Grade 1 Math
9 units matched to the New Brunswick Curriculum. Kids see this subject as “Numbers”.
Learning focus
- Number: Number Sense. Develop number sense.
- Number: Operations. Develop number sense.
- Statistics and Probability: Data Analysis. Collect, display and analyze data to solve problems.
- Statistics and Probability: Chance and Uncertainty. Use experimental or theoretical probabilities to represent and solve problems involving uncertainty.
- Patterns and Relations: Algebra. Use patterns to describe the world and solve problems.
- Shape and Space: Measurement. Use direct and indirect measurement to solve problems.
- Shape and Space: 2-D Shapes and 3-D Objects. Describe the characteristics of 3-D objects and 2-D shapes, and analyze the relationships among them.
Units
Unit 1
Numbers to 20
Counting, ordering and comparing numbers to 20, and seeing teen numbers as 1 ten and some ones.
Skill descriptor: Number: Number Sense · representing, comparing and ordering numbers to 20
Unit 2
Make 10
Finding pairs that make 10 (like 6 + 4) with ten frames, fingers and stories. Making 10 is a key strategy for adding.
Skill descriptor: Number: Number Sense · ways to make 10 and other numbers to 20
Unit 3
Adding
Adding to 20 with pictures, ten frames, number lines and short stories, using strategies like counting on, doubles and making 10.
Skill descriptor: Number: Operations · addition facts to 20
Unit 4
Take Away
Subtracting within 20 by counting back and thinking addition, and solving short take-away and compare stories.
Skill descriptor: Number: Operations · subtraction facts to 20
Unit 5
Equal or Not
Learning that = means "the same amount as" (not just "the answer is"), and using ≠ when two sides are different.
Skill descriptor: Number: Number Sense · what equal and not equal mean
Unit 6
Patterns
Finding the repeating part (the core) of patterns like AB, ABB and ABBC, including patterns where colour and shape both change.
Skill descriptor: Patterns and Relations: Algebra · repeating patterns with several elements
Unit 7
Measuring
Measuring length with paper clips and cubes, comparing longer and shorter, heavier and lighter, and seeing why same-size units matter.
Skill descriptor: Shape and Space: Measurement · measuring with non-standard units
Unit 8
Shapes
Naming and comparing 2D shapes by their sides and corners, and 3D objects by their faces and whether they roll or stack.
Skill descriptor: Shape and Space: 2-D Shapes and 3-D Objects · comparing 2-D shapes and 3-D objects
Unit 9
Data & Graphs
Sorting by one attribute, reading picture graphs and bar graphs, and comparing groups.
Skill descriptor: Statistics and Probability: Data Analysis · sorting and reading concrete graphs and pictographs
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