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Pittsburg Unified School District

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Pittsburg Unified School District

Every Scholar, Every Day. They Deserve Nothing Less Than Our Best.
Mathematics in pittsburg unified school district

Mathematics in pittsburg unified school district

Pittsburg USD mathematics teaching and learning embraces a problem-based approach, grounded in the belief that every student possesses the potential to master grade-level mathematics. In our program, students learn math by doing math. 
Teachers invite all students to contribute to mathematical learning, center student thinking, and respond as students develop conceptual understanding and essential mathematical skills.
 
curriculum

curriculum

Learn About Illustrative Math

The instructional design of Imagine Learning Illustrative Mathematics supports kindergarten through 12th-grade learners through dynamic, engaging instructional experiences.

Kindergarten

The big ideas in kindergarten include: representing and comparing whole numbers, initially with sets of objects; understanding and applying addition and subtraction; and describing shapes and space. More time in kindergarten is devoted to numbers than to other topics.
 
End of Year Fluency Expectation: Add and Subtract within 5
 
 

First-Grade

The big ideas in grade 1 include: developing understanding of addition, subtraction, and strategies for addition and subtraction within 20; developing understanding of whole-number relationships and place value, including grouping in tens and ones; developing understanding of linear measurement and measuring lengths as iterating length units; and reasoning about attributes of, and composing and decomposing geometric shapes.
 
End of Year Fluency Expectation: Add and Subtract within 10

Second-Grade

The big ideas in grade 2 include: extending understanding of the base-ten number system, building fluency with addition and subtraction, using standard units of measure, and describing and analyzing shapes.
 
The mathematical work for grade 2 is partitioned into 9 units:
 
End of Year Fluency Expectations: Add and Subtract with in 10, Add and Subtract within 100

Third-Grade

The big ideas in grade 3 include: developing understanding of multiplication and division and strategies for multiplication and division within 100; developing understanding of fractions, especially unit fractions (fractions with numerator 1); developing understanding of the structure of rectangular arrays and of area; and describing and analyzing two-dimensional shapes.
 
The mathematical work for grade 3 is partitioned into 8 units:
 
End of Year Fluency Expectations: Multiply and Divide within 100, Add and Subtract within 1,000

Fourth-Grade

The big ideas in grade 4 include: developing understanding and fluency with multi-digit multiplication, and developing understanding of dividing to find quotients involving multi-digit dividends; developing an understanding of fraction equivalence, addition and subtraction of fractions with like denominators, and multiplication of fractions by whole numbers; understanding that geometric figures can be analyzed and classified based on their properties, such as having parallel sides, perpendicular sides, particular angle measures, and symmetry.
 
End of Year Fluency Expectation: Add and Subtract within 1,000,000

Fifth-Grade

The big ideas in grade 5 include: developing fluency with addition and subtraction of fractions, developing understanding of multiplication and division of fractions in limited cases (unit fractions divided by whole numbers and whole numbers divided by unit fractions), extending division to two-digit divisors, developing understanding of operations with decimals to hundredths, developing fluency with whole number and decimal operations, and developing understanding of volume.
 
End of Year Fluency Expectation: Multidigit Multiplication