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What is happening in First Grade?

The Major Work in First Grade Mathematics:
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.
Understand and apply properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction.
Add and subtract within 20.
Work with addition and subtraction equations.
Number and Operations in Base Ten
Extend the counting sequence.
Understand place value.
Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract.
Measurement and Data
Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units.

Parent Roadmap
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You can learn about what mathematical ideas your child is working on by exploring the resources found in each of the nine weeks below. You will find video clips, examples of student work  and games/ activities to try at home!

First Grade Unpacking Document
Major Work Standards
Videos of First Grade Discussions

First Grade Parent Information from NCDPI 

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First Quarter
During the first nine weeks, your first graders will be counting and comparing quantities and extending the counting sequence beyond 100. They will work on decomposing and composing numbers ( 9 is made up of a 5 and 4 or a 6 and 3). Your first graders will continue working with addition and subtraction situations within 20 that involve joining and separating but also with part/part/ whole situations where they will need to find the all the two-addend combinations of a number. First graders move from counting all to solve an addition problem to counting on. 


Video of students using ten frames
How Many of Each Problems
Counting Forward and Back
Sample Dialogue About Missing Addends
Learning the Parts of Numbers
Books to Read
      Emeka's Gift
      12 Ways to Get to 11
Games
     Ten Frame Game
      How Many Am I Hiding Game
   Collect 20 Game

      Collect 20 Directions
      Twenty Frame
Dot Cards
      Set A
      Set B
      Dot Addition Game
      Dot Addition Cards
Word Problem Type Chart
Examples of Counting All and Counting On



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Second Quarter

During the second nine weeks, your first graders will be observing, describing, and comparing 2-D shapes and composing and decomposing 2-D shapes. As they work with materials, students learn about the characteristics of a variety of 2-D shapes and the relationships among the shapes. Important fundamental work with fractions will occur during this nine weeks as students divide rectangles and circles into two or four equal shares. Fraction notation is not introduced until third grade as students work to develop the language of equal shares (half of /fourth of) in first and second grade. During this time, first grade students work with measurement concepts during this quarter. They will develop an understanding of length as a measurement determined by laying multiple copies of a shorter unit (iteration). As students develop a sense of linear measurement, they are building a foundation of skills for accurate linear measurement using nonstandard and standard units . They will work with telling and writing time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks. 

Videos of Students Discussing Strategies for Solving Problems
Books to Read
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Third Quarter 

Fourth Quarter
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Solution Strategies
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