School Board of Levy County

Click on the grade level tabs to read about the areas of emaphsis for each grade level/course. 

In Kindergarten, instructional time will emphasize three areas:

(1) developing an understanding of counting to represent the total number of objects in a set and to order the objects within a set;

(2) developing an understanding of addition and subtraction and the relationship of these operations to counting and

(3) measuring, comparing and categorizing objects according to various attributes, including their two- and three-dimensional shapes.

In Grade 1, instructional time will emphasize four areas:

(1) understanding the place value of tens and ones within two-digit whole numbers;

(2) extending understanding of addition and subtraction and the relationship between them;

(3) developing an understanding of measurement of physical objects, money and time and

(4) categorizing, composing and decomposing geometric figures.

In Grade 2, instructional time will emphasize four areas:

(1) extending understanding of place value in three-digit numbers;

(2) building fluency and algebraic reasoning with addition and subtraction;

(3) extending understanding of measurement of objects, time and the perimeter of geometric figures and

(4) developing spatial reasoning with number representations and two-dimensional figures.

In Grade 3, instructional time will emphasize four areas:

(1) adding and subtracting multi-digit whole numbers, including using a standard algorithm;

(2) building an understanding of multiplication and division, the relationship between them and the connection to area of rectangles;

(3) developing an understanding of fractions and

(4) extending geometric reasoning to lines and attributes of quadrilaterals.

In Grade 4, instructional time will emphasize four areas:

(1) extending understanding of multi-digit multiplication and division;

(2) developing the relationship between fractions and decimals and beginning operations with both;

(3) classifying and measuring angles and (4) developing an understanding for interpreting data to include mode, median and range.

In Grade 5, instructional time will emphasize five areas:

(1) multiplying and dividing multi-digit whole numbers, including using a standard algorithm;

(2) adding and subtracting fractions and decimals with procedural fluency, developing an understanding of multiplication and division of fractions and decimals;

(3) developing an understanding of the coordinate plane and plotting pairs of numbers in the first quadrant;

(4) extending geometric reasoning to include volume and

(5) extending understanding of data to include the mean.

In Grade 6, instructional time will emphasize five areas:

(1) performing all four operations with integers, positive decimals and positive fractions with procedural fluency;

(2) exploring and applying concepts of ratios, rates and percent to solve problems;

(3) creating, interpreting and using expressions and equations;

(4) extending geometric reasoning to plotting points on the coordinate plane, area and volume of geometric figures and

(5) extending understanding of statistical thinking.

In Grade 7, instructional time will emphasize five areas:

(1) recognizing that fractions, decimals and percentages are different representations of rational numbers and performing all four operations with rational numbers with procedural fluency;

(2) creating equivalent expressions and solving equations and inequalities;

(3) developing understanding of and applying proportional relationships in two variables;

(4) extending analysis of two- and three-dimensional figures to include circles and cylinders and

(5) representing and comparing categorical and numerical data and developing understanding of probability.

In Grade 8, instructional time will emphasize six areas:

(1) representing numbers in scientific notation and extending the set of numbers to the system of real numbers, which includes irrational numbers;

(2) generate equivalent numeric and algebraic expressions including using the Laws of Exponents;

(3) creating and reasoning about linear relationships including modeling an association in bivariate data with a linear equation;

(4) solving linear equations, inequalities and systems of linear equations;

(5) developing an understanding of the concept of a function and

(6) analyzing two-dimensional figures, particularly triangles, using distance, angle and applying the Pythagorean Theorem.

In Algebra 1, instructional time will emphasize five areas:

(1) performing operations with polynomials and radicals, and extending the Laws of Exponents to include rational exponents;

(2) extending understanding of functions to linear, quadratic and exponential functions and using them to model and analyze real-world relationships;

(3) solving quadratic equations in one variable and systems of linear equations and inequalities in two variables;

(4) building functions, identifying their key features and representing them in various ways and

(5) representing and interpreting categorical and numerical data with one and two variables.

In Geometry, instructional time will emphasize five areas:

(1) proving and applying relationships and theorems involving two-dimensional figures using Euclidean geometry and coordinate geometry;

(2) establishing congruence and similarity using criteria from Euclidean geometry and using rigid transformations;

(3) extending knowledge of geometric measurement to two-dimensional figures and three-dimensional figures;

(4) creating and applying equations of circles in the coordinate plane and

(5) developing an understanding of right triangle trigonometry.

In Mathematics for Data and Financial Literacy, instructional time will emphasize five areas:

(1) extending knowledge of ratios, proportions and functions to data and financial contexts;

(2) developing understanding of basic economic and accounting principles;

(3) determining advantages and disadvantages of credit accounts and short- and long-term loans;

(4) developing understanding of planning for the future through investments, insurance and retirement plans and

(5) extending knowledge of data analysis to create and evaluate reports and to make predictions.