Math, Pre K-12
Exemplars performance material provides teachers and administrators with a way of teaching and assessing problem-solving and communication skills.
Our real-world material engages students and promotes reasoning and communication. Each problem-solving task has been classroom-tested and can be used for assessment, instruction and/or professional development.
Math material features:
- Authentic, problem-solving tasks
- A differentiated, more accessible and more challenging version of the task for grades Pre K-8.
- Standards-based rubrics that focus on problem solving and communication
- Annotated anchor papers for each task
- Rich teaching notes to guide assessment and instruction
- Interdisciplinary links to extend problems
- Alignments to NCTM, state, Common Core, STEM and provincial standards as well as various math texts
The most powerful form of professional development occurs when teachers work together to assess student performance and discuss student work. This experience ties together assessment, curriculum and instruction. Exemplars material supports this process.
Current Math Material
Pre K-K Math Series
This series promises to interest and challenge young minds!Exemplars Pre K-K Math provides teachers, parents and caregivers with 20 creative tasks to capitalize on this wonderful time of learning and curiosity. The differentiated material in this publication requires counting, patterning and combining of small groups of objects, as well as the description of shapes.
The mathematics chosen for these tasks are based on recommendations from NCTM, the National Association of Educators of Young Children, and from recommendations for preschool standards as developed at the Conference on Standards for Pre-kindergarten and Kindergarten Mathematics Education.
Material includes:
- A collection of 20 authentic, problem-solving tasks at three levels
- A differentiated, more accessible and more challenging version of each task
- Rich, teaching notes to guide assessment and instruction
- Standards-based scoring rubrics
- Annotated anchor papers to accompany each task
- Classroom-tested material
- A digital library of tasks to accompany the hard copy
- Alignments to state standards as well as the Everyday Math series
ordering code: PREKM1
Differentiated Best of Math Exemplars I CD-ROM, K-8
The Differentiated Best of Math Exemplars I CD-ROM contains 100 assessment tasks with anchor papers and 80 instructional tasks. Each task includes a more accessible and more challenging version. Different levels of the same task can be used at varying developmental levels within the same classroom.
Tasks on this CD-ROM are aligned to NCTM, state, Common Core, STEM and provincial standards as well as Everyday Math, Impact Math and Investigations.
The CD features:
- 180 unique, authentic, problem-solving tasks for assessment, instruction and portfolio pieces
- A differentiated, more accessible and more challenging version of each task
- Standards-based, scoring rubrics and annotated anchor papers to accompany the assessment tasks
- Rich, teaching notes to guide assessment and instruction
- Tasks designated and grouped by the following grade spans: K-2, 3-5 and 6-8
- Search capability by NCTM standards, grade span, concepts and skills, interdisciplinary links and technology
- A complimentary Getting Started Guide for teachers
- A user-friendly, browser-based platform for MACs and PCs
- The ability to be networked within your district or shared within a school
ordering code: DIFCD1
Differentiated Best of Math Exemplars II CD-ROM, K-8
The Differentiated Best of Math Exemplars II CD-ROM was created to complement the first Best of Math CD. This CD contains 100 performance tasks for assessment and instruction. Each task includes a more accessible and more challenging version. Different levels of the same task can be used at varying developmental levels within the same classroom.
Tasks on this CD-ROM are aligned to NCTM, state, Common Core, STEM and provincial standards as well as Everyday Math, Impact Math and Investigations.
The CD features:
- 100 unique, authentic, problem-solving tasks for assessment, instruction and portfolio pieces
- A differentiated, more accessible and more challenging version of each task
- Standards-based, scoring rubrics and anchor papers for each task
- Rich, teaching notes to guide assessment and instruction
- Search capability by NCTM standards, grade span, concepts and skills, interdisciplinary links and technology
- Tasks designated and grouped by the following grade spans: K-2, 3-5 and 6-8
- A complimentary Getting Started Guide for teachers
- A user-friendly, browser-based platform for MACs and PCs
- The ability to be networked within your district or shared within a school
ordering code: DIFCD2
Differentiated Best of Math Exemplars III CD-ROM, K-8
The Differentiated Best of Math Exemplars III CD-ROM was created to complement the first two Best of Math CDs. This CD contains 100 unique performance tasks for assessment and instruction. Each task includes a more accessible and a more challenging version. Different levels of the same task can be used at varying developmental levels within the same classroom.
Tasks on this CD-ROM are aligned to NCTM, state, Common Core, STEM and provincial standards as well as Everyday Math, Impact Math and Investigations.
The CD features:
- 100 unique, authentic, problem-solving tasks for assessment, instruction and portfolio pieces
- A differentiated, more accessible and more challenging version of each task
- Standards-based, scoring rubrics and anchor papers for each assessment task
- Rich, teaching notes to guide assessment and instruction
- Search capability by NCTM standards, grade span, concepts and skills, interdisciplinary links and technology
- Tasks designated and grouped by the following grade spans: K-2, 3-5 and 6-8
- A complimentary Getting Started Guide for teachers
- A user-friendly, browser-based platform for MACs and PCs
- The ability to be networked within your district or shared within a school
ordering code: DIFCD3
Differentiated Middle School Math, 6-8 CD-ROM
The Differentiated Best of Math Exemplars, 6-8 CD-ROM contains 73 assessment tasks with anchor papers and 27 instructional tasks for the middle grades. Each task includes a more accessible and a more challenging version. Different levels of the same task can be used at varying developmental levels within the same classroom.
Tasks on this CD-ROM are aligned to NCTM, state, Common Core, STEM and provincial standards as well as Everyday Math, Impact Math and Investigations.
The CD features:
- 100 authentic, problem-solving tasks for assessment, instruction and portfolio pieces
- A differentiated, more accessible and more challenging version of each task
- Standards-based, scoring rubrics and anchor papers for each assessment task
- Rich, teaching notes to guide assessment and instruction
- Search capability by NCTM standards, grade span, concepts and skills, interdisciplinary links and technology
- A complimentary Getting Started Guide for teachers
- A user-friendly, browser-based platform for MACs and PCs
- The ability to be networked within your district or shared within a school
ordering code: MSCD
Best of Secondary Math CD-ROM, 7-12
This unique collection of 50 secondary math performance-based assessment tasks have been assembled on this CD for your classroom.
Tasks on this CD-ROM are aligned to NCTM, state, Common Core, STEM and provincial standards.
Each CD includes:
- 50 authentic, problem-solving tasks for assessment, instruction and portfolio pieces
- Standards-based, scoring rubrics and annotated anchor papers for each task
- Rich, teaching notes to guide assessment and instruction
- Search capability by NCTM standards, grade span, concepts and skills, interdisciplinary links and technology
- Content areas: algebra, functions, synthetic geometry, algebraic geometry, trigonometry, statistics, discrete math, pre-calculus, problem solving and connections
- A complimentary Getting Started Guide for teachers
- A user-friendly, browser-based platform for MACs and PCs
- The ability to be networked within your district or shared within a school
ordering code: HSCD
Math Subscription, K-8
Exemplars math subscriptions offer educators a collection of differentiated hard-copy materials for their classroom. Each task includes a more accessible and a more challenging version to be used a varying developmental levels. There are approximately 60 tasks per subscription (20 per grade span). The subscription also includes a digital library on CD. Material is aligned to NCTM, state, Common Core, STEM and provincial standards.
Each subscription includes:
- 60 authentic, problem-solving tasks for assessment, instruction and portfolio pieces
- A differentiated, more accessible and more challenging version of each task
- Scoring rubrics and annotated anchor papers for each task
- Rich, teaching notes to guide assessment and instruction
- Tasks correlated to math standards, as well as content and skills
- Interdisciplinary links to extend problems
- Scoring rubrics keyed to both NCTM standards and the application of arithmetic skills in problem solving
- Tasks designated and grouped by the following grade spans: K-2, 3-5 and 6-8
- Each hard-copy issue includes a digital library of tasks
ordering code: M12 (Volume 12)
ordering code: M11 (Volume 11)
ordering code: M10 (Volume 10)
Spanish Math Subscription, K-5
A collection of 44 performance assessment and instruction tasks. The hard-copy subscription includes a Spanish translation of each math task as well as the student rubric. Each write up features Teaching Tips, Suggested Materials, the Task-Specific Rubric as well as Annotated Anchor Papers in English. Material is aligned to NCTM standards.
This subscription includes:
- 44 authentic, performance tasks with a Spanish translation
- Standards-based, scoring rubrics and annotated anchor papers to accompany each task
- Rich, teaching notes to guide assessment and instruction
- A Spanish translated student rubric
- A digital library of tasks
ordering code: SP1