Factual Errors Report
Mathematics (English)
Publisher: Amplify
Math, Grade K (IMRA25)
Program: Amplify Desmos Math Texas GK Student Blended Package
Component: N/A (ISBN: N/A)
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.
In the first paragraph, second sentence.
Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read, "You can try new foods and make memories."
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".
First paragraph of the page, at the first sentence.
Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read, "The birdhouse took a long time to build."
Do not capitalize the words "Skill" or "concept in a narrative.
first paragraph (facilitation paragraph)
Thank you for noting this error. We will not capitalize the words "skill" and "concept"
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."
bottom half of page; first line of word bank
Thank you for noting this error. We have corrected the images so that there are appropriate visuals for the words curved and corner.
Insert "people" before "playing."
Problem 2
Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read "There are _____ people playing soccer."
"less" should be "fewer"
Problem 2 and directions
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.
The word "of" is repeated. Remove one of the "of"s.
problem 6; bottom half of page
Thank you for noting this error. The text now reads, "Harry spilled some bottles of paint in the supply closet."
Lower case the titles of the jobs to encourage students to learn that common nouns should not be capitalized.
Unit 3, lesson 17; problem number 3 and 4
Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read "construction worker" and "cook".
"less" should be "fewer" because faces is a countable noun.
table and directions
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/fewer-vs-less
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.
"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.
In Description bottom of page
Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read, "Circle the 5-frame that shows..." and "Circle the group that shows..."
Do not capitalize common nouns. "Bag" should be "bag."
print only; sentence stems on page
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".
"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.
Unit 4; sub-unit 2 main Picture on page
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."
Unit 2; The word "Cafeteria" is missing an E
The warm-up question under the lesson title states, "What math can we find in the cafeteria?"
Thank you for noting this error. The word has been corrected to, "Cafeteria".
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
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).
Neighbor's should be Neighbors' as there are multiple neighbors who vote.
Unit 7; sub-unit 3; summary problem; title of chart
Thank you for noting this error. The word has been corrected to, Neighbors'.
"matches" should be "match"
Unit 3; Directions on page
Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read, "Circle the four shapes that match this sorting rule."
Do not capitalize coin names or the words "front" and "back" as they are all common nouns.
entire page
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".
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.
entire page
Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read, "farmer", "teacher", and "hairdresser". The words "help" and "use" will use lowercase letters.
Remove the extra "to". The directions should read as: Draw lines to match each picture with how the money is received.
Unit 3, lesson 16; at the bottom of the page
Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read, "Draw lines to match each picture..."
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.
The student practice in the middle of page 260.
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.
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.
Print Only Page 14A, after Connections and Coherence
Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read, "...students can build fluency in subitizing — a skill that develops..."
Print Only 15C, Students might say... In the second sentence where states "3 orange shapes", it should be corrected as "3 red shapes"
Print Only 15C, Students might say...
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.
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.
Print Only Page 16A, after Connections and Coherence
Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read, "...between numbers and quantities, and develop their number sense, which..."
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.
In the paragraphs sentences.
Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read, "He built a wooden box and lined it with blankets."
In the sentence after, "ourselves:" the word "how" should be capitalized, because the clause after the colon it's a full sentence.
Subtitles and as well in the sentences
Thank you for noting this error. The text will now read, "...we asked ourselves: How can we support..."
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.
Copy Print xxv, paragraph after the title
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.