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Summary
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| Activities emphasize problem solving, reasoning, communications, and connections. Activities are clustered into four content strands. Number Sense; Patterns and Functions; Measurement and Geometry; Probability and Statistics.
Activities are developed around questions that encourage students to analyze data and make inferences while using manipulatives and calculators.
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| Features
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| • | Activities emphasize problem solving, reasoning, communications, and connections. |
| • | Activities are clustered into four content strands. |
| • | Number Sense |
| • | Patterns, Relations, and Functions |
| • | Measurement and Geometry |
| • | Probability and Statistics |
| • | The strands are woven together with the integrated use of operations and graphing. |
| • | Activities are developed around questions that encourage students to analyze data and make inferences while using manipulatives and calculators. |
| • | The calculator is an instructional component of the activities and is used in an environment that encourages reasoning and communication. |
| • | Activities include motivating real-life settings and links to literature. |
| • | Blackline masters provided. |
| • | English and Spanish versions included. |
| • | Two books to choose from: |
| • | Level 1 activities (grades K-2) build connections between physical representations and the mathematical symbolism of the calculator. |
| • | Levels 2 & 3 activities (grades 2-6) use the calculator as a data-generating device to support exploration of mathematical ideas. |
