Math

Launch
The lesson launch sparks student curiosity and lays the foundation for the learning to come. Sense-making routines and Math Is... Mindset activities provide low-floor, high-ceiling opportunities to initiate thinking and foster ideas from all learners.

Explore & Develop
Explore & Develop unpacks the lesson content with a choice between two lesson design options. During Activity-Based Exploration, students work together to explore concepts and engage in productive struggle to problem-solve. With Guided Exploration, teachers facilitate exploration through thoughtful discourse and collaboration. Both options promote classroom equity and teacher agency while keeping students at the center of the learning experience.

Practice & Reflect
During in-class practice, students complete On My Own activities to apply what they’ve learned, build procedural fluency, and address all elements of rigor. For students in need of a recap, Math Replay Videos quickly re-explain lesson concepts to reference during independent work. Additional practice pages are also available in every lesson with embedded learning aids.

Assess
The Exit Ticket includes a daily formative assessment to check for understanding, supplying teachers with data and recommendations for differentiation.

Differentiation
Daily differentiation helps support every student on their math learning journey, providing them with a variety of engaging, multimodal activities that reinforce understanding, build proficiency, and/or extend their thinking.

Launch
The lesson launch sparks curiosity for the learning to come through engaging hooks, sense-making routines, and Math Is… Mindset discussion prompts that initiate thinking and foster ideas from all learners.

Explore & Develop
Explore & Develop unpacks the lesson content with a choice between two lesson design options. During Activity-Based Exploration, students work together to explore concepts and engage in productive struggle to problem-solve. With Guided Exploration, teachers facilitate exploration through thoughtful discourse and collaboration. Both options promote classroom equity and teacher agency while keeping students at the center of the learning experience.

Practice & Reflect
Students engage in independent practice, where they apply what they’ve learned and build procedural fluency. When the practice is completed online, performance data is instantly captured for the teacher.

Differentiation
Daily differentiation helps support every student on their path to understanding, providing students with a variety of engaging, multimodal activities that reinforce understanding, build proficiency, and/or extend their thinking.

Warmup

The Warm Up covers the prerequisite skills needed for the lesson. Teachers can also project the standards and vocabulary covered in the lesson using the Today’s Standards and What Vocabulary Will You Learn? slides.

Launch

In Launch the Lesson, teachers utilize a hook to engage students and pique their interest. Talk About It! prompts initiate student thinking about lesson content.

Explore

Students complete the rich task Explore activities online, working in collaborative groups to share ideas and approaches with their peers.

Learn

In the Learn portion of the lesson, student understanding is formalized through guided instruction. Aligned print and digital content means teachers choose the most effective instructional pathway.

Examples & Check

Students work through one or more Examples tied to the key concepts, followed by a quick Check (formative assessment) to measure their understanding. Examples and Checks can be completed in the print Interactive Student Edition or online. When Checks are completed online, performance data is instantly captured for the teacher.   

At Nantucket Public Schools, we recognize that a strong foundation in mathematics is essential for academic success and real-world problem-solving. Math teaches students how to think logically, analyze patterns, and approach challenges with confidence and precision.

From early numeracy to advanced reasoning, our curriculum is designed to help students build deep conceptual understanding, fluency with numbers, and the ability to apply math in meaningful ways. These skills are critical not only for future studies in science, technology, and engineering, but also for making informed decisions in everyday life.

By fostering perseverance, critical thinking, and a growth mindset, our math program prepares students to become capable, confident learners ready to thrive in a complex and ever-changing world.

Design & Modeling 

Students discover the design process and develop an understanding of the influence of creativity and innovation in their lives. They are then challenged and empowered to use and apply what they’ve learned throughout the unit to design a therapeutic toy for a child who has cerebral palsy.

Automation & Robotics

Students are given the opportunity to combine mechanisms with input and output devices to automate the mechanisms. Construction and programming skills are layered, and projects and the problem provide students the opportunity to connect their learning throughout the lessons in the unit. Students take on the role of interns, and work in teams to identify design requirements and create prototypes to meet the needs of clients. They also explore different aspects of automation and robotics, and experience how solving real-life problems involves the teamwork of mechanical engineers, software developers, and electrical engineers.

Computer Science

Students to become creators of the technology all around them. PLTW Computer Science engages students in collaborative projects that help them develop in-demand computer science knowledge as well as transportable skills like creative thinking and communication. And whether they’re creating an online art gallery or using automation to process and analyze DNA-sequence data, PLTW Computer Science students are seeing how their learning connects to the real world.

At Nantucket Public Schools, we recognize that a strong foundation in mathematics is essential for academic success and real-world problem-solving. Math teaches students how to think logically, analyze patterns, and approach challenges with confidence and precision.

From early numeracy to advanced reasoning, our curriculum is designed to help students build deep conceptual understanding, fluency with numbers, and the ability to apply math in meaningful ways. These skills are critical not only for future studies in science, technology, and engineering, but also for making informed decisions in everyday life.

By fostering perseverance, critical thinking, and a growth mindset, our math program prepares students to become capable, confident learners ready to thrive in a complex and ever-changing world.