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Mathematics
The lower school uses McGraw-Hill Mathematics as a core instructional program for content, structure, and continuity. It is an ambitious program at every grade level, grounded by the NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics with the challenge for all students to learn important mathematical concepts and processes with understanding. Each year students build on the base of knowledge and skills that are required to think and reason mathematically.
Grade Three
Numerous manipulatives are used in addition to the Mc-Graw Hill Mathematics curriculum (grade 3 and 4) to develop proficiencies. Topics covered include: place value up to the millions, rounding numbers and estimating, an intense study of multiplication and division, extensive problem solving, learning how to apply certain strategies when thinking through a problem, time, money, geometry, measurement, fractions and decimals.
Grade Four
The math curriculum in Fourth Grade follows the McGraw Hill Grade 5 Mathematics text. Students are given a solid foundation in mathematical knowledge and are encouraged to think, reason, and relate their newly acquired skills to real world situations. The scope covers mathematical properties, numeration and computational operations in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers, decimals and fractions. The Digi Block program is used to promote depth of understanding in place value and algorithms. Number theory topics covered are: divisibility, factors, multiples, prime and composite numbers.
Grade Five
Grade Five Mathematics covers a broad range of topics, solidifying computational skills with all operations, whole numbers, decimals, and fractions. Laying the groundwork for pre-algebra, students begin to write and solve algebraic equations using order of operation as it applies to a complex set of mathematical statements. Students also explore patterns in data, appropriate uses for different types of graphs, and data displays and statistics. Ratio and proportions are presented with basic unit conversion in both metric and standard measure. The course focuses on problem solving techniques and their real-world applications, and encourages students to learn to read and understand mathematics on their own.
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