Taking a Closer Look: Key Concepts and Procedures (Grade Bands)
Watch the two videos below for an overview of the key concepts and procedures activity.
Watch the video for your grade band below.
Observe the progression of these key concepts and procedures. What do you see happening? Please record your findings in the Vertical Look and Key Concepts page of your journal.
Taking a Closer Look: Focal Points (Grade Bands)
Please review the Texas Response to Curriculum Focal Points, Revised 2013 (TxRCFP Revised 2013) on the Texas Gateway.
Watch the video for your grade band below.
Record your notes about the development of the identified key concepts and procedures in the TxRCFP section of the Vertical Look at Key Concepts and Procedures page in your journal.
Discussion Questions (Grade Bands)
After taking a closer look at the identified key concepts and procedures, consider what roles the Texas Response to Curriculum Focal Points and the Vertical Look documents play in strengthening knowledge of the mathematics concepts and processes in grade-specific examples.
Watch the video for your grade band below.
Perks and Pitfalls of the Vertical Look Document
Using your A Vertical Look—Potential Perks and Pitfalls journal page, consider the Vertical Look document and think about any perks and pitfalls of using the document.
Use the interactive below to identify which items are perks and which are potential pitfalls.
Strands vs. Focal Points
As you examine curriculum, instruction, and assessment, consider how the Vertical Look document and the Texas Response to Curriculum Focal Points organize student expectations in different ways.
- The Vertical Look document allows us to explore the alignment of student expectations as key concepts and procedures are developed across grade levels.
- The Texas Response to Curriculum Focal Points reorganizes the Revised TEKS (2012) around "hubs," or big ideas that allow us to connect student expectations and build a stronger network of mathematical ideas and concepts.