Mathematics
January 20, 2012 – K-8 Mathematics SOL Enhanced Scope & Sequence Sample Lesson Plans now available on VDOE website – searchable by keyword and SOL.
November 19, 2010 – Sample mathematics achievement records updated to align with the 2009 mathematics SOL for grades K-3. See Superintendent's Memo #281-10
Includes:
- Curriculum Frameworks
- Enhanced Scope & Sequence Guides
- Test Blueprints
- Released Tests
- Practice Items
The Mathematics Standards of Learning identify essential academic content at each grade level for sequential learning. The content of the mathematics standards supports the following five goals for students: becoming mathematical problem solvers, communicating mathematically, reasoning mathematically, making mathematical connections and using mathematical representations to model and interpret practical situations.
Professional Development Resources – Mathematics Standards of Learning (SOL) Institutes
VDOE has provided targeted professional development in a “train-the-trainer” format through Mathematics Standards of Learning (SOL) Institutes in 2009, 2010, and 2011. The 2011 Mathematics SOL Institutes continue to support implementation of the 2009 Mathematics Standards of Learning (SOL), framed by the five goals for students becoming mathematical problem solvers, communicating mathematically, reasoning mathematically, making mathematical connections, and using mathematical representations to model and interpret practical situations.
Mathematics Instructional Resources
Mathematics Resources
- ESS Sample Lesson Plans – searchable by keyword and SOL
- Instructional Videos for Teachers – These videos are provided as support for the implementation of the 2009 Mathematics Standards of Learning (SOL).
- Instructional & assessment resources, professional development & organizations
Elementary School
Throughout an elementary student's mathematics schooling, specific content strands or topics are explored: numbers and number sense; computation and estimation; measurement; geometry; probability and statistics; and patterns, functions and algebra. Each strand progresses in complexity at each grade level. In addition to the standards, curriculum frameworks, enhanced scope and sequence guides, test blueprints and released tests, other elementary school instructional resources are available.
Middle School
Middle school students continue to explore the mathematical topics or specific content strands begun in elementary school – numbers and number sense; computation and estimation; measurement; geometry; probability and statistics; and patterns, functions and algebra – however at a more in-depth level. In addition to the standards, curriculum frameworks, enhanced scope and sequence guides, test blueprints and released tests, other middle school instructional resources are available.
High School
By high school, students will be prepared to take at minimum Algebra I. Other core high school mathematics courses include geometry; Algebra II; trigonometry; Algebra II and trigonometry; algebra, functions and data analysis; computer mathematics; probability and statistics; discrete mathematics; mathematical analysis; and Advanced Placement calculus. In addition to the standards, curriculum frameworks, enhanced scope and sequence guides, test blueprints and released tests, other high school instructional resources are available.
Award Programs
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching – The Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) is the highest recognition that a kindergarten through 12th-grade mathematics or science teacher may receive for outstanding teaching in the United States.
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