Important Things to Know about CT Math Core Standards
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Grade
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Required Fluency
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K
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Add/Subtract within 5
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1
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Add/Subtract within 10
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2
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Add/Subtract within 20
Add/Subtract within 100 (pencil and paper)
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3
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Multiply/divide within 100
Add/subtract within 1000
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4
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Add/subtract within 1,000,000
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5
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Multi-digit multiplication
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6
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Multi-digit division
Multi-digit decimal operations
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7
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Solve px + q = r, p(x +q) = r
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8
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Solve simple 2x2 systems by inspection
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Ways Parents Can Help
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Students Must…
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Parents Can…
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Spend time practicing lots of problems on the same idea
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Push children to know/memorize basic math facts
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Understand why the math works. Make the math work.
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Notice whether your child really knows why the answer is what it is.
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Talk about why the math works.
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Advocate for the time your child needs to learn key math.
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Prove that they know why and how the math works.
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Provide time for your child to work hard with math at home.
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Apply math in real world situations. Know which math to use for which situation.
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Ask your child to do the math that comes up in your daily life.
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