The Mathematics curriculum at St. James Academy seeks to develop the full potential of each student through an integrated program stressing basic skills, application, critical thinking, analysis, and problem solving. Students will be presented increasingly complex mathematical challenges which will allow them to develop an understanding of the order and structure of mathematics. Emphasis is placed on number sense, problem solving, computation skills, and data-analysis using drill and practice and word problems. Developmentally appropriate uses of technology and estimation strategies are stressed. Students are expected to communicate mathematically to explain their thinking.
Goals: Kindergarten – Grade Five
Students will:
• Represent, model, analyze, and solve real-world problems involving patterns and relationships;
• Apply the properties of one, two, and three dimensional geometric figures to reason, describe, and solve problems;
• Identify and apply a variety of formulae, tools, and methods for determining measurements in various systems of measurement;
• Collect, organize, display, analyze, and interpret data to make decisions and predictions;
• Make predictions and solve problems using probability;
• Identify, describe, and represent numbers and their relationships and estimate and compute using paper/pencil, mental strategies, and technology;
• Utilize traditional techniques, including technology to critically analyze increasingly complex mathematical challenges and/or problems;
• Solve a broad range of problems using inductive and deductive reasoning to justify and draw conclusions;
• Reason mathematically and critically evaluate mathematical situations.