State of New Jersey Department of Education

TEST SPECIFICATION
STANDARD 4.3 (PATTERNS AND ALGEBRA): by Grade 2

Cumulative Progress Indicators

A. Patterns [4.3.2.A]
Sample Question
  1. Recognize, describe, extend, and create patterns.
    • Using concrete materials (manipulatives), pictures, rhythms, & whole numbers
    • Descriptions using words and symbols (e.g., "add two" or "+2")
    • Repeating patterns
    • Whole number patterns that grow or shrink as a result of repeatedly adding or subtracting a fixed number (e.g., skip counting forward or backward)
B. Functions and Relationships [4.3.2.B]
Sample Question
  1. Use concrete and pictorial models of function machines to explore the basic concept of a function.
C. Modeling [4.3.2.C]
Sample Question
  1. Recognize and describe changes over time (e.g., temperature, height).
  2. Construct and solve simple open sentences involving addition or subtraction.
    • Result unknown (e.g., 6 - 2 = __ or n = 3 + 5)
    • Part unknown (e.g., 3 + c = 8)
D. Procedures [4.3.2.D]
Sample Question
  1. Understand and apply (but don't name) the following properties of addition:
    • Commutative (e.g., 5 + 3 = 3 + 5)
    • Zero as the identity element (e.g., 7 + 0 = 7)
    • Associative (e.g., 7 + 3 + 2 can be found by first adding either 7 + 3 or 3 + 2