1. 1. 1. What misconceptions or limited conceptions do students have regarding the equal sign? What causes these misconceptions, and how can your instruction clear this up?
      2. The idea of having students make connections from arithmetic to algebra is the emphasis of algebra in the elementary grades. Give an example for taking an algorithm and presenting it in a way that it becomes a process for generalizing a rule.
      3. Read the Kansas Mathematics Standards, focusing on th Standards for the Mathematical Practice and the "Operations and Algebraic Thinking" items. What do you notice about the connections between arithmetic and algebra?
      4. Data should be collected to answer questions. What are some examples of questions that students might explore with data at K-2 level? the 3-6 level?
      5. Data does not have be collected using a survey; data is all around us in various places, such as newspapers, almanacs, sports and record books, maps, and various government publications, as well as internet resources such as facts about another country, olympic records, data related to environmental issues, etc. Find a resource that you could use in your classroom that meets the Kansas Mathematics Standards for Data. Be specific as to which standard matches to your resource.