Feedback Report
Supplemental Mathematics (English)
Publisher: Discovery Education Inc
Supplemental Math, Grade 2 (IMRA25)
Program: DreamBox Math for Texas - Grade 2
Component: DreamBox Math for Texas - Grade 2 Digital License (ISBN: N/A)
The narrative does not say anything about a cube being a special type of rectangular prism. It does talk about the attributes that they have in common. It would be helpful if you added a sentence or two about how cubes are special rectangular prisms.
This teacher narrative can also be found via our Curriculum Guide. Navigate to https://www.discoveryeducation.com/texas/math/reviewer/ and scroll down to 'Educator Dashboard' to find login information for the educator experience. Once logged in, click on 'Curriculum' at the top of the page. Select the Geometry and Measurement domain, then select the 2.8.B standard. A complete list of all teacher narratives aligned to this standard can be found there, including this one. This narrative citation is specially designed to teach the breakout to which it is aligned.
We will add the following langauge on Page 2 in the Exploration & Whole Class Discussion section. "A cube is a special type of rectangular prism where all six faces are squares and all edges are the same length. This means every cube is a rectangular prism, but not every rectangular prism is a cube."
On the narrative it is important that there is an example with a multi step word problem with addition to satisfy this TEK
It does meet the bare minimum. However it needs to be refined for clarity and provide specific examples.
This teacher narrative can also be found via our Curriculum Guide. Navigate to https://www.discoveryeducation.com/texas/math/reviewer/ and scroll down to 'Educator Dashboard' to find login information for the educator experience. Once logged in, click on 'Curriculum' at the top of the page. Select the Number and Operations domain, then select the 2.4.C standard. A complete list of all teacher narratives aligned to this standard can be found there, including this one. This narrative citation is specially designed to teach the breakout to which it is aligned.
Thank you for your feedback. We will add the following word problems to this narrative.
- The class received 245 crayons, 132 markers, and 89 colored pencils for art projects. How many supplies did they receive in total?
- The cafeteria prepared 301 snack packs on Monday, 198 on Tuesday, and 147 on Wednesday.
- How many snack packs did the cafeteria prepare in total?Students in Mrs. Clark's class read 412 pages in September and 389 pages in October. Then they read 199 in November.
How many pages did they read altogether?
In the teacher narrative, the teacher lesson plan would be more effective if the specific word problems were listed. This lesson does meet the standard, but could add more detail for clarity by including multi step word problems that involve addition and subtraction word problems.
This teacher narrative can also be found via our Curriculum Guide. Navigate to https://www.discoveryeducation.com/texas/math/reviewer/ and scroll down to 'Educator Dashboard' to find login information for the educator experience. Once logged in, click on 'Curriculum' at the top of the page. Select the Number and Operations domain, then select the 2.4.C standard. A complete list of all teacher narratives aligned to this standard can be found there, including this one. This narrative citation is specially designed to teach the breakout to which it is aligned.
Thank you for your feedback. We'll add the following word problems to this narrative.
- During a toy drive, the school collected 478 toys in the first week and 326 toys in the second week. Then they gave away 289 toys to families. How many toys are left after the giveaway?
- There were 317 students at the school picnic. 132 students arrived in the morning, and 98 more came after lunch. Then 75 students left early. How many students were still at the picnic after some left?
- There were 725 chairs in the school auditorium. During setup, 184 chairs were removed because they were broken. Later, the school bought 96 new chairs to replace some of them. How many chairs are in the auditorium now?
The narrative does not say anything about a cube being a special type of rectangular prism. It does talk about the attributes that they have in common. It would be helpful if you added a sentence or two about how cubes are special rectangular prisms.
This teacher narrative can also be found via our Curriculum Guide. Navigate to https://www.discoveryeducation.com/texas/math/reviewer/ and scroll down to 'Educator Dashboard' to find login information for the educator experience. Once logged in, click on 'Curriculum' at the top of the page. Select the Geometry and Measurement domain, then select the 2.8.B standard. A complete list of all teacher narratives aligned to this standard can be found there, including this one. This narrative citation is specially designed to teach the breakout to which it is aligned.
We will add the following language on Page 2 in the Exploration & Whole Class Discussion section. "A cube is a special type of rectangular prism where all six faces are squares and all edges are the same length. This means every cube is a rectangular prism, but not every rectangular prism is a cube."