Content Standard: A. Numbers and Number Sense:
Students will understand and demonstrate a sense of what numbers mean and how they are used.
Common Assessment(s):

Performance Indicators Students will be able to:	Essential Elements (Specific grade level learning objectives)	Suggested Performance Activities	Suggested Classroom Assessments	Vocabulary
1. Demonstrate an understanding of what numbers mean.	Students will know that numbers stand for groups of objects.	Houghton-Mifflin, page 23, Counting Sets	Given a numeral on a paper, the child will be able to draw a set to represent it.
2. Understand the many uses of number .	prices, recipes measurement, d directions in a play	In small groups, children will discuss what they know about numbers, what kinds of numbers they see every day, and which numbers are important to them.	Each child will find in a magazine a picture that shows how we use numbers and glue it onto a class collage.	number numeral odd/even estimate greater fewer/less
3. Order, compare, read group numbers	to 100	Play game of Guess My Number by children asking questions of greater, less.	Fill in a matrix with missing numbers.	greater less
4. Determine reasonableness of results when working with quantities.	Students will understand the difference between a guess and an estimate.	The children will estimate how many of an item are in a jar.	The child will estimate the number of M&Ms in an individual package. Assessment 6, Chapter 3, Newsletters Math Their Way, page 3.10