Chess Teacher

Chess for comparison mathematics curriculum

Frank Ho

Amanda Ho

Ho teachers of mathematics and chess

www.mathandchess.com

Comparison

 

Number Concepts and Operations

 

Grades

Math Outcomes

chess knowledge adapted to the mathematical learning outcomes

mathematical knowledge learned not matched by chess

mathematical knowledge learned in chess but not included in the mathematics curriculum

Grades K to 1

Recognize, describe, and use numbers from 0-100 in a variety of familiar contexts.

Demonstrate and use a variety of methods to demonstrate the process of adding and subtracting one-digit whole numbers.

• Chess values of 0, 1, 3, 5 and 9
• Counting values of chess pieces
• Compare object with values
• Understand the concept of "half" of the chessboard

• Skip to number 100 by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s.
• The estimation and comparison of estimates
• Addition and subtraction to 18.

• algebraic notation
• Cancellation of equal values of chess pieces.
• Counting multi-directional with multiple attacks
• Special tactical scheme
• Chess pieces movements
• Checkmate model
• Attack sequence
• Interaction square
• Logic

2nd and 3rd year

Develop a number sense for whole numbers from 0 to 1000 and common fractions to tenths.

Use a variety of strategies to apply basic operations (+) to whole numbers and use these operations to solve problems.

• Chess values of 0, 1, 3, 5 and 9
• Counting values of chess pieces
• Compare object with values

• Understand the concept of "half" of the chessboard

• Estimation of the district nearest 10 and 100
• Skip count forward and backward by 2s, 5s, 10s, 25s, 100s and 1000.
• Writing numbers in words
• Place valleys
• Divisibility by 2, 5, 10
• Multiplication up to 25 (5 5)
• Odd and even
• Understanding of halves, thirds, fourths, fifths, and tenths.

• algebraic notation
• Cancellation of equal values of chess pieces.
• Counting multi-directional with multiple attacks
• Special tactical scheme
• Chess pieces movements
• Checkmate model
• Attack sequence
• Interaction square
• Logic

Comparison

 

Number Concepts and Operations

Grades

Math Outcomes

chess knowledge adapted to the mathematical learning outcomes

mathematical knowledge learned not matched by chess

mathematical knowledge learned in chess but not included in the mathematics curriculum

Grade 4

Demonstrate a number sense for whole numbers from 0 to 10000 and for the proper fractions.

Apply arithmetic operations on whole numbers and illustrate their use in solving problems.

• Chess values of 0, 1, 3, 5 and 9
• Counting values of chess pieces
• Compare object with values

• Estimate
• Rounded to the nearest 10, 100, and 1000
• Skip Counting
• Writing numbers in words
• Connect proper fractions to decimal fractions (subject to change