Math Curriculum

  • First Grade Math Centers:
     
     
    Topic 1: Solve Addition and Subtraction Problems to 10

    Common Core      
    Domain: Operations and Algebraic Thinking            
    Cluster: Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.
    Standards:
    MA.1.1.OA.A.1 - Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem​.
    MA.1.1.OA.D.8 -  Determine the unknown whole number in an addition or subtraction equation relating to three whole numbers. For example, determine the unknown number that makes the equation true in each of the equations 8 + ? = 11, 5 = � – 3, 6 + 6 = �.​

    Vocabulary:  add, sum, plus, equals, equation, parts, whole, difference, subtract, minus, more, fewer, addend

    Candy Caper
    Arrrgh!
     
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    Topic 2: Fluently Add and Subtract Within 10

    Common Core      
    Domain: Operations and Algebraic Thinking            
    Cluster: Add and subtract within 20.
    Standards:
    MA.1.1.OA.C.5 -  Relate counting to addition and subtraction (e.g., by counting on 2 to add 2).​
    MA.1.1.OA.C.6 -  Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10. Use strategies such as counting on; making ten (e.g., 8 + 6 = 8 + 2 + 4 = 10 + 4 = 14); decomposing a number leading to a ten (e.g., 13 – 4 = 13 – 3 – 1 = 10 – 1 = 9); using the relationship between addition and subtraction (e.g., knowing that 8 + 4 = 12, one knows 12 – 8 = 4); and creating equivalent but easier or known sums (e.g., adding 6 + 7 by creating the known equivalent 6 + 6 + 1 = 12 + 1 = 13).​

    Vocabulary: number line, doubles fact, near doubles fact

    Flying High
    Deep Dive
    Gone Bananas
    Butterfly Ten Frames
    Ten Frames
     
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    Topic 3: Addition Facts to 20: Use Strategies

    Common Core      
    Domain: Operations and Algebraic Thinking            
    Cluster: Add and subtract within 20.
    Standards:
    MA.1.1.OA.C.5 -  Relate counting to addition and subtraction (e.g., by counting on 2 to add 2).​
    MA.1.1.OA.C.6 -  Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10. Use strategies such as counting on; making ten (e.g., 8 + 6 = 8 + 2 + 4 = 10 + 4 = 14); decomposing a number leading to a ten (e.g., 13 – 4 = 13 – 3 – 1 = 10 – 1 = 9); using the relationship between addition and subtraction (e.g., knowing that 8 + 4 = 12, one knows 12 – 8 = 4); and creating equivalent but easier or known sums (e.g., adding 6 + 7 by creating the known equivalent 6 + 6 + 1 = 12 + 1 = 13).​​

    Vocabulary: open number line, doubles-plus-1 fact, doubles-plus-2 fact, make ten

    Space Jumps
    Fact Family Practice
    Ladybird Doubles
    Funky Mummy
    Save the Whale
     
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    Topic 4: Subtraction Facts to 20: Use Strategies

    Common Core      
    Domain: Operations and Algebraic Thinking            
    Cluster: Understand and apply properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction.
    Standards:
    MA.1.1.OA.B.4 -  Understand subtraction as an unknown-addend problem. For example, subtract 10 – 8 by finding the number that makes 10 when added to 8.​
    MA.1.1.OA.C.6 -  Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10. Use strategies such as counting on; making ten (e.g., 8 + 6 = 8 + 2 + 4 = 10 + 4 = 14); decomposing a number leading to a ten (e.g., 13 – 4 = 13 – 3 – 1 = 10 – 1 = 9); using the relationship between addition and subtraction (e.g., knowing that 8 + 4 = 12, one knows 12 – 8 = 4); and creating equivalent but easier or known sums (e.g., adding 6 + 7 by creating the known equivalent 6 + 6 + 1 = 12 + 1 = 13).​
     
    Vocabulary: fact family, related facts

    Space Jumps
    Fact Family Practice
    Ladybird Doubles
    Funky Mummy
    Save the Whale
     
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    Topic 5: Work with Addition and Subtraction Equations

    Common Core      
    Domain: Operations and Algebraic Thinking            
    Cluster: Work with addition and subtraction equations.
    Standards:
    MA.1.1.OA.D.7 - Understand the meaning of the equal sign, and determine if equations involving addition and subtraction are true or false. For example, which of the following equations are true and which are false? 6 = 6, 7 = 8 – 1, 5 + 2 = 2 + 5, 4 + 1 = 5 + 2.​
    MA.1.1.OA.D.8 -  Determine the unknown whole number in an addition or subtraction equation relating to three whole numbers. For example, determine the unknown number that makes the equation true in each of the equations 8 + ? = 11, 5 = � – 3, 6 + 6 = �.​
     
    Vocabulary: (no vocabulary)

    Dinosaur Dentist
    Robin Hood Doubles
    Worm Facts
     
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    Topic 6: Represent and Interpret Data

    Common Core      
    Domain: Measurement and Data           
    Cluster: Represent and interpret data.
    Standards:
    MA.1.1.MD.C.4 - Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.

    Vocabulary: tally marks, data, tally chart, picture graph, survey

    Bar Graph
    Fruit Fall
    Explore Graphs
    Tally Charts
     
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    Topic 7: Extend the Counting Sequence

    Common Core      
    Domain: Number and Operations in Base Ten          
    Cluster: Extend the counting sequence.
    Standards:
    MA.1.1.NBT.A.1 - Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral.
    MA.1.1.NBT.B.2.c - The numbers 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 refer to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine tens (and 0 ones).
     
    Vocabulary: hundred chart, tens digit, row, ones digit, column

    Skip Count
    Grouping and Grazing
    Give the Dog a Bone
    Mend the Number Square
     
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    Topic 8: Understand Place Value

    Common Core      
    Domain: Number and Operations in Base Ten          
    Cluster: Understand place value.
    Standards:
    MA.1.1.NBT.B.2.a - 10 can be thought of as a bundle of ten ones - called a "ten."
    MA.1.1.NBT.B.2.b - The numbers from 11 to 19 are composed of a ten and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.​
    MA.1.1.NBT.B.2.c - The numbers 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 refer to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine tens (and 0 ones).
     
    Vocabulary: tens, ones

    Place a Penguin
    Shark Numbers
    Place Value
    Shark Bubbles
     
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    Topic 9: Compare Two-Digit Numbers

    Common Core      
    Domain: Number and Operations in Base Ten          
    Cluster: Understand place value.
    Standards:
    MA.1.1.NBT.B.3 - Compare two two-digit numbers based on meanings of the tens and ones digits, recording the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, and <.
    MA.1.1.NBT.C.5 - Given a two-digit number, mentally find 10 more or 10 less than the number, without having to count; explain the reasoning used.

    Vocabulary: less, compare, less than, greater than

    Caterpillar
    Octopus - 10 more
    Soccer - 10 less
     
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    Topic 10: Use Models and Strategies to Add Tens and Ones

    Common Core      
    Domain: Number and Operations in Base Ten          
    Cluster: Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract.
    Standard:
    MA.1.1.NBT.C.4 - Add within 100, including adding a two-digit number and a one-digit number, and adding a two-digit number and a multiple of 10, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used. Understand that in adding two-digit numbers, one adds tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose a ten.
     
    Vocabulary: (no vocabulary)

    Soccer Math
    Fruit Shoot (addition)
     
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    Topic 11: Use Models and Strategies to Subtract Tens

    Common Core      
    Domain: Number and Operations in Base Ten          
    Cluster: Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract.
    Standard:
    MA.1.1.NBT.C.5 - Given a two-digit number, mentally find 10 more or 10 less than the number, without having to count; explain the reasoning used.​
    MA.1.1.NBT.C.6 - Subtract multiples of 10 in the range 10-90 from multiples of 10 in the range 10-90 (positive or zero differences), using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.
     
    Vocabulary: (no vocabulary)

    Fruit Shoot (subtraction)
    Regrouping Practice
     
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    Topic 12: Measure Lengths

    Common Core  
    Domain: Measurement and Data          
    Cluster: Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units.
    Standards:
    MA.1.1.MD.A.1 - Order three objects by length; compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object.
    MA.1.1.MD.A.2 - Express the length of an object as a whole number of length units, by laying multiple copies of a shorter object (the length unit) end to end; understand that the length measurement of an object is the number of same-size length units that span it with no gaps or overlaps.
     
    Vocabulary: length, longer, longest, shorter, shortest, length unit, measure

    Longer/Shorter
    Teddy Bear
    Length Strength
    Long/Short
    How Big
    Clifford
     
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    Topic 13: Time

    Common Core
    Domain: Measurement and Data          
    Cluster: Tell and write time.
    Standard:
    MA.1.1.MD.B.3 - Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
     
    Vocabulary: hour hand, hour, minute hand, minute, o’clock, half hour

    Match the Clocks
    Clock Work
    Time and Elapsed Time
    What Time Is It?
     
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    Topic 14: Reason with Shapes and Their Attributes

    Common Core
    Domain: Geometry        
    Cluster: Reason with shapes and their attributes.
    Standard:
    MA.1.1.G.A.1 -  Distinguish between defining attributes (e.g., triangles are closed and three-sided) versus non-defining attributes (e.g., color, orientation, overall size); build and draw shapes to possess defining attributes.
    MA.1.1.G.A.2 -  Compose two-dimensional shapes (rectangles, squares, trapezoids, triangles, half-circles, and quarter-circles) or three-dimensional shapes (cubes, right rectangular prisms, right circular cones, and right circular cylinders) to create a composite shape, and compose new shapes from the composite shape.

    Vocabulary: 2-D shapes, sides, vertices, edges, faces, flat surface, rectangular prism, three-dimensional (3-D) shapes

    Symmetry Artist
    Shape Lab
    Missing Shape
    Shapes
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    Topic 15: Equal Shares of Circles and Rectangles
     
    Common Core
    Domain: Geometry        
    Cluster: Reason with shapes and their attributes.
    Standards:
    MA.1.1.G.3 - Partition circles and rectangles into two and four equal shares, describe the shares using the words halves, fourths, and quarters, and use the phrases half of, fourth of, and quarter of. Describe the whole as two of, or four of the shares. Understand for these examples that decomposing into more equal shares creates smaller shares.
     
    Vocabulary: equal shares, halves, fourths, quarters

    Fractions
    Jelly Golf
    Pizza Fractions
    Fractions
    Melvin's Make a Match