Norris School District, Curriculum

Elementary Math Grade 1

TEXTBOOK

             McGraw Hill Mathematics

Mathematics Their Way, Teacher’s Edition, Mary Baratta Lorton, Addison-Wesley publishing, 1976

                Arithmetic Developed Daily, Philip Skoglund & Others, GROW publications, 1997

DESCRIPTION

Mathematics 1 is taught 50 minutes per day, 5 days a week.  This includes 15 minutes each day of Arithmetic Developed Daily .  This is a daily, consistent maintenance program that contains mixed skills and a wide variety of computational and problem-solving challenges. Calendar activities are also part of the math program, which is an additional 25 minutes a day.  The program concentrates mainly on the following math concepts:  addition and subtraction facts to 10 using manipulatives, patterns, sorting and classifying, number recognition and number writing to 100, counting by 1’s, 5’s and 10’s, and solving story problelms

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1.                    The learner will be able to recognize and extend a repeating pattern.  (1.6.1)

2.                    The learner will be able to count objects in a given set. (1.5.1)

3.                    The learner will be able to count to 100 orally and in written form.  (1.1.1)

4.                    The learner will be able to identify the place value of any number in a 2 digit number.

5.                    The learner will be able to identify and explain greater than or less than when comparing numbers up to 100. 

6.                    The learner will be able to add and subtract numbers, up to 10 using manipulatives.  (1.2.1)

7.                    The learner will be able to select and use computation techniques. (1.2.2)

8.                    The learner will be able to identify and classify the four basic geometric shapes in a variety of positions.  (1.4.2)

9.                    The learner will be able to classify properties of objects by manipulating, observing and describing.  (1.6.2)

10.                 The learner will be able to interpret a simple graph.  (1.5.3)

11.                 The learner will be able to demonstrate the process of addition and subtraction using manipulatives.  (1.2.1)

12.                 The learner will be able to discuss, read, and write about mathematical concepts covered.

13.                 The learner will be able to observe, classify, and compare items by volume, weight, and length using nonstandard units of measurements.  (1.3.1)

14.                 The learner will be able to identify by name and value the penny, nickel and dime.  (1.3.4)

15.                 The learner will be able to identify days of the week, seasons of the year and past, present, future.

(1.3.5)

WRITING ACTIVITIES

1.        Students will write their own story problems.

2.        Students will write their solutions to daily word problems in complete sentences.

3.        Students will write information interpreted from graphs.

MULTICULTURAL ACTIVITIES

1.        Students will count to ten in Spanish.

2.        Students will read names from different cultures in word problems.

3.        Students will compare patterns they create to patterns used in Native American objects.