The goal of the number and operations content strand is for the student to "understand and represent relationships among numbers and compute operations (addition and subtraction) with and without manipulatives." Specific objectives listed in the department's "2007 Mathematics Framework Revisited" include: recognizing and writing numbers 0 to 100, composing and decomposing two-digit numbers with representations in words and physical models, explaining how to compare and order two-digit numbers using the terms "more," "less," "greater than," "less than," "equal to," and "almost," and the symbols >, <, and =, using multiple representations for addition and subtraction to solve problems, finding the sums of 3 single-digit addends, justifying addition and subtraction of two-digit whole numbers without regrouping, finding equal money amounts with different coin combinations up to $0.25, identifying the value of coins, determining the value of like coins up to $1.00, and finding the value of mixed coins up to $1.00.
The goal of this strand is for the student to be able to recognize, extend, and create patterns. Specific objectives from the "2007 Mathematics Framework Revisited" are: using a pattern rule to translate and recognize patterns from one pattern representation to another, formulating, explaining, and generalizing patterns within and across addition and subtraction, modeling situations and solving equations that require addition and subtraction of whole numbers using objects, pictures, and symbols, and counting by different units when given a group of objects using 1's, 2's, 5's, and 10's.
The student goal for geometry is to identify and classify properties of two- and three-dimensional shapes. Objectives are: identifying and classifying two-dimensional figures (triangle, square, rectangle, circle, trapezoid, hexagon, and rhombus), identifying and classifying three-dimensional figures (cube, rectangular prism, and sphere) according to their characteristics, and explaining the part-whole relationships resulting from the composition or decomposition of plane and solid figures.
The goal of the measurement content strand is for students to identify and apply measurable attributes. The "2007 Mathematics Framework Revisited" lists these objectives:using nonstandard units (paper clips, unifix cubes, etc.) and standard units (inches, centimeters) to measure length, comparing weight of objects using a balance scale with and without nonstandard units, comparing and estimating capacity of various containers in nonstandard units, and telling time to the hour and half-hour intervals using both digital and analog clocks.
The data analysis and probability strand's goal is for the student to be able to collect, organize, and interpret data in graphical form. The objectives are for the students to gather data, construct, and interpret simple bar graphs and pictographs, analyze and interpret data by using mathematical language such as more than,less than, etc.