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Sample Learning Plans Organized by Grade Level

The grade/course level for each of the following learning plans was suggested by the author(s). Individual authors are credited on each learning plan when applicable. If no author is listed, the plan was created collaboratively as part of a RUSMP Program or Initiative.

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Kindergarten - 2nd Grade

Measurement

Money

Patterns, Relations, and Algebraic Thinking

2nd Grade

Geometry: Shapes

3rd Grade

Geometry and Spatial Reasoning

3rd-4th Grade

Fractions

Area and Perimeter

Geometry (Shapes, Solids, Angles Lines)

5th Grade

Data Analysis Through Graphical Representation

5th-6th Grade

Fractions (comparing, determining equivalence, conversions)

The Circle

Circles

Triangles

Probability

6th-8th Grade

Integers

Finding Fractals in Nature

7th- 8th Grade

Variables & Relations (Informal Patterns/ Functions)

Ratio and Proportion

Circles

Triangles

Algebra I

Integers

Solving Linear Equations

Linear Equations and Inequalities (in one variable)

Ratio and Proportion (in Algebra I)

Patterns and functions (informally)

Patterns and functions (formally)

Slope

Linear Functions

Exponential Functions

Systems of Linear Equations

Polynomials

Radicals and the Pythagorean Theorem

Quadratic Functions

Geometry

Logic

Geometric Solids

Foundations of Logic

Algebra II

Logarithmic and Exponential Functions