Programs with a one-course mathematics requirement for elementary school teachers have a wide variety of topics from which to choose for this course. Two different options for such a course are outlined below. The amount of time spent on each section will vary depending on the use of the one-page math activities in the text and possibly the use of the activity sets from the companion book, Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: An Activity Approach.

Option I - Single Course

• Chapter 1, Sections 1.1, 1.2 (problem solving)
• Chapter 2, Section 2.2 (functions and graphs)
• Chapter 3, Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 (numeration and whole numbers)
• Chapter 4, Sections 4.1, 4.2 (number theory)
• Chapter 5, Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 (integers and fractions)
• Chapter 6, Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 (decimals, ratios, percents)
• Chapter 9, Sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 (geometric figures, tessellations, symmetry)

Option II - Single Course

• Chapter 1, Section 1.1 (problem solving)
• Chapter 3, Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 (numeration and whole numbers)
• Chapter 5, Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 (integers and fractions)
• Chapter 6, Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 (decimals, ratios, percents)
• Chapter 9, Sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 (geometric figures, tessellations, symmetry)
• Chapter 10, Sections 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 (measures of area, perimeter, volume)

Programs with a two-course sequence are able to accommodate more topics, and depending on time devoted to the one-page math activities in the text and possibly the use of additional activity sets, such as those from the companion book, Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: An Activity Approach, will use most of the topics in the text. One option for a two-course sequence is outlined below.

Two-course Sequence The sections marked with an asterisk are sometimes skipped.

First Course

• Chapter 1, Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3* (problem solving)
• Chapter 2, Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3* (functions and graphs)
• Chapter 3, Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 (numeration and whole numbers)
• Chapter 4, Sections 4.1, 4.2 (number theory)
• Chapter 5, Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 (integers and fractions)
• Chapter 6, Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 (decimals, ratios, percents, and irrational numbers)

Second Course

• Chapter 7, Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3* (plots, graphs, simulations, normal curve)
• Chapter 8, Sections 8.1, 8.2 (probability, expected value, simulations)
• Chapter 9, Sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 (geometric figures, tessellations, symmetry)
• Chapter 10, Sections 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 (measures of area, perimeter, volume)
• Chapter 11, Sections 11.1, 11.2, 11.3 (congruence, constructions, similarity)