Need: courses to reflect their preferred scope and sequence.
Solution: We revised the NC Foundations of Math 1 and NC Math 4 to meet the district needs.
Need: To prepare students for high school math.
Solution: We developed two custom semester-long courses: NC Fundamental Math and NC Foundations of Algebra.
Need: Resources that are aligned to the new NC 2012 integrated standards.
Solution: We built these resources over 18 months in partnership with CMS.
Our programs are designed with equal intensity in conceptual understanding, procedural skill and fluency, and application.
Each lesson in the North Carolina Math 1, 2, 3 & 4 programs was written specifically to address the NC Standard Course of Study. The Standards Correlations document in the Program Overview of each course provides a comprehensive list mapping the lessons to the NC Math 1, 2, 3 & 4 standards. Each course employs a problem-based model of instruction that supports and reinforces the eight Standards of Mathematical Practice (SMP).
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.
Our courses are available through a secure integration with your LMS and through Curriculum Engine (CE), our digital platform. Each course includes enhanced, interactive practices and access to the Desmos calculator.
Each course may also be purchases via our print-on-demand service for classrooms that need to utilize pen and paper for lessons.
Our instructional programs are high quality, accessible, and customizable to fit the needs of your district, teachers, classroom, and students.
Our OGAP program ensures your teachers have the tools they need to support each learner where they are at in the learning process.
