Course Overview

First grade Math provides experiences to help students develop a formal understanding of numbers and mathematical concepts. Physical models still play a fundamental role in linking the real world to symbolic expressions. Students will continue the development of sorting and patterning skills; learn basic addition and corresponding subtraction facts; recognize and describe two-dimensional shapes; and build upon existing problem solving skills. Students will:

• Work with patterns and sequences
• Practice addition and subtraction
• Learn to tell time and count money
• Identify place values to hundreds
• Practice measuring length, capacity, and weight
• Work with geometric shapes
• Become familiar with the concept of symmetry
• Solve problems using logical reasoning, drawings, and models
• Begin to develop intuitions about probability and fractions