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Through the course
of the school year, we will cover a number of mathematical areas
and concepts.
We use a spiral learning program entitled Saxon Math in Middletown. This program does not
focus on mathematical concepts individually or in isolation.
Different
concepts are introduced
on a daily
basis. Nightly homework will review previously introduced
concepts along with newly introduced concepts.
Daily mathematical
activities:
1. Math Meeting - students will
review calendars, time, the weather, graphing, number patterns,
counting, and money.
2. Lesson - introduction, discussion,
and activity of a new concept.
3. Practice - new and previously
introduced concepts will be practiced.
4. Fact Practice/Review - students will practice and review
number facts.
5. Math Centers - students will
have the opportunity to practice their mathematical knowledge
through center activities and games.
6. Math Journals - problem solving
strategies will be practiced through journal writing.
7. Homework - new and previously
introduced concepts will be practiced and re-enforced.
Written
and oral assessments will be given to monitor your child's
mathematical progress. |
This year your
first grader will be learning about number sense. We will be
exploring place
value, pictoral representations, fractions,
and the ordering
of whole numbers.
Specific
areas of focus:
- counting
by 1's, 2's, 5's, 10's, and 100's
- matching sets of numbers
- reading and writing numbers to 122
- comparing 1- and 2-digit numbers
- ordering 1- and 2-digit numbers
- identifying place value in numbers to 1,000
- representing 2- and 3-digit numbers using concrete materials
and pictures
- estimating and counting collections
- writing numbers using words
- identifying ordinal positions
- identifying odd and even numbers
- identifying dozen and half dozen
- identifying pairs |
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Operations and Computations |
The content area
of operations consists of work with models for operations, basic facts,
addition
of whole numbers (without
regrouping), and solving addition and subtraction word problems.
Specific
areas of focus:
Operations:
- showing
the meaning of addition and subtraction
- acting out, drawing pictures of, and writing number sentences
to show addition and subtraction
- identifying addends and sums
- identifying and using the commutative and associative properties
- dividing a set of objects into equal groups
Addition:
- mastering
addition facts to 18
- identifying missing addends
- identifying one more than a number
- identifying ten more than a number
- estimating a sum
- adding three single-digit numbers
- adding 2-digit numbers without regrouping
- solving problems involving addition
Subtraction:
- mastering
subtraction facts to 18
- identifying one less than a number
- identifying ten less than a number
- subtracting 2-digit numbers without regrouping
- checking subtraction answers using addition
- solving problems involving subtraction
Fractions:
- identifying
fractional parts of a whole
- identifying a fractional part of a set
- finding half of a set of objects
Money:
- identifying
and knowing the value of coins
- counting money
- writing money amounts using cent and dollor signs
- selecting coins for a given amount |
With regards
to the area of measurement we will be working with time, money,
making approximate
measures, and both
customary and metric
areas of measurement.
Specific
areas of focus:
Calendar - identifying
dates, days of the week, months of the year, and seasons
Time - to the hour and the half hour using
analog and digital clocks
Temperature:
- reading a Fahrenheit thermometer to
the nearest 10th degree
- identifiying cold, cool, warm, and hot tempetatures
Linear
Measure:
- estimating length
- measuring length using nonstandard units
- comparing and ordering objects by length
- measuring and drawing line segments using customary units (inches)
- measuring and drawing line segments using metric units(centimeter)
Weight
(Mass):
-compaaring objects by weight
-weighing objects using nonstandard units
Capacity
(Volume):
- estimating capacity
- comparing and ordering containers by capacity
- measuring capacity using standard units
- following a recipe and measures |
Students will
practice extending,
completing, and identiying missing numbers in patterns involving whole numbers, shapes, and
designs.
Examples:
2,4,6,___,___,___
1,___,3,___,5,___7
5,10,15,___,___,___
10,20,30,___,___,___ |
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Geometry/Spatial Relationships |
Geometric
shapes and solids along with their properties will be
discussed throughout the year.
Specific areas of focus:
- identifying
and describing geometric figures
- identifying and creating congruent shapes and designs
- solving spatial problems
- identifying and sorting common geometric figures by attribute
- identifying angles and sides of a polygon
- identifying and describing 3-dimensional geometric objects
- identifying right and left
- giving and following directions about location
- arranging and describing objects in space
- identifying first, last, between, and middle
We will be working with identifying the following shapes and
solids:
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circle |
square |
triangle |
rectangle |
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parallelogram |
trapezoid |
hexagon |
sphere |
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cone |
cylinder |
pyramid |
prism |
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Throughout the year students
will be working with both pictoral and bar graphs.
Specific grahing activities:
- graphing
a picture on a pictograph
- identifying most and fewest on a graph
- graphing data on a bar graph
- sorting data and making a graph
- sorting and classifiying objects to be used as data
- writing observations about a graph
- using tally marks as a recording device
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Parent's Corner |
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Counting
Book |
Family
Graphs |
*Use the materials in the Writer's
Box along with a few
old magazines and newspapers and help your child create a counting book.
*Page one should have one thing on it,
page 2 should have 2 things that are alike, page 3 should have
3 things that are alike, and so on.
*All of the things on the pages shoud
be the same. For example, 2 dogs or 2 houses.
*At the bottom of each page, write the
number of items on the page along with the word for the item.
*This book will become a great resource
for number
recognition and site
words.
*Tip - Start this book and keep it in the
Writer's Box, encourage
your child to find different items in magazines when they are
looking for something to do!
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*Help
your child get to know members of your family by collecting information
and picturing it on a graph.
*Choose an inherited family characteristic:
hair colors, for example.
*Count how many people in the family
have different hair colors - red, brown, blond, black, and gray.
*Make a pictograph. For example, if 5 people have brown hair, draw
5 heads side by side to show these five people. Do the same for
the other hair colors.
*Make other family graphs with your child and
display them for family
members to see and appreciate.
*Tip - If grandparents live far away have
your chid mail the family graphs to them with a Friendly
Letter! |
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