of polygons
•         Determine, through investigation, the relationship between the side lengths of a rectangle and its perimeter and area