McGraw-Hill My Math Grade 1 Student Edition (Volumes 1 & 2) is a comprehensive, consumable workbook package designed to align with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The curriculum focuses on building conceptual understanding, computational fluency, and real-world problem-solving skills for first graders through write-in text, homework pages, and interactive learning elements.
Core Focus Areas
The curriculum is split logically between two distinct print volumes:
Volume 1 Focus: Centers heavily on developing foundational algebraic thinking, single-digit addition, and subtraction strategies up to the number 20.
Volume 2 Focus: Shifts toward complex number systems, place value (tens and ones), geometry, data analysis, measurement, and time.
Volume 1: Addition, Subtraction, and Foundational Algebraic Thinking
Volume 1 equips students with core operation skills through highly visual, hands-on strategies.
Understand Addition & Subtraction: Concepts of putting together, taking apart, and using math symbols to represent equations.
Fluency Strategies within 10: Using number lines, double counters, and ten-frames to quickly compute simple facts.
Addition & Subtraction within 20: Introducing advanced methods like "counting on," "counting back," and the "make a ten" strategy.
Story & Word Problems: Breaking down simple real-world scenarios to identify whether to add or subtract. (McGraw-Hill)
Volume 2: Place Value, Geometry, and Measurement
Volume 2 expands the student's mathematical scope to base-ten numbers and spatial configurations.
Place Value & Two-Digit Numbers: Grouping items into bundles of tens and ones to count efficiently up to 120.
Two-Digit Math Foundations: Adding multi-digit numbers by combining tens with tens and ones with ones.
Measurement & Data: Comparing and ordering objects by length, using non-standard measurement units, and creating simple bar graphs or tally charts.
Time & Money: Telling time to the hour and half-hour on digital and analog clocks, alongside identifying coins and their values.
Geometry & Fractions: Identifying 2D and 3D shapes, analyzing geometric attributes (sides, vertices), and partitioning shapes into halves and quarters.