Speak Agent’s Upper Elementary Math program significantly improves outcomes by developing reasoning, modeling, and math communication skills with intuitive, engaging Math+Language activities, games, and multimodal learning supports.
Our digital lessons seamlessly integrate with your existing curriculum. Students engage in academic language games, real-world math stories, reading and writing scaffolds, and tools for representing visual ideas such as diagrams, charts, shapes, graphs, tables, and more. The learning supports include visual aids, narration, translation, hints, text magnification, choice of voice and speed, leveled texts, student self-reflection, self-pacing, and many other scaffolding techniques.
Math Courses Available for Upper Elementary
Math+Language 4-5 consists of easy-to-implement modules that can be aligned to fit your scope, sequence, and pacing. Our Upper Elementary math courses available to tailor to your existing curriculum.
Math 4 Standards
| Unit | Common Core State Standards |
|---|---|
| Introduction | general introduction to the Math Practices |
| Structure of Whole Numbers | 4.NBT.A.1, 4.NBT.A.2, 4.NBT.A.3, 4.NBT.B.4, 4.MD.A.2 |
| Multiplication Models | 4.OA.A.1, 4.OA.A.2, 4.OA.A.3, 4.NBT.B.5, 4.MD.A.2, 4.MD.A.3 |
| Whole Number Multiplication | 4.OA.A.1, 4.OA.A.2, 4.OA.A.3, 4.NBT.B.5, 4.MD.A.2, 4.MD.A.3 |
| Whole Number Division | 4.OA.A.2, 4.OA.A.3, 4.NBT.B.6 |
| Decimal Numbers | 4.NF.C.5 , 4.NF.C.6, 4.NF.C.7, 4.MD.A.2 |
| Fractions and Data | 4.NF.A.1, 4.NF.A.2, 4.NF.B.3, 4.NF.B.4, 4.MD.A.2, 4.MD.B.4 |
| Fractions | 4.NF.A.1, 4.NF.A.2, 4.NF.B.3, 4.NF.B.4, 4.MD.A.2, 4.MD.B.4 |
| Factors and Multiples | 4.OA.B.4, 4.MD.A.3 |
| Units and Conversions | 4.MD.A.1, 4.MD.A.2, 4.MD.A.3, 4.MD.C.5, 4.MD.C.6, 4.MD.C.7, 4.G.A.1 |
| Measuring Shapes and Angles | 4.MD.A.1, 4.MD.A.2, 4.MD.A.3, 4.MD.C.5, 4.MD.C.6, 4.MD.C.7, 4.G.A.1 |
| Polygons: Lines & Angles | 4.G.A.1, 4.G.A.2, 4.G.A.3 |
| Characteristics of Polygons | 4.G.A.1, 4.G.A.2, 4.G.A.3 |
| Number and Shape Patterns | 4.OA.C.5, 4.MD.A.3 |
Math 5 Standards
| Unit | Common Core State Standards |
|---|---|
| Introduction | general introduction to the Math Practices |
| Whole Number Multiplication and Division | 5.OA.A.2, 5.NBT.A.1, 5.NBT.A.2, 5.NBT.B.5, 5.NBT.B.6 |
| Decimal Number System | 5.NBT.A.1, 5.NBT.A.3 a, b, 5.NBT.A.4 |
| Addition and Subtraction of Decimals and Fractions | 5.OA.A.2, 5.NBT.B.7, 5.NF.A.1, 5.NF.A.2 |
| Multiplying and Dividing Decimals by Whole Numbers | 5.NBT.A.2, 5.NBT.B.7 |
| Multiplying and Dividing Decimals by Decimals | 5.NBT.7, 5.NF.B.5 a, b |
| Multiplying Fractions | 5.NF.B.4 a, b, 5.NF.B.5 a, b, 5.NF.B.6 |
| Dividing Fractions | 5.NF.B.3, 5.NF.B.7 a, b, c |
| Units and Volume | 5.MD.A.1, 5.MD.C.3 a, b, 5.MD.C.4, 5.MD.C.5 a, b, c |
| Number Patterns and the Coordinate Plane | 5.OA.A.1, 5.MD.B.2, 5.OA.A.2, 5. G.A.1, 5.OA.B.3, 5. G.A.2 |
| Classifying 2-D Figures | 5.G.B.3, 5.G.B. |
The Learning Progression
Every Math+Language lesson at elementary grades has two phases:
- We begin by introducing the key mathematical concepts and building background knowledge. Students engage in listening, speaking, reading and morphology practice using visual aids and simplified, age-appropriate texts.
- Next, we connect your curriculum content to the real world. Students build content knowledge by communicating their reasoning. In this second phase, we ramp up the text complexity and add opportunities for open-ended expression through voice recording, typing, and drawing diagrams, charts, shapes, and more!
Activities and Features
Word Gallery is a great way to visually introduce new math concepts to your class. Present it to the class on a projector or by screen sharing in Zoom. Or, students can use it as a digital word wall!
Math reading passages in Speak Agent, such as this Read Along, serve as a focal point for classroom discourse. All student responses are captured in the digital portfolio.
The digital portfolio stores open-ended responses, writing samples, voice recordings, and creative projects.
Diagram It! provides opportunities to review, label, and explain diagrams in writing or recorded speech. Writing and speaking activities in Speak Agent capture student work samples in a digital portfolio, providing actionable data.
Math Puzzle Maker enables students (gr. 3+) to create math puzzles for their peers to solve. Students can then compare answers with the puzzle creator.
Story-based activities like Tall Tales use context clues to develop comprehension of the material.
Scrambled Sentences builds comprehension by breaking math explanations and stories into smaller chunks that young students can more readily decode and process.
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