ST Math and the Texas Standards

TEKS Content Standards

Each ST Math Objective is designed to address one or, more often, multiple standards within a topic domain. This allows students to develop a schema of math as interrelated and connected concepts which has been shown to increase understanding and raise test scores. While ST Math is a supplemental program and does not fully cover all of the grade-level standards, it does align to the key focus areas of each grade.

Navigate to the Standards View: Curriculum > All Learning Objectives > Organize by > Standards.

Standards Report:

To support monitoring and data-informed decision-making for your class, the Standards tab provides detailed information about the ST Math content students have completed for each TEKS domain and standard. 

Navigate to the Standards Report: ST Math > Home > Select a Class > Standards > Standards Report.

TEKS Process Standards

As students interact with ST Math puzzles individually and collaboratively, they naturally engage in the kinds of thinking the TEKS Process Standards call for, including analyzing problems, formulating strategies, justifying solutions, and making mathematical connections. ST Math Puzzle Talks extend this further through teacher-led discussions that deepen conceptual understanding and encourage students to explain and defend their thinking. 

The resources below outline how ST Math games and Puzzle Talks connect to each of the TEKS Process Standards.

ST Math and the TEKS Process Standards

Problem Solving Process  and TEKS Process Standards

English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) 

ST Math uses visual approaches to make mathematical learning accessible to all students across languages or language proficiency levels. Puzzle Talks and a wide range of facilitation tools support emergent bilingual students in speaking, listening, reading, and writing with increasingly sophisticated academic language alongside their mathematical learning. 

This resource outlines how ST Math and Puzzle Talks are aligned with the ELPS and can be used with any of Texas’s emergent bilingual program models.  ST Math, Emergent Bilingual Learners, and the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS)