Grade 1

Welcome to the Grade 1 Family Focus Page

Highlighted on this page:

• Developing Computational Fluency for Grade 1 Brochure - this will show you the strategies we teach in school for adding and subtracting.

• Quarter links to bring you to the I Can Statements for each units in that quarter. Click the link for each Quarter listed below.

• Connecting Math with 1st Graders at home and around town

Connecting Math with 1st Graders

At Home:

• Involve your child in everyday tasks that you have to complete. Talk with them about the numbers you come across and count things together. Give your child plenty of opportunities to count and identify numbers. First graders work on numbers 0-120

• In the Kitchen, have your child help bake or cook with you. Have them count items out when making a recipe – eggs, carrots etc. Ask question such as; How many more ___ than ___ do you have? You can also ask how many fewer or less questions. If you bring some vegetables home from the store, have your child count them, counting on from the number of vegetables you already have.

• Watch your child play to understand his/her mathematical knowledge. When your child counts, does he/she touch each object once? Is his voice in sync with his/her tag?

On the Go:

• While driving in the car, you can work on Number Identification on road signs and license plates. Questions to ask – “What would be one more or one less?”

• Counting Cars- How many red cars? How many blue cars? How many more of one color is there than the other color car you counted? How many fewer were trucks?

At The Grocery Store:

• As you wait in a grocery checkout lane, pick a number on an item (1-10) and discuss how you can decompose it (break it apart) 9 can be 4 & 5, 7& 2.

• Number Identification on items- tell them to find a particular number or point to one and have them tell you what number it is. Have them add 10 more or 10 less.

• Counting number of items in the cart is another activity.

  • Questions you can ask are:

  • How many boxes do we have?

  • How many cans?

  • How many foods are green?

  • How many dairy items do we have?

  • See if they can find the number of an item.

  • You can also ask the “how many more” or “less” questions here. If you buy multiples of 1 item (such as 10 cans of cat food), practice counting by 2’s, 3’s, or higher numbers.

Math Vocabulary

Problem solving is a challenging area for most students in math. The reading and comprehension of the problems can be challenging if they are struggling with vocabulary.

Try incorporating the following terms or phrases in your daily conversations

More than

Fewer than

Sum (the result of adding two or more numbers)

Addends (the numbers you add together)

Difference (the result of subtracting)

Minuend – (the number you are subtracting from)

Subtrahend- (the number you subtract)