Tyler Jeannette Mattic

District/School Curriculum Analysis Assignment Overview:

Opening
Geer Park Elementary opened in 2005 for grades K-5th. The school is located in Dearborn last
year the enrollment was 360 students. 187 students were male and 173 students were female and
each classroom contained a variety of genders and ethnicities from Asian American, African
American, and Hispanic. Even though Dearborn Public School District may be a more
resourceful district, the number of students with an economic disadvantage was 286 students. For
the 2012-2013 school year there were 16 students labeled for special education, and 230
students. The AYP for the 2012-2013 school year 71% of the students are meeting or exceeding
based on the midyear expectations. The average score of the MEAP of all students in grades 3
through 5 is at the proficiency level of 2.The curriculum being analyzed is used at the school and
classroom level. Each kindergarten classroom uses the Everyday Mathematics curriculum.
Goals
The objectives for the kindergarten classroom curriculum are that instructional time should focus
on two areas: (1) representing and comparing whole numbers, initially with sets of objects; (2)
describing shapes and space. The main goals for kindergarten are counting and cardinality,
operations and algebraic thinking, numbers and operations in base ten, measurement and data,
geometry and mathematical practices. In each goal there are several standards, which are also
related to a game, activity or worksheet. The Everyday Mathematics curriculum created a
planning and pacing guide that lists the page in the teachers book, guided questions to ask
students for understanding, the Common Core Standard code, and a summary of what the lesson
is about. The pacing and planning guide also organizes the standards according to weeks, so

teachers can plan accordingly to how many weeks are in a year and have a guide to when they
need to move on, or if they have time to revisit certain lessons.
Content
After successful completion of the Everyday Mathematics Curriculum students will be
able to, know number names and the count sequence, count to tell the number of objects,
compare numbers, understand addition as putting and adding to, and understand subtraction as
taking apart and taking from, work with numbers 11-19 to gain foundations for place value,
describe and compare measurable attributes, classify objects and count the number of objects in
each category, identify and describe shapes, and analyze, compare, create and compose shapes.
Because the Everyday Math was created to be aligned 100% to the Common Core Standards the
class outcomes match perfectly with the state expectations. This is beneficial because the
kindergarteners will learn exactly what the state wants them to learn, which will prepare them for
the 1st grade.
The class outcomes positively shadow the state expectations. The variety of activities in
the curriculum allows the students to learn with different methods. At the end of the year
students have learned not only the classrooms curriculum but they now know everything the state
expects them to learn also.
Assessment
The curriculum provides a variety of assessments from worksheets, individual oral
assessments, and activities. At this age, students are not given written tests; instead they are
graded on their performance on in-class assignments and homework assignments. The
curriculum also uses games as a form of assessments. The teacher assess student learning in the
classroom by working with students individually or in small groups of 2-3 students. Students

who are on the same or close to the same level are grouped together and each group meets with
the teacher or aid at least twice a week for more guidance and practice. The student is then
assessed according to rubrics that will let us know if they truly understand the concepts. The
assessment of student learning matches perfectly with the state assessments.
Conclusion
It is important for teachers to know this so they will know how the curriculum
they are teaching relates to the state standards. Standardized Tests rely on state standards to
create the tests, if the curriculum you are using does not include all of the information on the test
then the students will not be prepared. For teacher accountability it is important for the teacher to
stick to the curriculum if it follows the state standards. I do not believe teachers should be held
accountable if the district does not use standards or a curriculum that does not follow the states
standards. This information will help me as a teacher because I will research to find if the
curriculum the school is using follows the state standards, if it does not I will try to see if I will
ask if I can use a curriculum that does follow the state standards.