Math Unit 1 parent letter (September/October)
Math Unit 2 parent letter (October/November)
Math Unit 3 parent letter (November/December)
Math Unit 4 parent letter (January/February)
Math Unit 5 parent letter (February/March)
Math Unit 6 parent letter (March/April)
Math Unit 7 parent letter (April/May)
Math Unit 8 parent letter (May/June)
What skills should my student have mastered before the end of the year in 1st grade to be set up for success in 2nd grade?
By the end of December:
Can fluently add or subtract 0, 1, 2 from a number within 10
Can proficiently solve word problems within 20 with:
join situations with the result unknown ex: There were 7 ladybugs on the leaf. Then 6 more landed on the leaf. How many ladybugs are on the leaf now? 7 + 6 = ______
separate situations with the result unknown ex: Maria had 12 crackers. She gave 7 to her sister. How many crackers does Maria have now? 12 - 7 = ____
part-part-whole situations with the whole unknown ex: There are 6 white flowers and 9 pink flowers in the vase. How many flowers are in the vase? 6 + 9 = ____
By the end of January:
Fluent with doubles within 10 (ie: 2 + 2, 3 + 3)
Proficient at 10 and more (ie: 10 + 5, 10 + 6)
By the end of February:
Can fluently add and subtract within 10
Can order and compare items of different lengths
Can proficiently solve word problems within 20 with:
join situations with the change unknown ex:There were 5 ladybugs on the leaf. Some more ladybugs came. Then there were 12 ladybugs on the leaf. How many ladybugs came? 5 + ____ = 12
separate situations with the change unknown ex: Maya had 11 pencils. She gave some to her friend Sara. Now Maya has 5 pencils. How many pencils did Maya give to Sara? 11 - __ = 5 or 5 + __ = 11
part-part-whole situations with the both addends (parts) unknown ex: There are 13 crayons in the basket. Some are red, and the rest are blue. How many of each color could there be in the basket? 13 = __ + __
compare situations with the difference unknown ex: Dante made 15 paper airplanes. Simon made 9 paper airplanes. How many more paper airplanes did Dante make than Simon? 15 - 9 = ___ or 9 + __ = 15
By the end of March:
Proficient with equality and equations within 20
Understands the commutative property of addition ex: 3 + 12 = 12 + 3
Understands the associative property of addition ex: 3 + (2 + 8) = (3 + 2) + 8
Can distinguish between defining and non-defining attriputes of shapes
Can compose 2-D and 3-D shapes to create new shapes
Can partition circles and rectangles into halves and fourths
By the end of April:
Can proficiently count to 120, count on within 120 (starting at a number besides 1), as well as read and write numbers within 120.
Understands place value with two digit numbers (ie: 56 is made of 5 tens and 6 ones)
Can add a 1-digit number or a multiple of 10 to a 2-digit number (ie: 38 + 7 or 38 + 40)
Can subtract a multiple of 10 from a multiple of 10 in the range of 10-90 using models and strategies (ie: 70 - 30)
Can mentally find 10 more or 10 les than a given 2-digit number
By the end of the school year:
Can measure objects and determine their length
Can compare two digit numbers using symbols for greater than, less than, and equal to
Can proficiently solve word problems within 20 with:
compare situations with the greater quantity unknown unknown ex: Samuel's soccer team won 8 soccer games. Carmen's team won 6 more games than Rob's team. How many games did Carmen's team win? 8 + 6 = ___
compare situations with the lesser quantity unknown unknown ex: Linda has 17 toy horses. Linda had 8 more toy horses than Sofia. How many toy horses does Sofia have? 17 - 8 = ___ or __ + 8 = 17
Can tell and write time to the hour and half hour
Can organize, represent and interpret data