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
- Support for the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice and NCTM Process Standards
- Teaching notes to guide assessment and instruction
- Interdisciplinary links to extend problems
- Alignments to CCSSM, NCTM, state, 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 Volume
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
- 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 NCTM, state standards as well as the Everyday Math series
ordering code: PREKM1
Differentiated Best of Math Exemplars I CD-ROM, K-8
This CD-ROM contains 100 assessment tasks with anchor papers and 80 instructional tasks. More accessible and more challenging versions of each task are provided to help teachers meet varying developmental levels within their classrooms. Material supports the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice and NCTM Process Standards.
The CD features:
- 180 unique problem-solving tasks for assessment, instruction and staff development
- A differentiated, more accessible and more challenging version for each problem
- Standards-based, scoring rubrics and annotated anchor papers to accompany the assessment tasks
- Alignments to CCSSM, NCTM, state, STEM and provincial standards as well as Everyday Math, Connected Math, Impact Math and Investigations.
- Teaching notes to guide assessment and instruction
- Tasks designated and grouped by K-2, 3-5 and 6-8 grade spans
- Search capability by math 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
This CD-ROM was created to complement the first Differentiated Best of Math CD. It contains 100 unique performance tasks to enrich assessment and instruction. More accessible and more challenging versions of each task are provided to help teachers meet varying developmental levels within their classrooms. Material supports the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice and NCTM Process Standards.
The CD features:
- 100 unique problem-solving tasks for assessment, instruction and staff development
- A differentiated, more accessible and more challenging version for each problem
- Standards-based, scoring rubrics and anchor papers
- Alignments to CCSSM, NCTM, state, STEM and provincial standards as well as Everyday Math, Connected Math, Impact Math and Investigations.
- Teaching notes to guide assessment and instruction
- Tasks designated and grouped by K-2, 3-5 and 6-8 grade spans
- Search capability by math 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: DIFCD2
Differentiated Best of Math Exemplars III CD-ROM, K-8
This CD-ROM was created to complement the first two Differentiated Best of Math CDs. It contains 100 unique performance tasks to enrich assessment and instruction. More accessible and more challenging versions of each task are provided to help teachers meet varying developmental levels within their classrooms. Material supports the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice and NCTM Process Standards.
The CD features:
- 100 unique problem-solving tasks for assessment, instruction and staff development
- A differentiated, more accessible and more challenging version for each problem
- Standards-based, scoring rubrics and anchor papers
- Alignments to CCSSM, NCTM, state, STEM and provincial standards as well as Everyday Math, Connected Math, Impact Math and Investigations.
- Teaching notes to guide assessment and instruction
- Tasks designated and grouped by K-2, 3-5 and 6-8 grade spans
- Search capability by math 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: DIFCD3
Differentiated Best of Math Exemplars I, K-8: Spanish Supplement
This Supplement is available for purchase with the Differentiated Best of Math I CD-ROM. It includes Spanish translations for the original version of each task on the CD as well as the more accessible and more challenging versions. These differentiations are provided to help teachers meet varying developmental levels within their classrooms.
Material supports the Common Core Standards for Mathematical
Practice and NCTM Process Standards.
The CD includes:
- 180 unique problem-solving tasks for assessment, instruction and staff development
- A differentiated, more accessible and more challenging version for each problem
- A Spanish Supplement that includes translations for each task
- Standards-based, scoring rubrics and annotated anchor papers to accompany the assessment tasks
- Alignments to CCSSM, NCTM, state, STEM and provincial standards as well as Everyday Math, Connected Math, Impact Math and Investigations.
- Teaching notes to guide assessment and instruction
- Tasks designated and grouped by K-2, 3-5 and 6-8 grade spans
- Search capability by math 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: DIFCD1SS
Differentiated Middle School Math, 6-8 CD-ROM
This CD-ROM contains 73 assessment tasks with anchor papers and 27 instructional tasks for the middle grades. More accessible and more challenging versions of each task are provided to help teachers meet varying developmental levels within their classrooms. Material supports the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice and NCTM Process Standards.
The CD features:
- 100 authentic problem-solving tasks for assessment, instruction and staff development
- A differentiated, more accessible and more challenging version for each problem
- Standards-based, scoring rubrics and anchor papers to accompany the assessment tasks
- Alignments to CCSSM, NCTM, state, STEM and provincial standards as well as Connected Math and Impact Math.
- Teaching notes to guide assessment and instruction
- Search capability by math 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 CD-ROM contains a collection of 50 performance-based tasks for grades 7-12. Material may be used to enrich assessment and instruction. These tasks support the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice and NCTM Process Standards. Currently being upgraded.
Each CD includes:
- 50 authentic, problem-solving tasks for assessment, instruction and staff development
- Standards-based, scoring rubrics and annotated anchor papers for each task
- Alignments to CCSSM, NCTM, state, STEM and provincial standards.
- Teaching notes to guide assessment and instruction
- Search capability by math 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: n/a
This product is currently being upgraded and is unavailable to order at this time.
Please contact us if you would like to be notified when it has been completed.
Math Volume 12, K-8
This publication offers educators a collection of differentiated problem-solving tasks in hard-copy format. Material may be used to enrich assessment and instruction. More accessible and more challenging versions of each task are provided to help teachers meet varying developmental levels within their classrooms. This Volume is available for purchase in K-5, 6-8 or K-8 segments.
Material supports the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice and NCTM Process Standards.
Volumes include:
- Up to 60 problem-solving tasks to enrich assessment, instruction and staff development
- A differentiated, more accessible and more challenging version of each task
- Standards-based scoring rubrics and annotated anchor papers for each task
- Alignments to CCSSM, NCTM, state, STEM and provincial standards.
- Rich, teaching notes to guide assessment and instruction
- Tasks correlated to math standards, as well as content and skills
- Interdisciplinary links to extend problems
- 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: M12K-8 (60 tasks)
ordering code: M12K-5 (40 tasks)
ordering code: M126-8 (20 tasks)