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The aim of the teacher's manual is to address both General and Specific Expectations found in the Ontario Ministry of Education Curriculum Guidelines for Grades 4 - Mathematics: Geometry and Spatial Sense.

Chess in the Mathematics Curriculum     Lesson Plans   (Click the underlined text for lesson plans.) Introduction to chess   Lesson 1 - The chessboard and names of pieces   Lesson 2 - Starting the game     Moving and capturing   Lesson 3 - How pawns move and capture   Lesson 4 - How rooks move and capture       Lesson  5  - How bishops move and capture    Lesson 6 - How knights move and capture    Lesson 7  - How queens move and capture    Lesson 8 - How kings move and capture        Special moves   Lesson 9 - Pawn promotion and "en passant".   Lesson 10 - Castling                Check, checkmate and draw   Lesson 11 - Check!   Lesson 12 - Checkmate!   Lesson 13 - Stalemate   Lesson 14 - Win, lose or draw         Culminating Activity   Chess tournament - paired competition (setup)

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