NYSTCE CST Multisubject Early Childhood
Birth-2nd Grade Part 2: Mathematics questions
and answers with solutions 2025/2026
Eight common core math standards - ANSWER 1. Make sense of
problems and persevere in solving them
2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively
3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
4. model with mathematics
5. use appropriate tools strategically
6. attend to precision
7. look for and make use of structure
8. look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning
visual discrimination - ANSWER distinguishing a number by sight
one-to-one correspondence - ANSWER ability to understand each object
gets a number/numerical value
Subitizing - ANSWER ability to group a number of items without counting
, Automaticity - ANSWER the ability to process information with little or
no effort
Frayer Model - ANSWER - graphic organizer
- 4 blocks: Definitions, facts, examples, non examples
- word in the middle circle
numeration - ANSWER basic counting
Number sense - ANSWER ability to relate numbers to real world problem
solving
cognitively guided instruction (CGI) - ANSWER approach to teaching
math that is based on the developmental stage of the student and the
process of asking questions to help guide the students towards finding
their own approaches for learning math
Vocabulary Box - ANSWER a strategy where students write the new
word, definition, draws a picture, and comes up with a real life example
Teaching Math to ELL - ANSWER - Visuals
- Think pair share
- illustrating
- vocabulary box
Birth-2nd Grade Part 2: Mathematics questions
and answers with solutions 2025/2026
Eight common core math standards - ANSWER 1. Make sense of
problems and persevere in solving them
2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively
3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
4. model with mathematics
5. use appropriate tools strategically
6. attend to precision
7. look for and make use of structure
8. look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning
visual discrimination - ANSWER distinguishing a number by sight
one-to-one correspondence - ANSWER ability to understand each object
gets a number/numerical value
Subitizing - ANSWER ability to group a number of items without counting
, Automaticity - ANSWER the ability to process information with little or
no effort
Frayer Model - ANSWER - graphic organizer
- 4 blocks: Definitions, facts, examples, non examples
- word in the middle circle
numeration - ANSWER basic counting
Number sense - ANSWER ability to relate numbers to real world problem
solving
cognitively guided instruction (CGI) - ANSWER approach to teaching
math that is based on the developmental stage of the student and the
process of asking questions to help guide the students towards finding
their own approaches for learning math
Vocabulary Box - ANSWER a strategy where students write the new
word, definition, draws a picture, and comes up with a real life example
Teaching Math to ELL - ANSWER - Visuals
- Think pair share
- illustrating
- vocabulary box
