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MATHEMATICS-SPECIFIC TEACHING PRACTICES (Domain I)Partially covered
SMR I.1 · Build and draw on relationships with children, caregivers, and communities in ways that support all children's mathematics learning.56 questions · 5 materials · 10 cards · 2 videosPartially covered
| Official competency | Matching 240 topics | Alignment | Qs | Mats | Cards | Vids | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. Demonstrate knowledge of strategies and activities that develop children's mathematical thinking by using children's strengths and needs to promote engagement, curiosity, interest, and understanding with mathematical concepts and learning and to inform instruction. | M.Teaching Mathematical Reasoning for Older Children | Partially covered | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Partial coverage by 1 topic (4 questions, 1 materials, 0 cards, 0 videos); limited supporting content. |
| b. Demonstrate knowledge of ways to communicate with caregivers about mathematics and their child in relation to state standards and the school's or district's curriculum, supporting caregivers in fostering their child's success with mathematics in and out of school. | M.Diversity and Engagement | Partially covered | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Partial coverage by 1 topic (3 questions, 1 materials, 1 cards, 1 videos); limited supporting content. |
| c. Apply knowledge of children, their caregivers, and their communities to identify mathematical learning environments that provide all children, in particular children historically marginalized in mathematics classrooms, with access to significant mathematics and engagement in mathematical activities that are both culturally and instructionally appropriate. | M.Diversity and Engagement - ELL | Covered | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (8 questions, 1 materials, 1 cards, 1 videos). |
| d. Demonstrate knowledge of strategies to build all children's positive mathematical identities, disrupting patterns of marginalization that reinforce inequities and exclusion. | M.Best Practices to Teach Math SpEd; M.Best Practices to Teach Math TX EC-3/EC-6 | Covered | 41 | 2 | 8 | 0 | Covered by 2 topics (41 questions, 2 materials, 8 cards, 0 videos). |
SMR I.2 · Plan mathematics lessons and sequences of lessons.56 questions · 4 materials · 13 cards · 3 videosCovered
| Official competency | Matching 240 topics | Alignment | Qs | Mats | Cards | Vids | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. Demonstrate knowledge of how to design ways to interest children and to use their resources and affinities to build access and participation, including taking stock of the mathematical capacities children bring to lessons, anticipating common patterns of mathematical thinking, looking for opportunities to include play in mathematics and mathematics in play, and planning for the mathematical participation of particular children. | M.Planning for Group Experiences; M.Manipulatives for Young Children | Covered | 28 | 2 | 7 | 1 | Covered by 2 topics (28 questions, 2 materials, 7 cards, 1 videos). |
| b. Analyze the mathematics content in instructional resources, referencing standards and progression documents to clarify learning goals and to identify connections among mathematical concepts and across grade levels. | M.Backward Design | Covered | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (9 questions, 1 materials, 3 cards, 1 videos). |
| c. Use methods that promote broad participation in mathematical work (e.g., choosing activities and planning activities that provide children with multiple entry points and ways of being successful), make children's thinking central to the lesson, provide opportunities for play, and give children opportunities to show their thinking and see value in the contributions they make. | M.Learning Progressions in Math | Covered | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (19 questions, 1 materials, 3 cards, 1 videos). |
SMR I.3 · Use formative and summative mathematics assessments to gauge children's learning and to make instructional decisions.75 questions · 3 materials · 13 cards · 3 videosCovered
| Official competency | Matching 240 topics | Alignment | Qs | Mats | Cards | Vids | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. Demonstrate knowledge of methods to elicit children's thinking and solution strategies in multiple representations (e.g., writing, speaking, drawing) to identify evidence of understanding in children's thinking and strategies and use this information to make in-the-moment instructional decisions. | M.Types of Assessment - Math | Covered | 20 | 1 | 13 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (20 questions, 1 materials, 13 cards, 1 videos). |
| b. Understand the meanings and purposes of summative assessment and the process of formative assessments in mathematics. | M.Types of Assessment - Math | Covered | 20 | 1 | 13 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (20 questions, 1 materials, 13 cards, 1 videos). |
| c. Interpret assessment data and use this information to select instructional activities that target children's needs, promote learning, and improve instruction. | M.Using Assessment to Adjust Instruction | Covered | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (15 questions, 1 materials, 3 cards, 1 videos). |
| d. Understand the language, format, and context of mathematics assessments (and assessment questions) for demonstrating children's thinking. | M.Evaluate Student Solutions | Covered | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (40 questions, 1 materials, 0 cards, 1 videos). |
| e. Distinguish between superficial and deeper evidence about children and attend to key aspects of children's understanding, skill, and engagement, as well as ignore irrelevant aspects. | M.Using Assessment to Adjust Instruction | Covered | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (15 questions, 1 materials, 3 cards, 1 videos). |
| f. Analyze assessment data to plan next steps for instruction, understanding that evidence of children's learning (vs. topic coverage) is necessary for moving on from a topic. | M.Using Assessment to Adjust Instruction | Covered | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (15 questions, 1 materials, 3 cards, 1 videos). |
SMR I.4 · Enact instruction that allows all children to engage with significant mathematics and to develop productive dispositions toward mathematics.63 questions · 6 materials · 20 cards · 3 videosCovered
| Official competency | Matching 240 topics | Alignment | Qs | Mats | Cards | Vids | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. Demonstrate knowledge of ways to support all children, including children historically marginalized in mathematics classrooms, in identifying themselves as mathematical thinkers and design instruction that helps children to recognize their own and other children's mathematical strengths. | M.Diversity and Engagement - ELL; M.Diversity and Engagement | Covered | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Covered by 2 topics (11 questions, 2 materials, 2 cards, 2 videos). |
| b. Demonstrate knowledge of a variety of participation structures and instructional routines, including whole-class, small-group, and independent work and a variety of materials, to foster children's talk about mathematics, with particular attention to disrupting patterns of over- and under-participation that reinforce inequities and exclusion. | M.Planning for Group Experiences; M.Variety of Representations | Covered | 22 | 2 | 13 | 1 | Covered by 2 topics (22 questions, 2 materials, 13 cards, 1 videos). |
| c. Identify classroom organizational routines and strategies that allow children access to mathematical tools and ensure the effective use of manipulatives and resources. | M.Manipulatives for Young Children | Covered | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (16 questions, 1 materials, 4 cards, 0 videos). |
| d. Identify strategies for creating a classroom culture that values productive struggle, challenging mathematical ideas, constructing mathematical meanings together, and enjoyment of mathematics. | M.Stimulating Higher Order Thinking | Covered | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (14 questions, 1 materials, 2 cards, 0 videos). |
MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE FOR TEACHING GRADES 3–6: WHOLE NUMBERS AND OPERATIONS (Domain II)Covered
SMR II.5 · Unpack mathematical content and identify mathematical competence for whole numbers and operations.177 questions · 10 materials · 32 cards · 4 videosCovered
| Official competency | Matching 240 topics | Alignment | Qs | Mats | Cards | Vids | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. Identify mathematical affordances in problems and sequences of problems that can be solved by counting, operations of addition and subtraction, or approaches that integrate these. | M.Counting Techniques | Covered | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (14 questions, 1 materials, 1 cards, 0 videos). |
| b. Identify mathematical affordances in a spread of questions that can be asked regarding composition and decomposition and their role in representing numbers with drawings or materials, for example, when using ten frames or base-ten blocks, asking, "What number is this? Show me 123. Show me 123 in a different way. How might we show 1000 with this drawing or material?" | M.Number Sense for Young Children; M.Structure of Number Systems; M.Composition and Decomposition of Multi-Digit Numbers | Covered | 46 | 3 | 14 | 1 | Covered by 3 topics (46 questions, 3 materials, 14 cards, 1 videos). |
| c. Demonstrate knowledge of the mathematical work to be done to solve a problem involving any of the four operations, or that is being done or has been done to solve it. | M.Order of Operations; M.Characteristics of Rational Numbers; M.Operations and Rational and Irrational Numbers; M.Basic Operations | Covered | 56 | 4 | 18 | 1 | Covered by 4 topics (56 questions, 4 materials, 18 cards, 1 videos). |
| d. Identify the goals and conditions, resources, and problem (quandary) of a mathematics problem involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. | M.Order of Operations | Covered | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (25 questions, 1 materials, 1 cards, 1 videos). |
| e. Identify differences in the mathematics content for math problems for any of the four operations when wording, context, or structures are modified. | M.Order of Operations - Grouping | Covered | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (17 questions, 1 materials, 1 cards, 1 videos). |
| f. Apply knowledge of multiple approaches to mathematics problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, including geometric interpretations of each and connections among them. | M.Operational Properties | Covered | 44 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (44 questions, 1 materials, 3 cards, 1 videos). |
SMR II.6 · Perform mathematical explanations and support children's mathematical explanations for whole numbers and operations.79 questions · 7 materials · 28 cards · 3 videosCovered
| Official competency | Matching 240 topics | Alignment | Qs | Mats | Cards | Vids | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. Formulate questions about how one knows that a count is correct when it is generated in indirect or alternative ways, such as when counting on or back as objects are added, removed, and combined or when using base-ten knowledge to support counting. | M.Reasonableness of Results | Covered | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (16 questions, 1 materials, 0 cards, 0 videos). |
| b. Identify clear mathematical explanations connecting new terminology to objects and coordinating different strategies of grouping (e.g., showing that 345 ones is equivalent to 34 tens and 5 ones and to 3 hundreds and 5 tens minus 5 ones) with language that correctly and clearly references objects and symbols in meaningful ways. | M.Properties of Equality | Covered | 16 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (16 questions, 1 materials, 4 cards, 1 videos). |
| c. Identify what is similar and different for problems modeled by the same computation (e.g., identifying which involve the same and which involve different meanings of the operations, describing those differences, and explaining why the computation correctly models both). | M.Models for Addition and Subtraction; M.Models for Multiplication and Division | Covered | 19 | 2 | 5 | 2 | Covered by 2 topics (19 questions, 2 materials, 5 cards, 2 videos). |
| d. Recognize the difference between explanations that describe computational procedures with and without explicit mathematical connections to the place-value meanings and to the meaning of operations. | M.Connecting Situations with Operations | Covered | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (9 questions, 1 materials, 0 cards, 0 videos). |
| e. Demonstrate understanding of explicit and elaborated explanations that unpack the structure of and mathematically justify algorithms. | M.Types of Sequences | Covered | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (14 questions, 1 materials, 6 cards, 0 videos). |
| f. Interpret and contrast alternative or novel approaches to computations, determining whether approaches, use of models, and explanations are mathematically consistent and correct and, if not, how they might be adapted to be. | M.Operational Algorithm Relationships | Covered | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (5 questions, 1 materials, 13 cards, 0 videos). |
SMR II.7 · Choose, interpret, and talk with representations for whole numbers and operations.32 questions · 2 materials · 4 cards · 0 videosCovered
| Official competency | Matching 240 topics | Alignment | Qs | Mats | Cards | Vids | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. Interpret and represent meanings of counts expressed in others' (e.g., students, caregivers, community, colleagues) talk and recognize mathematical affordances of different representations of counts and the connections and mathematical progression among them. | M.Reasonableness of Results | Covered | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (16 questions, 1 materials, 0 cards, 0 videos). |
| b. Recognize whether or not drawings and their implied use accurately model identified operations, including whether drawings (e.g., geometric interpretations) are consistent with specific meanings of operations. | M.Manipulatives for Young Children | Covered | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (16 questions, 1 materials, 4 cards, 0 videos). |
| c. Recognize affordances and limitations of different representations for modeling numbers and operations (e.g., ten frames, bundling sticks, base-ten blocks, arithmetic rack, money, arrays, number lines, area models), including ways in which units are visible or not in groups of units and distinctions between grouping and trading models. | M.Manipulatives for Young Children | Covered | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (16 questions, 1 materials, 4 cards, 0 videos). |
| d. Demonstrate knowledge of ways to use materials, drawings, and symbols to model a variety of computational strategies based on place value, properties of operations, or relationships between operations (e.g., reasoning about addition and subtraction as reversing operations or division as repeated subtraction) and contrast and connect solutions that use different representations. | M.Manipulatives for Young Children | Covered | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (16 questions, 1 materials, 4 cards, 0 videos). |
SMR II.8 · Elicit, interpret, support, and extend others' mathematical thinking for whole numbers and operations.54 questions · 3 materials · 12 cards · 1 videosCovered
| Official competency | Matching 240 topics | Alignment | Qs | Mats | Cards | Vids | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. Interpret claims about mathematical understanding based on evidence from performance on counting activities, in particular understandings of quantity and flexible use of structure in base-ten numbers. | M.Order Real Numbers by Magnitude | Covered | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (28 questions, 1 materials, 2 cards, 1 videos). |
| b. Interpret claims about mathematical understanding based on evidence from performance on computational problems, addressing issues of conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and adaptive reasoning. | M.Reasonableness of Results | Covered | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (16 questions, 1 materials, 0 cards, 0 videos). |
| c. Identify which among a set of partially expressed ideas about the solution to a problem involving whole numbers and operations is most appropriate to a given mathematical focus, such as an interpretation of subtraction as comparison or the role of place value in computational algorithms. | M.Variety of Representations | Covered | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (10 questions, 1 materials, 10 cards, 0 videos). |
| d. Clarify and record others' approaches to solving whole-number problems involving operations. | M.Variety of Representations | Covered | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (10 questions, 1 materials, 10 cards, 0 videos). |
| e. Analyze the meaning of operations and methods for solving a computational problem as shown in others' talk or work, and then apply the approach on different problems. | M.Variety of Representations | Covered | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (10 questions, 1 materials, 10 cards, 0 videos). |
MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE FOR TEACHING GRADES 3–6: FRACTIONS, DECIMALS, AND OPERATIONS (Domain III)Partially covered
SMR III.9 · Unpack mathematical content and identify mathematical competence for fractions, decimals, and operations.111 questions · 6 materials · 25 cards · 4 videosCovered
| Official competency | Matching 240 topics | Alignment | Qs | Mats | Cards | Vids | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. Understand what one must know about fractions and be able to do to solve different kinds of problems involving different interpretations of fractions in different representational environments. | M.Fraction Operations - Multiply and Divide; M.Comparing Fractions; M.Fraction, Decimal, Percentage Conversions | Covered | 74 | 3 | 19 | 2 | Covered by 3 topics (74 questions, 3 materials, 19 cards, 2 videos). |
| b. Formulate questions that meaningfully reveal and challenge understanding of the magnitude of fractions and support flexible ways of comparing and ordering fractions. | M.Comparing Fractions | Covered | 41 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (41 questions, 1 materials, 4 cards, 1 videos). |
| c. Demonstrate knowledge of ways to rewrite a problem in which quantities vary together in a proportional relationship, to be easier or harder, to change the context, or to assess the mathematics addressed in the problem, while maintaining the original mathematical focus. | M.Properties of Equality | Covered | 16 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (16 questions, 1 materials, 4 cards, 1 videos). |
| d. Identify mathematical competence in others' approaches to and explanations for fraction problems using multiple representations involving different interpretations. | M.Fraction Composition and Decomposition; M.Fraction, Decimal, Percentage Conversions | Covered | 25 | 2 | 10 | 1 | Covered by 2 topics (25 questions, 2 materials, 10 cards, 1 videos). |
| e. Demonstrate knowledge of ways to describe a group's mathematical work and thinking in comparing or solving a computation involving fractions or decimals. | M.Representations of Fractions in Word Problems | Covered | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (11 questions, 1 materials, 2 cards, 1 videos). |
SMR III.10 · Perform mathematical explanations and support children's mathematical explanations for fractions, decimals, and operations.99 questions · 5 materials · 15 cards · 1 videosCovered
| Official competency | Matching 240 topics | Alignment | Qs | Mats | Cards | Vids | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. Recognize whether or not an explanation regarding the equivalence, comparison, or computation of fractions uses the standard definition of a fraction. | M.Fraction Operations - Add and Subtract | Covered | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (17 questions, 1 materials, 2 cards, 0 videos). |
| b. Identify and appraise features of others' explanations for comparing or computing with fractions. | M.Fraction Operations - Add and Subtract | Covered | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (17 questions, 1 materials, 2 cards, 0 videos). |
| c. Demonstrate strategies and activities to support others' understanding of the meaning of a fraction (a/b) for different interpretations of fractions in different representational environments. | M.Comparing Fractions | Covered | 41 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (41 questions, 1 materials, 4 cards, 1 videos). |
| d. Demonstrate strategies and activities to support others' understanding of the equivalence, comparison, and basic computation of decimals based on place-value ideas. | M.Real-World Applications | Covered | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (15 questions, 1 materials, 0 cards, 0 videos). |
| e. Demonstrate understanding of a variety of approaches to computations, including alternative, novel approaches, determining whether approaches, use of models, and explanations are mathematically consistent and correct and, if not, how they might be adapted to be. | M.Variety of Representations | Covered | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (10 questions, 1 materials, 10 cards, 0 videos). |
| f. Demonstrate knowledge of different approaches to reasoning about situations in which quantities vary together in a proportional relationship, determining whether approaches, use of models, and explanations are mathematically consistent and correct and, if not, how they might be adapted to be. | M.Reasonableness of Results | Covered | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (16 questions, 1 materials, 0 cards, 0 videos). |
SMR III.11 · Choose, interpret, and talk with representations for fractions, decimals, and operations.147 questions · 6 materials · 16 cards · 4 videosCovered
| Official competency | Matching 240 topics | Alignment | Qs | Mats | Cards | Vids | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. Identify affordances and limitations of different materials, manipulatives, and drawings as representations of fractions. | M.Comparing Fractions | Covered | 41 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (41 questions, 1 materials, 4 cards, 1 videos). |
| b. Demonstrate knowledge of appropriate representations, including geometric and linear models, for supporting the solving of problems involving fraction quantities. | M.Compare Places on a Number Line | Covered | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (16 questions, 1 materials, 1 cards, 0 videos). |
| c. Recognize whether or not others' drawings accurately model identified computations with fractions and decimals, including whether drawings are consistent with specific meanings of operations. | M.Fraction, Decimal, Percentage Conversions | Covered | 15 | 1 | 7 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (15 questions, 1 materials, 7 cards, 1 videos). |
| d. Apply knowledge of ways to use unmarked or partially marked number lines to interpret and compare fractions with various numerators and denominators, attending carefully to the unit interval as the conventional whole, the role of unit fractions and iteration, and the estimation of magnitudes. | M.Compare Places on a Number Line | Covered | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Covered by 1 topic (16 questions, 1 materials, 1 cards, 0 videos). |
| e. Demonstrate knowledge of ways to model decimal multiplication and division using visual representations with care and precision regarding place-value interpretations of the numbers and with clear distinctions between linear and area quantities. | M.Place Value; M.Place Value - Names | Covered | 38 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Covered by 2 topics (38 questions, 2 materials, 2 cards, 1 videos). |
| f. Use tables, charts, graphs, double number lines, and bar models to present solutions to problems in which quantities vary together in proportional relationships, coordinating the talk with the use of the representations in solving the problems and explicitly mapping among the solutions using the different representations. | M.Ratios, Proportions, Percents | Covered | 37 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (37 questions, 1 materials, 3 cards, 1 videos). |
SMR III.12 · Elicit, interpret, support, and extend others' mathematical thinking for fractions, decimals, and operations.118 questions · 5 materials · 19 cards · 2 videosPartially covered
| Official competency | Matching 240 topics | Alignment | Qs | Mats | Cards | Vids | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. Identify questions and activities to draw out particular ways of thinking about comparing or computing with fractions when that thinking is not transparent. | M.Teaching Mathematical Reasoning | Partially covered | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Partial coverage by 1 topic (7 questions, 1 materials, 1 cards, 0 videos); limited supporting content. |
| b. Determine others' mathematical understanding based on evidence from performance on fraction or decimal comparison problems. | M.Comparing Fractions | Covered | 41 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (41 questions, 1 materials, 4 cards, 1 videos). |
| c. Demonstrate knowledge of ways to clarify and record others' approaches to solving fraction problems involving operations. | M.Fraction Operations - Multiply and Divide; M.Fraction Operations - Mixed Numbers | Covered | 33 | 2 | 13 | 0 | Covered by 2 topics (33 questions, 2 materials, 13 cards, 0 videos). |
| d. Identify incorrect reasoning about fractions, including reasoning about their magnitude, comparison, and computation, and formulate counter-speculations for that reasoning. | M.Comparing Fractions | Covered | 41 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (41 questions, 1 materials, 4 cards, 1 videos). |
| e. Interpret reasoning about solutions to problems in which quantities vary together in a proportional relationship as exemplified in others' talk or work, and then apply the approach to different problems. | M.Proportional Reasoning - Word Problems | Covered | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (37 questions, 1 materials, 1 cards, 1 videos). |
| f. Identify which key aspects of a given fraction interpretation are present and absent in others' talk or work. | M.Comparing Fractions | Covered | 41 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Covered by 1 topic (41 questions, 1 materials, 4 cards, 1 videos). |
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