Grades K-6

General Standards

Dispositional Standards

Demonstrate the mental habits of precise, determined, careful, and accurate questioning, inquiry, and reasoning. 

Develop lines of inquiry (as developmentally appropriate) to understand why things are true and why they are false. 

Recognize the power of the human mind as both a gift from God and a reflection of Him in whose image and likeness we are made. 

Survey the truths about mathematical objects that are interesting in their own right and independent of human opinions. 

Display a sense of wonder about mathematical relationships as well as confidence in mathematical certitude. 

Respond to the beauty, harmony, proportion, radiance, and wholeness present in mathematics. 

Show interest in the pursuit of understanding for its own sake. 

Exhibit joy at solving difficult mathematical problems and operations. 

Show interest in how the mental processes evident within the discipline of mathematics (such as order, perseverance, and logical reasoning) help us with the development of the natural virtues (such as self-discipline and fortitude).