It's important to understand that students will be working in different areas of their textbook throughout the year that may not follow the linear order from front cover to back cover. Many of the standards that your child's teacher will be incorporating into their lessons will simply use the book as a resource instead of the sole teaching tool. All classrooms use a variety of collaborative learning startegies that have students interacting with new knowledge and learning with their peers.  

The PRIMES math curriculum moves at an accelerated rate which allows for 25% of the fifth grade year to be spent in the 6th grade Math Springboard book for differentiated instruction.

PRIMES Math

Florida Standards 

The implementation of the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics requires three important shifts in instructional practice: Focus, Coherence, and Rigor. The 2014-2015 Math Instructional Framework aligns to theses instructional shifts as well as the Mathematics Florida Standards (MAFS) in the following ways:

FOCUS – The instructional plan is organized by Learning Goals based on the major work of the grade. The major work is concepts which demand the most time, attention, and energy throughout the school year. Learning Goals have been clarified through focus standards (standards that are directly related to the goal) and connecting standards (standards that may provide additional contexts for working with the focus standards). In addition, focus Standards for Mathematical Practice have been identified for each Learning Goal.

COHERENCE – Learning Goals contain connections to standards across the content domains. These connections help teachers plan their instruction in such a way as to provide students opportunities to experience the essential ideas within and across each goal as an interconnected web of ideas. Connecting standards may be incorporated to support the focus standards. However, these standards need not be assessed until a later time to give students time to work toward fluency and depth of understanding. Teachers are encouraged to consider addressing the focused content through the connecting content as often as possible.

RIGOR – Each Learning Goal contains an unpacking of the standards involved, as well as notes highlighting the important aspects of the goal. The instructional plan contains embedded references to resources that can help teachers structure their Math Block aligned to the level of rigor inferred by the standards. Sample academic scales aligned to specific Learning Goals have also been included to help teachers incorporate a higher level of rigor into instruction.