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Math TEKS/TAKS Vertical Alignment
The Money Academy financial literacy curriculum fulfills the following Math TEKS/TAKS learning objectives:
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Grades |
TAKS |
TEKS |
DESCRIPTION |
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Objective 1:Number, operation, and quantitative reasoning. |
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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; |
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3 |
1 |
3.1.C |
determine the value of a collection of coins and bills. |
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3 |
1 |
3.3.A |
model addition and subtraction using pictures,words,and numbers |
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3 |
1 |
3.3.B |
select addition or subtraction and use the operation to solve problems involving whole numbers through 999. |
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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. |
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4 |
1 |
4.3.A |
use addition and subtraction to solve problems involving whole numbers |
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4 |
1 |
4.3.B |
add and subtract decimals to the hundredths place using [concrete objects and] pictorial models. |
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5 |
1 |
5.3.A |
use addition and subtraction to solve problems involving whole numbers and decimals; |
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Objective 2: Patterns, relationships, and algebraic thinking |
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5 |
2 |
5.5.A |
describe the relationship between sets of data in graphic organizers such as lists, tables, charts, and diagrams |
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6 |
2 |
6.3.B |
represent ratios and percents with [concrete] models, fractions, and decimals |
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Objective 4: Measurement |
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3 |
4 |
3.12.B |
tell and write time shown on analog and digital clocks. |
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5 |
4 |
5.10.B |
solve problems involving elapsed time. |
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Objective 5: Probability and Statistics |
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6 |
5 |
6.10.D |
solve problems by collecting, organizing, displaying, and interpreting data |
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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 |
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Objective 6: Underlying processes and Mathematical Tools |
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3 TO 6 |
6 |
3.14.A 4.14.A 5.14.A |
identify the mathematics in everyday situations; |
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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 |
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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. |
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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; |
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6 |
6 |
6.12.A |
communicate mathematical ideas using language, efficient tools, appropriate units, and graphical, numerical, physical, or algebraic mathematical models |


