Integers

Strand: Number
Outcome: 7

Step 1: Identify Outcomes to Address

What do I want my students to learn?
What can my students currently understand and do?
What do I want my students to understand and be able to do, based on the Big Ideas and specific outcomes in the program of studies?

Strand: Number

Grade 7

Grade 8

Grade 9

Specific Outcomes
6.	Demonstrate an understanding of addition and subtraction of integers, concretely, pictorially and symbolically.

Specific Outcomes
7.	Demonstrate an understanding of multiplication and division of integers, concretely, pictorially and symbolically.

Specific Outcomes
	There are no directly related specific outcomes in Grade 9.

Integers:

are a set of numbers that include the following: (… –3, –2, –1, 0, 1, 2, 3, …)
include positive and negative whole numbers
add to number the idea of opposite, so that every number has both size and a positive or negative relationship to other numbers. A negative number is the opposite of the positive number of the same size (Van de Walle and Lovin 2006, p. 131)
are successive numbers that differ by 1
form a subset of the rational numbers
represent the difference between two objects in a set
are numbers that deal with direction and magnitude.