1st - The What

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