North Carolina Math Curriculum

The alignment document shows that all major and supporting standards for the NC Standard Course of Study have been addressed. The practice standards are taught throughout the program.

The alignment of this series to the NC Math 1, 2, 3 & 4 suggested unpacking documents assures the connections between domains, clusters, units, and courses have been addressed. Each lesson intentionally relates new concepts to students’ prior knowledge, setting the foundation for future learning and allowing access to prior learning.

Instructional strategies assist teachers in delivering instruction for ALL learners and learning modalities are provided for every lesson, with explicit instructions and suggestions for struggling readers, ELLs, and students with disabilities in the Program Overview. Conceptual activities, found in every unit, address multiple learning styles. We provide a set of Coaching Questions for each problem-based task, which provides scaffolding, differentiation, remediation, and enrichment for all learners. We provide a set of scaffolded practice for each lesson, which provides a DOK 1 & 2 level set of problems. Performance Tasks are included in select units, and the problem-based tasks are found in every lesson. Conceptual activities can also be opportunities for listening, speaking, reading, and writing mathematics content. Problem-based tasks, as well as practices, warm-ups, and guided practice, incorporate diverse protagonist names and real-world examples throughout the program.

The NC Math 1, 2, 3 & 4 resources provide ample opportunities for students to practice fluency and procedural skills with our scaffolded practice, guided practice, and practice problems by providing students flexibility in their use of procedures and skills to solve problems. These course materials also provide opportunities for building conceptual understanding through our alignment of conceptual activities, which include Desmos and GeoGebra activities and other OERs. Aligned conceptual activities and conceptual tasks can be found listed in the Table of Contents and are accessible in the Curriculum Engine as learning objects. Problem-based tasks provide deeper understanding and integration of conceptual understanding in real-world applications by giving students the opportunity to access concepts and ideas from a variety of perspectives.