Mathematics+2014-2015+Issues

This page will list issues with Pearson Envision Math implementation:

 * The first topic on Expressions does not cover the topic in enough depth, and students are getting lost.
 * Example: Function tables are covered in one lesson and are presented with little preparation. Students are expected to fill in missing values and figure out the function/expression/rule for the tables in the same lesson they are introduced. This was done over two lessons in the prior text from MacMillan (California Mathematics), and included have the expression/rule/formula as a column in the table helping them connect the expression part to the table concept.
 * Example: Order of Operations jumps into decimal operations, they need review of decimal operations first. The introduction of brackets is complicated by the introduction of decimals with NO preparation.
 * Students are given problems in Topic 1 Lesson 10 on Simplifying Expressions that include working with integers even though they will have //less// exposure to integers operations in fifth grade going forward, and they are having problems even though they have had this under the old standards in fifth grade.
 * Students are given problems in Topic 1 Lesson 5 on order of operations with brackets that have a number of decimal numbers in the operations which involves some review of that with students, since it's the beginning of the year.
 * The second group of topics with Number Systems (Topic 4-6) should really be taught first.