• The Council Rock Mathematics Elementary Enrichment Program

    The purpose of the Enrichment Program is to provide horizontal enrichment for those students identified as mathematically talented in the area of problem solving and mathematical investigations in grades: 3, 4, 5, and 6.  This enrichment occurs two days a week in place of the student's regular math class.  

    Instructional Procedures, Purpose and Objectives:

    The student will master a four step method of problem solving:

                                            1.       understand the problem

                                            2.       plan a solution

                                            3.       carry out the plan

                                            4.       evaluate the plan

    The student will learn to solve a variety of problems using one or more of the following strategies:

                                             ·   draw a picture

                                             ·   find a pattern

                                             ·   make an organized list

                                             ·   make a table

                                             ·   solve a simpler problem                                                

                                             ·   guess and check

                                             ·   trial and error

                                             ·   experimenting

                                             ·   act out the problem

                                             ·   work backwards

                                             ·   write an equation

                                             ·   use logic and deduction

    The student will analyze problems and use his/her understanding of mathematics to devise one or more solutions that demonstrate understanding.

    Using various materials, the student will translate written or oral problems into the language of mathematics.

    Students will be encouraged to strive for brevity and elegance in their problem solutions and to find more than one method of solution.

    Students will interact with one another at appropriate times to challenge, defend, clarify, and generalize their thinking.

    Students will expand their understanding by creating their own problems, algorithms, procedures to prove the logic of their thinking.

    Students will participate in the Pennsylvania Mathematics League (PML) competitions and the Elementary Math Olympiads (Gr. 4-6).