Problem Solving Properties of Operations • Identify properties of operations such as commutative, associative and distributive and use them to compute whole numbers, including inverse relationships between and addition and subtraction Word Problems •Identify necessary information, missing information, and unnecessary information when solving math word problems Rounding Whole Numbers • Round whole numbers to the nearest ten and hundred Simple Problem Solving Strategies • Introduction to simple problem solving strategies including looking guess and check, drawing a picture, making a table and making an organized list Patterns • Identify and extend simple geometric, number and letter patters • Recognize, describe, extend and explain how to get the next term in patterns that grow in a linear way