A plan for education:
Tama Traberman, Larry Taylor and I spoke about making changes in education. Following that I am motivated to develop JTECH. It will envolve the programming forum to and and mold the ideas that form the foundations of mathematics education. So August is preparation for GRADE 1 at J TECH . In September we will get ideas that would support the curriculum that is planned for students in that grade. October will be plans for GRADE 2 and so forth. Since I am in the US, I am showing the newly developed :"Core Curriculum (quite controversial) but at least a starting place. Grade 1 Overview Operations and Algebraic Thinking * Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction. * Understand and apply properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction. * Add and subtract within 20. * Work with addition and subtraction equations. Number and Operations in Base Ten * Extend the counting sequence. * Understand place value. * Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract. Measurement and Data * Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units. * Tell and write time. * Represent and interpret data. Geometry * Reason with shapes and their attributes. Mathematical Practices 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. 3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. 4. Model with mathematics. 5. Use appropriate tools strategically. 6. Attend to precision. 7. Look for and make use of structure. 8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning. I will send my plan for August in my next email which should be available soon. Linda ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
