Mission:
The mission of the Frisco Independent School District elementary mathematics program is to promote meaningful learning for all students through a comprehensive curriculum.
Our program is committed to maximizing the learning of mathematics in which students are engaged in the process of making sense of mathematics, developing conceptual understanding of mathematical concepts, application of strategies for solving meaningful problems, and working as a community of learners.
Elementary Math Instructional Model:
FISD’s math instructional model is based on the 5E model in which learners investigate phenomenon by creating conceptions, theories and generalizations based on their work.
The 5E model includes five phases of learner centered instruction that moves learners through different levels of understanding including concrete, pictorial, tabular, graphic, and abstract.
5E Model of Instruction
Dr. Jim Barufaldi, Austin, Tx, 2002
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Description |
Engage |
- Generates student Interest
- Accesses prior knowledge
- Connect to past knowledge
- Set parameters of the focus
- Frame the mathematical idea
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Explore |
- Experience key concepts
- Discover new skills
- Probe, inquire, and question experiences
- Examine the students thinking
- Establish relationships and understanding
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Explain |
- Connect prior knowledge and background to new discoveries
- Communicate new understandings
- Connect informal mathematical language to formal mathematical language
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Elaborate |
- Apply new learning to a new or similar situation
- Extend and explain concept being explored
- Communicate new
- understanding with formal mathematical language
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Evaluate |
- Assess mathematical understanding (self, peer and teacher evaluation)
- Demonstrate understanding of new concepts by observation or open-ended response
- Apply within problem situation
- Show evidence of accomplishment
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Elementary Math Curriculum Resources
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): Download the Mathematical Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for grades K-12. The math TEKS are an outline of the expectations of instructional math objectives for each grade level.
Summary of the Texas math standards and assessment: Download information on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS).
Overview and history of the TEKS: Download an overview and history of the Mathematics Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills.
Principles and Standards for School Mathematics: Download information on the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics developed by the the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). The Principles describe features of high-quality mathematics instruction. The Standards describe the mathematical content and processes that students should learn. The Principles and Standards provide a guide for the continual improvement of mathematics education in classrooms, schools, and educational systems.
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