DPSCD adopted the Eureka Math Curriculum with the intention of helping our students shift from just finding the answers to actually understanding the why and how behind the mathematic processes.  Eureka Math uses sequenced modules to help students achieve a deeper understanding of concepts while developing strong critical thinking skills.  The program is a Common-Core aligned curriculum that helps students build upon their skills, provides real word stories and application lessons, and encourages mental strategies to problem solve. Grade level clusters have key focus areas and each grade level has specific modules of engagement. For more information, please visit the DPSCD Math Curriculum Page. 

Key Areas of Focus for K-2nd

• Addition and subtraction - concepts, skills and problem solving

Kindergarten

• Representing, relating, and operating on whole numbers, initially with sets of objects
• Describing shapes and space. 
• Focus on number concepts

1st Grade

• Developing understanding of addition, subtraction, and strategies for addition and subtraction within 20
• Developing understanding of whole number relationships and place value, including grouping in tens and ones
• Developing understanding of linear measurement and measuring lengths as iterating length units
• Reasoning about attributes of, and composing and decomposing geometric shapes

2nd Grade

• Extending understanding of base-ten notation
• Building fluency with addition and subtraction
• Using standard units of measure
• Describing and analyzing shapes. 

Key Areas of Focus for 3rd-5th

• Multiplication and division of whole numbers and fractions—concepts, skills, and problem solving

3rd Grade

• Developing understanding of multiplication and division and strategies for multiplication and division within 100
• Developing understanding of fractions, especially unit fractions (fractions with numerator
• Developing understanding of the structure of rectangular arrays and area
• Describing and analyzing two-dimensional shapes

4th Grade

• Developing understanding and fluency with multi-digit multiplication
• Developing understanding of dividing to find quotients involving multi-digit dividends
• Developing an understanding of fraction equivalence, addition and subtraction of fractions with like denominators, and multiplication of fractions by whole numbers
• Understanding that geometric figures can be analyzed and classified based on their properties, such as having parallel sides, perpendicular sides, particular angle measures, and symmetry

5th Grade

• Developing fluency with addition and subtraction of fractions
• Developing understanding of the multiplication of fractions and of division of fractions in limited cases (unit fractions divided by whole numbers and whole numbers divided by unit fractions)
• Extending division to two-digit divisors, integrating decimal fractions into the place value system and developing understanding of operations with decimals to hundredths, and developing fluency with whole number and decimal operations
• Developing understanding of volume

Key Areas of Focus for 6th-8th

• Ratios, the number system, and expressions and equations

6th Grade

• Understanding ratio concepts and using ratio reasoning to solve problems.
• Applying and extending previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions.
• Applying and extending previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.
• Applying and extending previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions.
• Reasoning about and solving one-variable equations and inequalities.
• Representing and analyzing quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables.

7th Grade

• Analyzing proportional relationships and using them to solve real-world and mathematical problems.
• Applying and extending previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers.
• Using properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions.
•  Solving real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations.

8th Grade

• Working with radicals and integer exponents.
• Understanding  the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations.
• Analyzing and solving linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations.
• Defineing evaluating, and comparing functions.
• Understanding congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software.
• Understanding and applying the Pythagorean theorem.