1st Grade Goals

Term 1 (September-November)

Topic 1: Understand Addition and Subtraction 

• Students will learn to solve addition problems by adding one part to another, breaking apart a total number of objects, finding a missing addend
• Students will learn to solve subtraction problems by taking from a group, comparing numbers to find how many more and how many fewer, taking apart numbers
• Students will use different math tools such as cubes, counters, drawing pictures
• Students will construct math arguments in order to solve addition and subtraction problems 

Topic 2: Fluently Add and Subtract Within 10

• Students will learn to solve addition problems, by counting on to a number, using doubles, near doubles facts, using ten frames, looking at addends
• Students will learn to solve subtraction problems by counting back and using addition facts
• Students will solve word problems by drawing pictures and writing equations
• Students will use structures and identify patterns
• Students will use counters, cubes, number lines and ten frames 

Topic 3: Addition Facts to 20: Use Strategies

• Students will use count on to add using a number line to solve addition problems
• Students will learn and memorize doubles facts
• Students will use doubles facts to help solve near doubles facts
• Students will use make 10 to add numbers to 20Students will use different strategies to solve addition problems 
• Students will critique the reasoning of others by using known information about addition and subtraction 

Topic 4: Subtraction Facts to 20: Use Strategies

• Students will learn how to use a number line to subtract by counting on or counting back
• Students will learn how to use addition facts to find subtraction facts
• Students will learn how to count on to subtraction using 10 as a landmark
• Students will learn how to make addition and subtraction facts using the same 3 numbers
• Students will learn how to solve different types of addition and subtraction problems with unknowns in different positions 
• Students will learn how to use reasoning to write and solve number stories 

Term 2 (December- March)

Topic 5:  Work With Addition and Subtraction Equations

• Students will find unknown numbers in equations, determine if equations are true or false, and make their own equations. 
• Students will solve word problems with three addends, add three numbers, and solve addition and subtraction word problems using problem-solving strategies.

Topic 6: Represent and Interpret Data

• Students will organize data into three categories, collect and represent data, interpret data, and continue interpreting data to solve problems.

Topic 7: Extend the Counting Sequence

• Students will count by 10s and 1s to 120, count on a number chart to 120, and count on an open number line. 
• Students will use problem-solving strategies while counting.

Topic 8: Understand Place Value

• Students will make numbers 11 to 19, understand numbers made with tens, count with groups of tens and leftovers, and identify tens and ones. 
• Students will continue working with tens and ones and apply problem-solving strategies.

Topic 9: Compare Two-Digit Numbers

• Students will find 1 more, 1 less, 10 more, and 10 less than a number, make numbers on a hundred chart, compare numbers using symbols (<, >, =), and compare numbers on a number line. 
• Students will use problem-solving strategies to compare numbers.

Topic 10: Use Models and Strategies to Add Tens and Ones

• Students will add tens using models, use mental math to find ten more than a number, and add tens and ones using a hundred chart, an open number line, and models. 
• Students will make a ten to add, add using place value, practice adding using strategies, and solve problems.

Term 3: (March – June)

Topic 11: Use Models and Strategies to Subtract Tens

• Students will subtract tens using models, a hundred chart, and an open number line. 
• Students will use addition to subtract tens and mental math to find ten less than a number.

Topic 12: Measure Lengths

• Students will compare objects by length and height, use units to measure length, and measure length with objects.

Topic 13: Time

• Students will understand the hour and minute hands, read clocks and write times to the hour and half hour, solve time word problems, and compare clocks and time patterns.

Topic 14: Reason with Shapes and Their Attributes

• Students will use attributes to define two-dimensional shapes, compare shapes by counting sides and vertices, identify defining and non-defining attributes, name two-dimensional shapes, and compose shapes using up to four smaller shapes. 
• Students will count vertices, edges, and faces and name three-dimensional shapes.

Topic 15: Equal Shares of Circles and Rectangles

• Students will make equal parts (halves and fourths) of rectangles and circles and understand halves and fourths.

Topic 16: Step Up to Grade 2

• Students will identify even and odd numbers of shapes up to 20, write addition sentences for arrays, add two-digit numbers with and without regrouping, and subtract two-digit numbers with and without regrouping using models. 
• Students will match analog and digital clocks to five minutes, count by hundreds and skip count by 5s, 10s, and 100s to 1,000, and use place value models up to hundreds.