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Math TEKS/TAKS Vertical Alignment


The Money Academy financial literacy curriculum fulfills the following Math TEKS/TAKS learning objectives:



Grades

TAKS

TEKS

DESCRIPTION

Objective 1:Number, operation, and quantitative reasoning.

3

1

3.1.A

use place value to read, write (in symbols and words),and describe the value of whole numbers through 999,999;

3

1

3.1.C

determine the value of a collection of coins and bills.

3

1

3.3.A

model addition and subtraction using pictures,words,and numbers

3

1

3.3.B

select addition or subtraction and use the operation to solve problems involving whole numbers through 999.

4

1

4.1.B

use place value to read,write,compare,and order decimals involving tenths and hundredths, including money, using [concrete objects and] pictorial models.

4

1

4.3.A

use addition and subtraction to solve problems involving whole numbers

4

1

4.3.B

add and subtract decimals to the hundredths place using [concrete objects and] pictorial models.

5

1

5.3.A

use addition and subtraction to solve problems involving whole numbers and decimals;

Objective 2: Patterns, relationships, and algebraic thinking

5

2

5.5.A

describe the relationship between sets of data in graphic organizers such as lists, tables, charts, and diagrams

6

2

6.3.B

represent ratios and percents with [concrete] models, fractions, and decimals

Objective 4: Measurement

3

4

3.12.B

tell and write time shown on analog and digital clocks.

5

4

5.10.B

solve problems involving elapsed time.

 

 

 

Objective 5: Probability and Statistics

6

5

6.10.D

solve problems by collecting, organizing, displaying, and interpreting data

3

5

3.13.A

collect, organize, record, and display data in pictographs and bar graphs where each picture or cell might represent more than one piece of data

Objective 6: Underlying processes and Mathematical Tools

3 TO 6

6

3.14.A 4.14.A 5.14.A

identify the mathematics in everyday situations;

3 TO 6

6

3.14.B 4.14.B 5.14.B 6.11.B

solve problems that incorporate understanding the problem, making a plan, carrying out the plan, and evaluating the solution for reasonableness

3 TO 5

6

3.14.C 4.14.C 5.14.C

select or develop an appropriate problem-solving plan or strategy, including drawing a picture, looking for a pattern, systematic guessing and checking, acting it out, making a table, working a simpler problem, or working backwards to solve a problem.

6

6

6.11.A

identify and apply mathematics to everyday experiences, to activities in and outside of school, with other disciplines, and with other mathematical topics;

6

6

6.12.A

communicate mathematical ideas using language, efficient tools, appropriate units, and graphical, numerical, physical, or algebraic mathematical models