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Report Overview
Summary of Alignment & Usability: My Math Florida | Math
Math K-2
The instructional materials reviewed for My Math Florida Grades K-2 partially meet expectations for alignment to the Mathematics Florida Standards (MAFS). The instructional materials meet expectations for Gateway 1, focus and coherence. The instructional materials partially meet expectations for Gateway 2, rigor and balance and practice-content connections. The instructional materials were not reviewed for Gateway 3, instructional supports and usability indicators.
Kindergarten
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Alignment (Gateway 1 & 2)
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Usability (Gateway 3)
1st Grade
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Alignment (Gateway 1 & 2)
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Usability (Gateway 3)
2nd Grade
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Alignment (Gateway 1 & 2)
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Usability (Gateway 3)
Math 3-5
The instructional materials reviewed for My Math Florida Grades 3-5 partially meet expectations for alignment to the Mathematics Florida Standards (MAFS). The instructional materials for Grade 3 meet expectations for Gateway 1, focus and coherence. The materials for Grade 4 and Grade 5 partially meet expectations for Gateway 1 because content from probability and congruence is taught and assessed. The instructional materials for Grade 3 partially meet expectations for Gateway 2, rigor and balance and practice-content connections, but they meet expectations for Grades 4 and Grade 5. The instructional materials were not reviewed for Gateway 3, instructional supports and usability indicators.
3rd Grade
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Usability (Gateway 3)
4th Grade
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Usability (Gateway 3)
5th Grade
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Usability (Gateway 3)
Report for 4th Grade
Alignment Summary
The instructional materials for My Math Florida Grade 4 partially meet the expectations for alignment. The instructional materials partially meet expectations for Gateway 1, focus and coherence, by focusing on the major work of the grade and being coherent and consistent with the Standards. However, content from probability is taught and assessed. The instructional materials meet the expectations for Gateway 2, rigor and practice-content connections. The instructional materials meet the expectations for the criterion on rigor by reflecting the balances in the Standards and helping students meet the Standards’ rigorous expectations by giving appropriate attention to the three aspects of rigor. There are missed opportunities in the materials when it comes to attending to the full meaning of the Standards for Mathematical Practice. Overall, the instructional materials attend to the specialized mathematical vocabulary and identify and partially integrate the practice standards.
4th Grade
Alignment (Gateway 1 & 2)
Usability (Gateway 3)
Overview of Gateway 1
Focus & Coherence
The instructional materials for My Math Florida Grade 4 partially meet the expectations for Gateway 1, focus and coherence. Assessments represent grade-level work, and items that are above grade level can be omitted or modified. However, content from probability is taught and assessed. Students and teachers using the materials as designed would devote a majority of time to the major work of the grade. The materials are coherent and consistent with the standards.
Gateway 1
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Criterion 1.1: Focus
The instructional materials for My Math Florida Grade 4 do not meet the expectations that the materials do not assess topics from future grade levels. The instructional materials do contain assessment items that assess above grade-level content which can be omitted or modified in the digital assessment suite. However, content related to probability is taught and assessed in Grade 4.
Indicator 1A
The instructional materials reviewed for My Math Florida Grade 4 do not meet expectations that they assess grade-level content, as content from probability is taught and assessed in Grade 4.
In the Florida Assessment Guide for My Math Florida, there are four types of year-long assessments and implementation suggestions (pages iv-v).
- Countdown to FSA contains 20 weeks of two-page practices with five problems each.
- Chapter tests contain 20 problems that assess all of the standards presented in the chapter.
- Performance Tasks for each chapter measures students’ abilities to integrate knowledge and skills across multiple standards.
- Benchmark Assessments address content prior to the assessment point and include a performance task.
- My Math also provides three leveled tests for each chapter with a Form A and B.
The materials in the print Florida Assessment Guide for My Math Florida cannot be edited; however, assessments on the digital platform can be edited. The following assessment items from the print Florida Assessment Guide assess above grade-level content but can be omitted or modified in the digital platform:
- Chapter 12 Test, Item 12 states, “Ira caught a fish that weighed 4,000 grams. About how much would the fish weigh in pounds?” Students convert between different systems of measurement. (6.RP.1.3d)
- Benchmark Test 2, Item 7, Part A states, “The ratio of drivers who drive more than 10 miles to those who drive less than 10 miles for the town of Clarksville is the same as for the town of Blakesville. If 20 people surveyed in Clarksville drive more than 10 miles to work, how many people in the Clarksville survey drive less than 10 miles to work?” (6.RP.1.3)
The following assessment items assess statistics and probability.
- Chapter Test 11, Item 8, Part C assesses mode by stating, “What was the speed of a typical serve for Wilson? Explain.” The students are using data from a line plot they created in Part B to answer Part C. (6.SP.1.2)
- Benchmark Test 3, Performance Task, Part B, students find the mode for the data given. (6.SP.1.2)
- Benchmark Test 4, Performance Task, Part B, students find the mode for the data given. (6.SP.1.2)
Criterion 1.2: Coherence
The instructional materials for My Math Florida Grade 4 meet the expectations for spending a majority of class time on major work of the grade when using the materials as designed. Time spent on the major work was figured using chapters, lessons, and days. At least 64 percent of the time is spent on the major work of the grade.
Indicator 1B
The instructional materials for My Math Florida Grade 4 meet the expectations that the materials spend the majority of time on the major clusters of the grade. The materials are taught in 14 chapters which are scheduled to be taught in 160 days.
- Each chapter provides two days for review and assessment, which are included in the 160-day count.
- In the materials, 105 out of 160 days, or approximately 66 percent, are focused on the major work of the grade level.
- Nine of the 14 chapters, or about 64 percent of the time, is spent on the major work of the grade.
- Three chapters (7, 11, and 12), or about 21 percent of the time, is spent on supporting work which is truly supporting the major work of the grade. This brings the time spent on the major work to closer to 85 percent of the time.
- Two chapters (13 and 14) of the 14 chapters, or about 14 percent of the time, is supporting work, which is treated separately.
Criterion 1.3: Coherence
The instructional materials reviewed for My Math Florida Grade 4 meet the expectations that the materials are coherent and consistent with the standards. The materials represent a year of viable content. Teachers using the materials would give their students extensive work in grade-level problems, with 111 out of 119 of the lessons representing grade-level work. Materials describe how the lessons connect with the grade-level standards and with prior and future standards. However, eight lessons from future grade-level content are present and are not clearly identified as such. Overall, coherence and consistency of the standards is achieved in My Math Florida Grade 4.
Indicator 1C
The instructional materials for My Math Florida Grade 4 meet the expectations that supporting content enhances focus and content by engaging students in the major work of the grade. Overall, the instructional materials do not miss opportunities to connect non-major clusters of standards to major clusters, and as a result, the supporting content does engage students in the major work of Grade 4.
- In Chapter 7, students must use operations (4.OA.1) to complete patterns (4.OA.1).
- In Chapter 11, Lessons 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, and 11 support the major work by using fractions and the four operations to solve problems.
- In Chapter 12, Lessons 4-6 are supporting the major work by using the four operations to solve problems.
- In Chapter 13, Lessons 2, 4, and 5 are using the four operations to solve problems.
Indicator 1D
The instructional materials for My Math Florida Grade 4 meet the expectations that the amount of content designated is viable for one school year. Overall, the amount of time needed to complete the lessons is appropriate for a school year of approximately 170-190 days.
- The materials are written for 160 days of a school year.
- Each chapter has remediation activities, enrichment activities, and chapter projects available.
- The major work of the grade is the focus for 115 of the 160 days.
Indicator 1E
The instructional materials for My Math Florida Grade 4 partially meet the expectations that the materials are consistent with the progressions in the standards. Future grade-level content is not clearly identified. There are extensive grade-level problems and concepts are explicitly related to prior knowledge.
Materials mostly develop according to the grade-by-grade progressions in the standards.
- There are eight lessons which deal with future grade-level content, and those are not identified as off grade-level work.
- The content in Chapter 6, Lessons 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10, use the division procedures, but at this level conceptual understanding should be emphasized.
- The content in Chapter 7, Lessons 7, 8, and 9, are expressions at the Grade 6 level.
- Each chapter has a section at the beginning called "What's the Math in this Chapter?" On these pages, the progression from grade to grade is shown.
- In each chapter there is also a spot for coherence which lists what happened before, now, and next in the standards. An example of this can be found in Chapter 6, Lesson 1, on page 329A.
Materials give students extensive work with grade-level standards.
- The chapters in this book contain a "Check My Progress" section to make sure students are ready to move on.
- Only one lesson (Chapter 2, Lesson 7) exists on subtracting across zeros, which may not be enough for this concept.
- Differentiated instruction activities are available in the Teacher Edition for students who are approaching level, on level, and above level.
- Grade-level practice is evident in the "Practice the Strategy," "Apply the Strategy," and "Review the Strategy" within each lesson.
- There are 119 lessons over 160 days.
- Of these, 111, or 93 percent, of lessons provide work with grade-level problems.
- The content in Chapter 6, Lessons 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10, use procedures for division, but at this level conceptual understanding should be emphasized.
- The content in Chapter 7, Lessons 8, and 9 are expressions at the Grade 6 level.
Materials relate grade-level concepts explicitly to prior knowledge from earlier grades.
- The "Am I Ready?" section at the start of each chapter is focused on knowledge that is truly prior knowledge either from prior-grade work or from previous work in Grade 4. All prior knowledge is grade-appropriate.
- The materials relate grade-level concepts explicitly to prior knowledge from earlier grades.
- In the Teacher Guide, each chapter contains a section called "Where's the Math in this Chapter?" with information on what students should already know prior to entering Grade 4. Also, each lesson in the chapter has a clearly identified section on coherence which states previous standards needed.
- Each chapter begins with a Readiness Quiz. This quiz can be taken in the Student Edition under "Am I Ready?" or online.
- Each lesson begins with a review problem of the day to review prior knowledge; for example, Chapter 4, page 197B.
Indicator 1F
The instructional materials for My Math Florida Grade 4 meet the expectations that the materials foster coherence through connections at a single grade level. Overall, the materials do include learning objectives that are visibly shaped by the MAFS cluster headings, and the materials connect two or more clusters in a domain or two or more domains in a grade when appropriate.
Materials include learning objectives visibly shaped by MAFS cluster headings.
- Each standard is taught in the sequence in which the MAFS is written.
- In the Chapter Overview of the Teacher Edition, each lesson is identified as major, supporting, or additional work. Also, the learning objective is listed below. For example, Chapter 4 focuses on major work of 4.NBT.1 and 4.NBT.2. Lesson 2 has students estimating products by rounding and Lesson 5 has students multiplying by a two-digit number.
- Each lesson identifies the domain, cluster, objective, and any additional objectives that are addressed in the lesson.
Materials include problems and activities that serve to connect two or more clusters in a domain or two or more domains in a grade.
- The content in Chapters 2, 3, 5, and 6 connect 4.OA and 4.NBT.
- The content in Chapter 7 incorporates both 4.OA and 4.G.
- The content in Chapter 8 uses 4.NF and 4.NBT standards.
- The content in Chapter 14 combines 4.MD and 4.G.
- The content in Chapter 9, Lesson 2 connects 4.NF.2.3 with 4.NBT, 4.NF.2.3a, and 4.NF.4.3d.
- The content in Chapter 14, Lesson 3 connects 4.MD.3.5a with 4.G.1.1.
Overview of Gateway 2
Rigor & Mathematical Practices
The instructional materials for My Math Florida Grade 4 meet the expectations for rigor and mathematical practices. The instructional materials meet the expectations for the criterion on rigor and balance and partially meet the expectations for the criterion on practice-content connections. Overall, the instructional materials attend to the language of mathematics but do not fully attending to the meaning of each practice standard.
Gateway 2
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Criterion 2.1: Rigor
The instructional materials for My Math Florida Grade 4 meet expectations for rigor and balance. The instructional materials give appropriate attention to conceptual understanding, and application, and the materials address these three aspects with balance, not always treating them separately and not always together. Overall, the instructional materials help students meet rigorous expectations by developing conceptual understanding, procedural skill and fluency, and application.
Indicator 2A
The instructional materials for My Math Florida Grade 4 meet expectations that the materials develop conceptual understanding of key mathematical concepts, especially where called for in specific standards or cluster headings.
Examples where materials develop conceptual understanding of key mathematical concepts, especially where called for in specific content standards or cluster headings include but are not limited to:
- The content in Chapters 1-6 and 8-10 specifically and fully address standards which are explicitly outlined as conceptual standards (4.NBT.1, 4.NBT.2 and 4.NF.1).
- Of the 119 lessons, 51 are focused specifically on the conceptual understanding standards.
- Most lessons in the series have a section "Investigate the Math" which targets conceptual understanding. This is contained in the online lesson presentation. For example, page 491B, Teacher Edition.
- All lessons in the series have a section "Talk Math" which targets conceptual understanding. This is contained in the online lesson presentation. For example, page 491-492, Teacher Edition.
- The majority of the homework contains problems which provide students the opportunity to view and to demonstrate their conceptual understanding. For example, pages 83, 661, and 673-674, Teacher Edition and Student Edition.
- Procedures for division is emphasized in Grade 4. More attention is needed for the conceptual understanding of division.
- Procedures for multiplication is emphasized in Grade 4. More attention is needed for the conceptual understanding of multiplication.
Examples where Brain Builders enhance conceptual understanding include but are not limited to:
- Chapter 6, Lesson 1, Brain Builders, Item 25 provides three division expressions for students to order from least to greatest by the quotients. Students develop a conceptual understanding of place value and division.
- Chapter 7, Lesson 3, Brain Builders, Item 14 states, “Write a sequence with at least 5 terms that forms a pattern. Identify the rule. Apply your rule to a new starting value to produce a new sequence.” Students develop a conceptual understanding of how patterns affect sequences depending on the starting number.
- Chapter 8, Lesson 6, Brain Builders, Item 20’s picture shows two area models of the fractions 3/4 and 1/2. The wholes are different sizes and students are asked to find another student’s mistake in reasoning about which is greater. Students develop the conceptual understanding that wholes need to be the same when comparing two fractions.
Indicator 2B
The instructional materials for My Math Florida Grade 4 meet expectations that the materials give attention throughout the year to individual standards, which sets an expectation of procedural skill and fluency. Lessons contain multiple examples of fluency practice pages.
- Lessons contain multiple examples of fluency practice pages.
- In the Student Edition, fluency practice pages can be found in Chapters 2 and 6. For example, Chapter 2, pages 119-120, and Chapter 6, pages 399-400.
- Homework contains multiple opportunities for students to practice fluency.
- A "Fact Dash" game is available online with the student login to practice fluency. Students can select the operation and number facts.
- Each chapter in the online Teacher Edition has additional fluency pages available for printing.
- "Sail through the Math" is an app game for fluency and is available for purchase ($1.99).
- Seven lessons out of 119 address 4.NBT.2.4 and are in Chapter 2.
- Procedural skills are present in the majority of the lessons. For example, page 169, Teacher Edition and Student Edition, contains procedural skill.
Indicator 2C
The instructional materials for My Math Florida Grade 4 meet expectations that the materials are designed so that teachers and students spend sufficient time working with engaging applications of the mathematics. Engaging applications include single and multi-step problems, routine and non-routine, presented in a context in which the mathematics is applied.
- The teacher edition states "Math in My World," "HOT (Higher Order Thinking) Problems," and "Real-World Problem Solving Readers" address application.
- While "Real-World Problem Solving Readers" are available to provide additional problems, they were not reviewed by EdReports.org. They are not included in the basic package with the Student and Teacher Editions, and were therefore considered supplementary.
- The majority of lessons begin with "Math in My World" which uses real-world problems to introduce concepts. For example, Chapter 7, Lesson 2, page 419.
- The majority of "HOT Problems" address application (for example, pages 488, 508, and 514, Teacher Edition and Student Edition).
- Real-world problems are found in the majority of lessons and homework assignments.
- Countdown to FSA provides performance tasks requiring application of the standards.
Examples where Brain Builders and Performance Events provide opportunities for students to independently demonstrate the use of mathematics flexibly in a variety of contexts include but are not limited to:
- Chapter 2, Performance Event, each of the five parts relates to a ski club trip and the fundraising to pay for events. Part A: “Eight students and one adult plan to go to Snowflake Ski Resort for a day of skiing. Students lift tickets cost $8 each and adult lift tickets cost $12 each. Lunch at the lodge cost $7 per person. Each person gets lunch at the lodge. The resort also offers a group package for 12 people of any age that includes lift tickets and lunch for a total of $125. The club wants to spend the least amount of money possible. Should it purchase individual lunches and lift tickets or the group package? Explain your reasoning.”
- Chapter 6, Lesson 10, Brain Builders, Item 14, “There are 408 students at a school. The cafeteria holds up to 90 students at a time. Are four lunch periods enough to allow every student to have lunch in the cafeteria? Explain.”
- Chapter 9, Performance Event, each of the 4 parts relate to cleaning products Clara makes. Part B: “Clara found a box of Secret Ingredient #2 that was 5/6 full, and another box that was 4/6 full. She wants to put 2/6 box in each of 4 buckets of glass cleaner. Does she have enough of Secret Ingredient #2 to fill all the buckets? Explain.” This activity engages students in the application of mathematics.
- Chapter 13, Lesson 4, Brain Builders, Item 6, “Eric created a rectangular patio using 1-foot square paving stones, which are sold in batches by the dozen. The patio measures 7 feet by 8 feet. How many batches of paving stones did Eric need? Explain (Hint: 1 dozen = 12)." This item provides the opportunity for students to engage in application of mathematics.
Indicator 2D
The instructional materials for My Math Florida Grade 4 meet expectations that the three aspects of rigor are not always treated together and are not always treated separately. There is a balance of the three aspects of rigor within the materials.
At the beginning of each lesson a "Rigor" section exists to identify levels of complexity by problem or exercise number. For example, Chapter 10, Lesson 6 has four problems for conceptual learning (understand concepts), eight problems for fluency/procedural skill (apply concepts), and five problems for application (extend concepts).
Criterion 2.2: Math Practices
The instructional materials for My Math Florida Grade 4 partially meet the expectations for practice-content connections. The materials meet expectations for identifying the practice standards and explicitly attending to the specialized language of mathematics. However, the materials only partially meet the expectations for attending to the full meaning of each practice standard and engaging students in mathematical reasoning.
Indicator 2E
The instructional materials for My Math Florida Grade 4 meet expectations that the Standards for Mathematical Practice (MPs) are identified and used to enrich mathematics content within and throughout Grade 4. Overall, the instructional materials do not over-identify or under-identify the MPs, and the MPs are used within and throughout the grade.
- The Teacher Edition, pages T22-T24 state the MPs and the corresponding pages.
- The practices are identified throughout all 119 lessons. Each lesson focuses on three to four practices.
- The Student Edition does indicate which MP with which the student is working in the lesson and in the homework.
Indicator 2F
The instructional materials for My Math Florida Grade 4 partially meet the expectations for carefully attending to the full meaning of each practice standard. Overall, the instructional materials carefully attend to the full meaning of some of the practice standards but not for all of them. Some practice standards do not fully address the intent/context of the MPs. Some examples include:
- MP1, make sense of problems and persevere in solving problems, pages 501-502, 515-516, and 531B, Teacher Edition and Student Edition.
- MP5, use appropriate tools, pages 499-500, 519-520, and 567B, Teacher Edition and Student Edition.
- MP6, attend to precision, pages 491A, 515-516, 521-522, and 545, Teacher Edition and Student Edition.
- Some of the practice standards fully address the intent/context of the MP. Overall, standards for MPs 2, 4, 7, and 8 were well developed.
Indicator 2G
Indicator 2G.i
The instructional materials reviewed for My Math Florida Grade 4 meet expectations that the instructional materials prompt students to construct viable arguments and analyze the arguments of others concerning key grade-level mathematics.
Opportunities for students to share their thinking and analyze the thinking of others can be found in "Problem of the Day," "Talk Math," and "Brain Builders" portions of the lesson. The materials offer opportunities for students to construct viable arguments, but there are few opportunities for students to analyze the arguments of others.
Examples where the instructional materials prompt students to construct viable arguments and/or analyze the arguments of others include but are not limited to:
- Chapter 2, Lesson 1, Problem of the Day, students construct an argument for “What do these numbers have in common? 135, 468, 24, 2, 468, 79.” Students are prompted to share what observations they made in identifying what the numbers have in common.
- Chapter 6, Lesson 2, Problem of the Day, students are prompted to describe how they solved the problem.
- Chapter 4, Lesson 8, Brain Builders, Which One Doesn’t Belong?, Problem 19 states, “Circle the multiplication problem that does not belong. Explain.” Students must select which does not belong in a set of four items and justify why it does not belong.
- Chapter 4, Lesson, 1, Talk Math states, “Can you write 2 + 3 + 4 = 9 as a multiplication sentence? Explain.” Students need to analyze the addition equation, and construct an argument as to why this addition equation cannot be written as multiplication.
Indicator 2G.ii
The instructional materials reviewed for My Math Florida Grade 4 partially meet the expectations for assisting teachers in engaging students in constructing viable arguments and analyzing the arguments of others concerning key grade-level mathematics detailed in the content standards. Overall, the materials do not consistently assist teachers in having students construct viable arguments or analyze other students' arguments.
- Teacher materials do not consistently provide true opportunities for students to construct arguments or analyze the arguments of others.
- Pages 23-24, 757-758, and 787-788 provide opportunities for students to construct arguments.
- Pages 79A, 153, and 711-712 provide opportunities for students to construct an argument and analyze the arguments of others.
- Pages 19-20, 198, 593-594, 599-600, and 671-672 do not provide opportunities for students to construct arguments or analyze the arguments of others as stated in the Teacher Edition.
Indicator 2G.iii
The instructional materials reviewed for My Math Florida Grade 4 meet expectations that the materials explicitly attend to the specialized language of mathematics. Overall, the materials for both students and teachers have multiple ways for students to engage with the vocabulary of mathematics that are consistently present throughout the materials.
- The special language of mathematics is a strength of the series.
- Individual vocabulary cards are found at the beginning of each chapter in the Student Edition.
- Vocabulary checks are included in some homework assignments. For example, Chapter 10, Lesson 1, page 636.
- Vocabulary assessments can be created online.
- Virtual word walls are available online.
- "Match the Pairs" is an interactive vocabulary component.
- "Check my Progress" assesses vocabulary.
- Each chapter begins with a foldable supporting vocabulary development.
- "My Math Words" is at the beginning some chapters. For example, Chapter 5, page 274.
- The Teacher, Student, and online editions contain extensive glossaries in English and Spanish.
- Lessons contain mathematical terminology.