MI Model Content Standards
matched to
Computer Literacy Press: Math with Computers
Content Standard 1: All students will recognize similarities and generalize patterns, use patterns to create models and make predictions, describe the nature of patterns and relationships, and construct representations of mathematical relationships (Patterns). [Math; Patterns, Relationships & Functions]
Component: Story Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 101-110
Required: 6-9 Suggested: - Interested: -
· Describe, analyze, and generalize patterns arising in a variety of contexts and express them in general terms. [Math; Patterns, Relationships & Functions; Standard 1; Middle School]
Component: Story Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 101-110
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
· Represent and record patterns in a variety of ways including tables, charts and graphs, and translate between various representations. [Math; Patterns, Relationships & Functions; Standard 1; Middle School]
Component: Using the Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 2-24
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Fantastic Formulas
Reference: Text pp. 27-43
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Story Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 101-110
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: How Do Your Rate?
Reference: Text pp. 114-128
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Story Problems to Shape Your Mind
Reference: Text pp. 145-155
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Charting Pies and Discovering the Magical Time Value of Money
Reference: Test pp. 158-174
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
· Use patterns and their generalizations to make and justify inferences and predictions. [Math; Patterns, Relationships & Functions; Standard 1; Middle School]
Component: Story Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 101-110
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
· Use patterns and generalizations to solve problems and explore new content. [Math; Patterns, Relationships & Functions; Standard 1; Middle School]
Component: Story Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 101-110
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
· Analyze and generalize mathematical patterns including sequences, series, and recursive patterns. [Math; Patterns, Relationships & Functions; Standard 1; High School]
Component: Story Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 101-110
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
· Analyze, interpret and translate among representations of patterns including tables, charts, graphs, matrices and vectors. [Math; Patterns, Relationships & Functions; Standard 1; High School]
Component: Using the Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 2-24
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Fantastic Formulas
Reference: Text pp. 27-43
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Statistics via Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 66-81
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Story Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 101-110
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: How Do Your Rate?
Reference: Text pp. 114-128
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Story Problems to Shape Your Mind
Reference: Text pp. 145-155
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Charting Pies and Discovering the Magical Time Value of Money
Reference: Test pp. 158-174
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
· Study and employ mathematical models of patterns to make inferences, predictions and decisions. [Math; Patterns, Relationships & Functions; Standard 1; High School]
Component: Story Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 101-110
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
· Explore patterns (graphic, numeric, etc.) characteristic of families of functions; explore structural patterns within systems of objects, operations or relations. [Math; Patterns, Relationships & Functions; Standard 1; High School]
Component: Using the Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 2-24
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Fantastic Formulas
Reference: Text pp. 27-43
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Story Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 101-110
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Charting Pies and Discovering the Magical Time Value of Money
Reference: Test pp. 158-174
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
· Use patterns and reasoning to solve problems and explore new content. [Math; Patterns, Relationships & Functions; Standard 1; High School]
Component: Story Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 101-110
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Content Standard 2: All students will describe the relationships among variables, predict what will happen to one variable as another variable is changed, analyze natural variation and sources of variability, and compare patterns of change (Variability and Change). [Math; Patterns, Relationships & Functions]
Component: Using the Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 2-24
Required: 6-9 Suggested: - Interested: -
Component: Fantastic Formulas
Reference: Text pp. 27-43
Required: 6-9 Suggested: - Interested: -
Component: Story Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 101-110
Required: 6-9 Suggested: - Interested: -
Component: Charting Pies and Discovering the Magical Time Value of Money
Reference: Test pp. 158-174
Required: 6-9 Suggested: - Interested: -
· Identify and describe the nature of change; recognize change in more abstract and complex situations and explore different kinds of change and patterns of variation. [Math; Patterns, Relationships & Functions; Standard 2; Middle School]
Component: Using the Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 2-24
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Fantastic Formulas
Reference: Text pp. 27-43
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Story Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 101-110
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Charting Pies and Discovering the Magical Time Value of Money
Reference: Test pp. 158-174
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
· Connect an initial state to a final state and generalize a rule that describes a pattern of change. [Math; Patterns, Relationships & Functions; Standard 2; Middle School]
Component: Using the Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 2-24
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Fantastic Formulas
Reference: Text pp. 27-43
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Story Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 101-110
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Charting Pies and Discovering the Magical Time Value of Money
Reference: Test pp. 158-174
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
· Begin to investigate applications in bivariate data and linear relationships and explore questions of what will happen to one quantity if another variable is changed. [Math; Patterns, Relationships & Functions; Standard 2; Middle School]
Component: Using the Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 2-24
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Fantastic Formulas
Reference: Text pp. 27-43
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Story Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 101-110
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Charting Pies and Discovering the Magical Time Value of Money
Reference: Test pp. 158-174
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
· Represent variability or change by ordered pairs, tables, graphs and equations. [Math; Patterns, Relationships & Functions; Standard 2; Middle School]
Component: Using the Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 2-24
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Fantastic Formulas
Reference: Text pp. 27-43
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Story Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 101-110
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Charting Pies and Discovering the Magical Time Value of Money
Reference: Test pp. 158-174
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
· Continue to explore relationships arising from interesting contexts and use variables and relationships to solve mathematical problems. [Math; Patterns, Relationships & Functions; Standard 2; Middle School]
Component: Using the Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 2-24
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Fantastic Formulas
Reference: Text pp. 27-43
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Story Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 101-110
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Charting Pies and Discovering the Magical Time Value of Money
Reference: Test pp. 158-174
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
· Identify and describe the nature of change and begin to use the more formal language such as rate of change, continuity, limit distribution, and deviation. [Math; Patterns, Relationships & Functions; Standard 2; High School]
Component: Fantastic Formulas
Reference: Text pp. 27-43
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: How Do Your Rate?
Reference: Text pp. 114-128
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
· Represent functions using symbolism such as matrices, vectors, and functional representation (f(x)). [Math; Patterns, Relationships & Functions; Standard 2; High School]
Component: Using the Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 2-24
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
· Distinguish among shapes and differentiate between examples and non-examples of shapes based on their properties; generalize about shapes of graphs and data distributions. [Math; Geometry and Measurement; Standard 3; Middle School]
Component: Using the Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 2-24
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
· Generalize the characteristics of shapes and apply their generalizations to classes of shapes. [Math; Geometry and Measurement; Standard 3; Middle School]
Component: Statistics via Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 66-81
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
· Derive generalizations about shapes and apply those generalizations to develop classifications of familiar shapes. [Math; Geometry and Measurement; Standard 3; Middle School]
Component: Statistics via Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 66-81
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
· Construct familiar shapes using coordinates, and appropriate tools (including technology), sketching and drawing two- and three-dimensional shapes. [Math; Geometry and Measurement; Standard 3; Middle School]
Component: Story Problems to Shape Your Mind
Reference: Text pp. 145-155
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
· Combine, dissect, and transform shapes. [Math; Geometry and Measurement; Standard 3; Middle School]
Component: Story Problems to Shape Your Mind
Reference: Text pp. 145-155
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
· Use shape, shape properties, and shape relationships to describe the physical world and to solve problems. [Math; Geometry and Measurement; Standard 3; Middle School]
Component: Story Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 101-110
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Let's Shape Up!
Reference: Text pp. 130-142
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
· Draw and construct shapes in two and three dimensions and analyze and justify the steps of their constructions. [Math; Geometry and Measurement; Standard 3; High School]
Component: Story Problems to Shape Your Mind
Reference: Text pp. 145-155
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
· Study transformations of shapes using isometries, size transformations, and coordinate mappings. [Math; Geometry and Measurement; Standard 3; High School]
Component: Story Problems to Shape Your Mind
Reference: Text pp. 145-155
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
· Use shape, shape properties, and shape relationships to describe the physical world and to solve problems. [Math; Geometry and Measurement; Standard 3; High School]
Component: Story Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 101-110
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Let's Shape Up!
Reference: Text pp. 130-142
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
· Give precise mathematical descriptions of transformations and describe the effects of transformations on size, shape, position and orientation. [Math; Geometry and Measurement; Standard 4; High School]
Component: Story Problems to Shape Your Mind
Reference: Text pp. 145-155
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Content Standard 5: All students will compare attributes of two objects, or of one object with a standard (unit), and analyze situations to determine what measurement(s) should be made and to what level of precision (Measurement). [Math; Geometry and Measurement]
Component: Using the Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 2-24
Required: 6-9 Suggested: - Interested: -
Component: How Do Your Rate?
Reference: Text pp. 114-128
Required: 6-9 Suggested: - Interested: -
· Select and use appropriate tools; Measure objects using standard units in both the metric and common systems, and measure angles in degrees. [Math; Geometry and Measurement; Standard 5; Middle School]
Component: Using the Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 2-24
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: How Do Your Rate?
Reference: Text pp. 114-128
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Let's Shape Up!
Reference: Text pp. 130-142
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
· Identify the attribute to be measured and select the appropriate unit of measurement for length, mass (weight), time, temperature, perimeter, area, volume and angle. [Math; Geometry and Measurement; Standard 5; Middle School]
Component: Using the Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 2-24
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: How Do Your Rate?
Reference: Text pp. 114-128
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
· Estimate measures with a specified degree of accuracy and decide if an estimate or a measurement is "close enough." [Math; Geometry and Measurement; Standard 5; Middle School]
Component: How Do Your Rate?
Reference: Text pp. 114-128
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
· Use proportional reasoning and indirect measurements to draw inferences. [Math; Geometry and Measurement; Standard 5; Middle School]
Component: Using the Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 2-24
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Fantastic Formulas
Reference: Text pp. 27-43
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: The Order of Operations and the Sum Function
Reference: Text pp. 46-62
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Perfect Percents
Reference: Text pp. 83-97
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Story Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 101-110
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: How Do Your Rate?
Reference: Text pp. 114-128
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Let's Shape Up!
Reference: Text pp. 130-142
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Story Problems to Shape Your Mind
Reference: Text pp. 145-155
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Charting Pies and Discovering the Magical Time Value of Money
Reference: Test pp. 158-174
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Crunching, Charting, and Cruising the Numbers
Reference: Text pp. 179-193
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Story Problems for Review and Practice
Reference: Text pp. 197-216
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
· Apply measurement to describe the real world and to solve problems. [Math; Geometry and Measurement; Standard 5; Middle School]
Component: Using the Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 2-24
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: How Do Your Rate?
Reference: Text pp. 114-128
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Let's Shape Up!
Reference: Text pp. 130-142
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Story Problems for Review and Practice
Reference: Text pp. 197-216
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
· Select and use appropriate tools; make accurate measurements using both metric and common units, and measure angles in degrees and radians. [Math; Geometry and Measurement; Standard 5; High School]
Component: Using the Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 2-24
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: How Do Your Rate?
Reference: Text pp. 114-128
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Let's Shape Up!
Reference: Text pp. 130-142
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
· Continue to make and apply measurements of length, mass (weight), time, temperature, area, volume, angle; classify objects according to their dimensions. [Math; Geometry and Measurement; Standard 5; High School]
Component: Using the Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 2-24
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: How Do Your Rate?
Reference: Text pp. 114-128
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Let's Shape Up!
Reference: Text pp. 130-142
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Story Problems to Shape Your Mind
Reference: Text pp. 145-155
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
· Estimate measures with a specified degree of accuracy and evaluate measurements for accuracy, precision and tolerance. [Math; Geometry and Measurement; Standard 5; High School]
Component: How Do Your Rate?
Reference: Text pp. 114-128
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
· Use proportional reasoning and indirect measurements, including applications of trigonometric ratios, to measure inaccessible distances and to determine derived measures such as density. [Math; Geometry and Measurement; Standard 5; High School]
Component: Using the Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 2-24
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Fantastic Formulas
Reference: Text pp. 27-43
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: The Order of Operations and the Sum Function
Reference: Text pp. 46-62
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Perfect Percents
Reference: Text pp. 83-97
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Story Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 101-110
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: How Do Your Rate?
Reference: Text pp. 114-128
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Let's Shape Up!
Reference: Text pp. 130-142
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Story Problems to Shape Your Mind
Reference: Text pp. 145-155
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Charting Pies and Discovering the Magical Time Value of Money
Reference: Test pp. 158-174
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Crunching, Charting, and Cruising the Numbers
Reference: Text pp. 179-193
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Story Problems for Review and Practice
Reference: Text pp. 197-216
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
· Apply measurement to describe the real world and to solve problems. [Math; Geometry and Measurement; Standard 5; High School]
Component: Using the Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 2-24
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Fantastic Formulas
Reference: Text pp. 27-43
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: How Do Your Rate?
Reference: Text pp. 114-128
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Let's Shape Up!
Reference: Text pp. 130-142
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Story Problems for Review and Practice
Reference: Text pp. 197-216
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Content Standard 6: All students will collect and explore data, organize data into a useful form, and develop skill in representing and reading data displayed in different formats (Collection, Organization and Presentation of Data). [Math; Data Analysis and Statistics]
Component: The Order of Operations and the Sum Function
Reference: Text pp. 46-62
Required: 6-9 Suggested: - Interested: -
Component: Story Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 101-110
Required: 6-9 Suggested: - Interested: -
Component: Story Problems to Shape Your Mind
Reference: Text pp. 145-155
Required: 6-9 Suggested: - Interested: -
Component: Charting Pies and Discovering the Magical Time Value of Money
Reference: Test pp. 158-174
Required: 6-9 Suggested: - Interested: -
Component: Crunching, Charting, and Cruising the Numbers
Reference: Text pp. 179-193
Required: 6-9 Suggested: - Interested: -
Component: Story Problems for Review and Practice
Reference: Text pp. 197-216
Required: 6-9 Suggested: - Interested: -
· Collect and explore data through observation, measurement, surveys, sampling techniques and simulations. [Math; Data Analysis and Statistics; Standard 6; Middle School]
Component: Statistics via Spreadsheet
Reference: Text pp. 66-81
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
· Organize data using tables, charts, graphs, spreadsheets and data bases. [Math; Data Analysis and Statistics; Standard 6; Middle School]
Component: Using the Spreadsheet