The mathematics curriculum is largely supported by our text, Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley Math, The Millennium Edition. A variety of math manipulatives are employed to accommodate a variety of learning styles. Literature connections and calculator skills are also part of each unit of study.
SKILL AREAS
Numbers to 12 and Graphing
Count, write, identify, and compare groups of objects to 12
Create and read graphs
Addition and Subtraction Readiness
Find ways to show numbers 4 through 10 in two parts
Explore more and fewer, odd and even
Addition and Subtraction Concepts
Write addition sentences
Add in vertical form for sums through 12
Write subtraction sentences
Subtract in vertical form through 12
Facts and Strategies to 12
Use turnaround facts, counting on, and the add 5 strategy to add facts to 12
Use counting back and the subtract 5 strategy to subtract facts to 12
Geometry and Fractions
Identify solid and flat shapes and their attributes
Identify halves, thirds, and fourths
Investigate probability
More Fact Strategies
Use doubles facts to add and subtract to 12
Use addition to help find related subtraction facts
Numbers to 60 and Counting Patterns
Make groups, count, and estimate numbers to 60
Count by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s
Identify ordinal position
Place Value
Express numbers to 100 as tens and ones
Order and compare numbers
Complete patterns for numbers to 100
Money
Evaluate groups of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters
Time
Tell time to the hour and half hour on analog and digital clocks
Compare time, order events, and read a calendar
Measurement
Estimate, measure, and compare lengths of objects in nonstandard units, inches, and centimeters
Compare and measure mass and capacity using the units kilogram, pound, liter, cup, pint, and quart
Facts and Strategies to 18
Add 2 or 3 numbers by using strategies for doubles, doubles plus one, and make a ten
Solve subtraction facts by using related addition facts and fact families
Two-Digit Addition and Subtraction
Add two digit numbers with and without regrouping
Subtract two digit numbers with and without regrouping