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Mathematics (English)


Publisher: Amplify

Math, Grade K (IMRA25)

Program: Amplify Desmos Math Texas GK Student Blended Package
Component: N/A (ISBN: N/A)
Reported Error ID 14521436:

The comma should be removed of the phrase: "You can try new foods, and make memories." and should be corrected as: ""You can try new foods and make memories." The comma is not necessary in the sentence.

Page Number: # 27R
Location:

In the first paragraph, second sentence.

Publisher Response: Accept

Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read, "You can try new foods and make memories."

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Reported Error ID 14521431:

The word: "bird house" should be corrected as "birdhouse", putting into one word, since they are referring to an object. As well, on page # 533Q, it is written as "birdhouse".

Page Number: # 533R
Location:

First paragraph of the page, at the first sentence.

Publisher Response: Accept

Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read, "The birdhouse took a long time to build."

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Reported Error ID 14507396:

Do not capitalize the words "Skill" or "concept in a narrative.

Page Number: 107
Location:

first paragraph (facilitation paragraph)

Publisher Response: Accept

Thank you for noting this error. We will not capitalize the words "skill" and "concept" 

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Reported Error ID 14507271:

The first two pictures do not match the words below them. For "curved", the picture shows two squares and for the word "corner", the picture represents "same."

Page Number: 115
Location:

bottom half of page; first line of word bank

Publisher Response: Accept

Thank you for noting this error. We have corrected the images so that there are appropriate visuals for the words curved and corner. 

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Reported Error ID 14527466:

Insert "people" before "playing."

Page Number: 129
Location:

Problem 2

Publisher Response: Accept

Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read "There are _____ people playing soccer."

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Reported Error ID 14507446:

"less" should be "fewer"

Page Number: 16
Location:

Problem 2 and directions

Publisher Response: Accept

Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read "fewer" for problem 2, and "Make a group with fewer objects than the top box" in the directions.

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Reported Error ID 14507211:

The word "of" is repeated. Remove one of the "of"s.

Page Number: 199
Location:

problem 6; bottom half of page

Publisher Response: Accept

Thank you for noting this error. The text now reads, "Harry spilled some bottles of paint in the supply closet."

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Reported Error ID 14507331:

Lower case the titles of the jobs to encourage students to learn that common nouns should not be capitalized.

Page Number: 239
Location:

Unit 3, lesson 17; problem number 3 and 4

Publisher Response: Accept

Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read "construction worker" and "cook". 

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Reported Error ID 14507376:

"less" should be "fewer" because faces is a countable noun.

Page Number: 251
Publisher Response: Accept

Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read, "Shapes with fewer than 6 faces". As a note, this is on page 250.

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Reported Error ID 14481036:

"group" is a singular noun so it should have a singular verb- "group that shows" On page 30, it says "5-frames that shows." Suggest changing directions to read "5-frame that shows" to be consistent with other pages.

Page Number: 26, 28, 30
Location:

In Description bottom of page

Publisher Response: Accept

Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read, "Circle the 5-frame that shows..." and "Circle the group that shows..."

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Reported Error ID 14507196:

Do not capitalize common nouns. "Bag" should be "bag."

Page Number: 263
Location:

print only; sentence stems on page

Publisher Response: Reject

Thank you for this feedback. This instance is capitalized because it is referring to "Bag 1" and "Bag 2" as indicated in the Teacher and Student editions, rather than a generic version of "bag". 

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Reported Error ID 14507321:

"Fresh Pickin's" should be "Fresh Pickins" The incorrect usage of an apostrophe to make a word plural is a very common error that should not be modeled in a textbook.

Page Number: 287
Location:

Unit 4; sub-unit 2 main Picture on page

Publisher Response: Reject

Thank you for this feedback. The title of this lesson includes the word Pickin's as the abbreviated form of Pickings - the apostrophe is there to show the colloquial use of the word. This would be similar to the idea of the commonly known phrase, "Slim pickin's."

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Reported Error ID 14464421:

Unit 2; The word "Cafeteria" is missing an E

Page Number: 30
Location:

The warm-up question under the lesson title states, "What math can we find in the cafeteria?"

Publisher Response: Accept

Thank you for noting this error. The word has been corrected to, "Cafeteria". 

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Reported Error ID 14507361:

The following words and phrases should not be capitalized when written in sentences unless you come up with a way to show they are components of the lesson or series.
unit story, center, word mat, number mat

Page Number: 34, 42, 52, 131, 239, 268
Publisher Response: Reject

Thank you for this feedback. These are indeed components of our program, and are referenced as proper nouns throughout the program, notably in the Centers Resources book (as well as in the Student Edition).

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Reported Error ID 14507116:

Neighbor's should be Neighbors' as there are multiple neighbors who vote.

Page Number: 610
Location:

Unit 7; sub-unit 3; summary problem; title of chart

Publisher Response: Accept

Thank you for noting this error. The word has been corrected to, Neighbors'. 

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Reported Error ID 14481056:

"matches" should be "match"

Page Number: 85
Location:

Unit 3; Directions on page

Publisher Response: Accept

Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read, "Circle the four shapes that match this sorting rule."

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Reported Error ID 14507416:

Do not capitalize coin names or the words "front" and "back" as they are all common nouns.

Page Number: 94
Location:

entire page

Publisher Response: Accept

Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read "quarter", "dime", "penny", and "nickel". The text below each coin will read, "front" and "back". 

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Reported Error ID 14507401:

Do not capitalize common nouns (farmer, teacher, hairdresser) and do not capitalize the first word of the skills sentences unless it is a complete sentence. (help, use, help) to encourage proper sentence capitalization and punctuation rules.

Page Number: 99
Location:

entire page

Publisher Response: Accept

Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read, "farmer", "teacher", and "hairdresser". The words "help" and "use" will use lowercase letters.

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Reported Error ID 14484371:

Remove the extra "to". The directions should read as: Draw lines to match each picture with how the money is received.

Page Number: pg 236
Location:

Unit 3, lesson 16; at the bottom of the page

Publisher Response: Accept

Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read, "Draw lines to match each picture..."

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Reported Error ID 14484376:

In the directions and the teacher example, the boxes are referred to as books and look like book covers. The blocks or squares in the student practice should also resemble book covers.

There are also no plus or equal signs in this lesson. However, this may be intentional because students are not introduced to equations until a later lesson.

Page Number: pg 260-261
Location:

The student practice in the middle of page 260.

Publisher Response: Reject

Thank you for this feedback. There are no plus or equals signs as students will be introduced to expressions in the third Sub-Unit and to equations in Grade 1. 

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Reported Error ID 14519451:

In the second sentence the "comma" should be change as an "em dash (—)," after "subitizing" and before "a skill that develops" for more clearly separation explanation of the phrase.

Page Number: Print Only 14A
Location:

Print Only Page 14A, after Connections and Coherence

Publisher Response: Accept

Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read, "...students can build fluency in subitizing — a skill that develops..."

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Reported Error ID 14484411:

Print Only 15C, Students might say... In the second sentence where states "3 orange shapes", it should be corrected as "3 red shapes"

Page Number: Print Only 15C
Location:

Print Only 15C, Students might say...

Publisher Response: Accept

Thank you for noting this error. We have changed the color of the image on the Desmos screen to match so that all shapes are orange. The text will remain the same. 

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Reported Error ID 14519456:

In the fourth sentence a "comma" should be needs to be added after "quantities" and before "and develops,' so it can clarify the last two actions and they are two distinct but related outcomes.

Page Number: Print Only 16A
Location:

Print Only Page 16A, after Connections and Coherence

Publisher Response: Accept

Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read, "...between numbers and quantities, and develop their number sense, which..."

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Reported Error ID 14521406:

In the second paragraph, at the second sentence, between the words "box" and "and linen," the comma is unnecessary in the sentence, it should be removed.

Page Number: Print Only 533Q
Location:

In the paragraphs sentences.

Publisher Response: Accept

Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read, "He built a wooden box and lined it with blankets."

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Reported Error ID 14519501:

In the sentence after, "ourselves:" the word "how" should be capitalized, because the clause after the colon it's a full sentence.

Page Number: Print Only xii
Location:

Subtitles and as well in the sentences

Publisher Response: Accept

Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read, "...we asked ourselves: How can we support..."

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Reported Error ID 14485206:

Print only xxv, In the paragraph after the title, in the third sentence a "comma" needs to be added after "Then" which improves readability and pacing. At the last sentence of the paragraph, Italicized the book title "5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions," as per standard formatting for published works.

Page Number: Print only xxv
Location:

Copy Print xxv, paragraph after the title

Publisher Response: Reject

Thank you for this feedback. Our internal style guide does not italicize the names of published works and to remain consistent, we will maintain that in our program. We respectfully offer that our lack of comma is grammatically appropriate and have maintained the same text. 

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