In order to ensure the teaching of the Common Core Standards in grades K-5 teachers in ACSD use the Bridges Math program as their guide to delivering instruction. In both grades there is a great emphasis on the following Mathematical Practices: Mathematical Practices
- Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
- Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
- Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
- Model with mathematics.
- Use appropriate tools strategically.
- Attend to precision.
- Look for and make use of structure.
- Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning