1st Grade Math

Count On to Add- Create Portfolio (Arrange Pictures)

Guide the student in completing the portfolio assessment by following the steps below.

Your student will show two ways to arrange 9 photos on 2 pages of an album.

Help your student cut out 9 small rectangles of paper to represent his 9 photos.

1. Give your student one piece of paper folded in half. Have him arrange his 9 pictures on both sides of the paper. Then ask him the following questions. Be sure to take notes on what your student says to submit with his portfolio item.

   1. How many pictures did you put on each page? 4 and 5, 6 and 3, etc.

   2. How many pictures do you have altogether? 9

   3. What number sentence represents the pictures on both pages? 4 + 5 = 9, 6 + 3 = 9, etc. Please include this with your picture

   4. Why did you choose to arrange your pictures this way? Because I know ___ and ___ are two numbers that add up to 9.

2. Take a photo of the arrangement or record the arrangement in a drawing, including the number sentences

3. Have your student repeat steps 1−2 in order to show another way to arrange the 9 pictures.

4. Name the documents using your student’s first and last name and the phrase Understanding Addition Assessment

Seating Arrangements

​Complete the worksheet (attached below)

* Please make sure your student:

• draws the 15 guests at the tables

• writes the fact family they made

Spilling Coins​-

Complete the worksheet 

Comparing and Ordering Numbers​-

Complete the worksheet.

• ​​Choose a number between 1 and 12 for the number of guests. (The student example chose 10 guests). Then fill out the columns accordingly.

Candy Bar Fundraiser​-

Complete the worksheet (see the first problem for an example):

• Choose three different amounts of candy bars they want to sell. Record these numbers in the first column.

• Choose another number less than the amount they wanted to sell. Record these numbers in the second column.

• For the third column, choose any strategy to solve the subtraction problem that they created. Make sure to explain or show your work!

Fractional Parts​-

Complete the worksheet:

• Choose an item to "share". Draw the item in halves and fourths

• Answer the questions that follow the first set of pictures

• Draw the item in halves and fourths in a different way. 

• Answer the questions that follow to compare the two different methods of dividing them