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This document provides a common base for the K-9 (grades 10-12 are still under development) mathematics curriculum expectations mandated by the western Canadian provinces and territories of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon Territory, and the Northwest Territories. The framework identifies beliefs about mathematics, general and specific student outcomes, and illustrative examples agreed upon by these six jurisdictions. The following aspects are discussed: (1) mathematical processes based on the standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: communication, connections, estimation and mental mathematics, problem solving, reasoning, technology, and visualization; (2) nature of mathematics: change, constancy, dimension, number, pattern, quantity, relationships, shape, and uncertainty; (3) strands: number, patterns and relations, shape and space, and statistics and probability; and (4) student expectations. The majority of the document contains general outcomes and specific outcomes with illustrative examples for each grade from kindergarten through grade 9. (MKR)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert