At Memorial School, teachers utilize the enVision Math program as a key resource for instruction. The information that follows will provide information regarding this program, including key concepts as they relate to Grade 1.
Grade 1 teachers meet regularly and work collaboratively to determine best practices for math instruction at the grade level. enVision Math is broadly aligned with the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework, as well as the Common Core Standards.
Throughout the year, children engage in 15 topics (or units) and work towards understanding in the following areas:
- Solving addition and subtraction problems to 10
- Fluently add and subtract within 10
- Addition facts to 20 (using strategies)
- Subtraction facts to 20 (using strategies)
- Working with addition and subtraction equations
- Representing and interpreting data
- Extending the counting sequence
- Understanding place value
- Comparing 2-digit numbers
- Using models and strategies to add tens and ones
- Using models and strategies to subtract tens
- Measuring lengths
- Telling time (on an analog clock to the hour and half hour)
- Geometry: Reasoning with shapes and their attributes
- Fractions: Equal shares of circles and rectangles
Additionally, first graders are introduced to the concept of money and are asked to:
- Identify and name the value of a penny, nickel, dime and quarter
- Find equivalent values (e.g., a nickel is equivalent to 5 pennies)
- Use appropriate notation (e.g., 69¢)
- Use the values of coins in the solutions of problems
Home math practice is not part of the Grade One expectations for weekly homework, however please know that working with your child on any of the above concepts is always welcome. Learning to tell time and how to count combinations of coins can be a longer learning curve for many first graders so finding opportunities to practice these concepts would be beneficial.
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The PDF link below does a nice job outlining some of the addition, subtraction and place value concepts that first graders are exposed to, as well as key tools and strategies used in the classroom. It provides an at-a-glance look at ways first graders learn to develop "computational fluency":
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