Bridges Competencies & Experiences

Bridges is designed to enable students to achieve competency in specific areas by year-end while at the same time providing experiences that expose them to areas that will be mastered in subsequent years. The Competencies and Experiences outlined below capture this integrated plan across grades K-5.  For details select View from the table below or download documents by Grades K-2 or Grades 3-5.

See also Scope and Sequence documents K-5 summary / NCTM strands and K-5 by month.

Subject Area Grades K-2 Grades 3-5
Number Sense and Numeration View View
Computation View View
Algebraic Thinking View View
Data Analysis and Probability View View
Measurement View View
Geometry View View
     
K-2 Measurement
Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade
COMPETENCIES
Compare lengths of similar objects (e.g., pieces of ribbon, yarn, wood). Use the terms “longer than,” "shorter than," and "the same as." Use nonstandard units (e.g., Unifix cubes, popsicle sticks, unit blocks, cups, pennies, tile, etc.) to measure length, capacity, and weight. Use nonstandard units (e.g., Uni€x cubes, popsicle sticks, unit blocks, cups, pennies, tile, etc.) to measure length, capacity, weight, area, and perimeter.
Explore weights of various objects. Continue to compare the length, weight, and capacity of objects using terms like “longer than," "shorter than," "heavier than," "lighter than," etc. Use a ruler, measuring tape, or meter stick to measure length in inches, centimeters, feet, yards, and meters.
Use a cup to compare the capacity of various containers. Use the terms “holds more than,” “holds less than,” “holds the same amount.” Use a calendar to determine day and month. Understand yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Make reasonable estimates of lengths less than a foot; give examples of things that are roughly a foot, or roughly 10 centimeters.
Understand that people use a clock to tell time, money to buy things, and calendars to tell the day and month. Determine duration on the calendar (e.g., keep track of how many days until his or her birthday). Know the days of the week and the months of the year. Use a calendar to determine day, date, month, and duration.
Use thermometer to determine the temperature in both degrees Celsius and degrees Fahrenheit. Recognize times on the clock that mark such common events as lunchtime, recess, the start and end of school, and bedtime. Tell time to the quarter hour.
COMPETENCIES
Start to determine duration on the calendar (e.g., use the calendar to keep track of how many days it will be until vacation.) Tell time to the hour and half hour. Tell time to the minute.
Name the days of the week. Understand that people use rulers and yard/meter sticks to measure length; cups, quarts, and gallons, to measure volume; scales to determine weight; and thermometers to measure temperature. Use a thermometer to measure temperature.
Recognize time to the hour.   Use cups, quarts, gallons, and liters to measure liquid.
Demonstrate understanding of morning, afternoon, and evening; yesterday, today, and tomorrow.   Use grams, ounces, and pounds to weigh things on a balance scale.
    Explore coordinate grids.