Grade One Mathematics Expectations

Mathematics Standard 1: Number and Operations

Students will demonstrate the ability to:

Whole Numbers 0-100

  • Count and use whole numbers
  • Use models to represent place value to the tens place
  • Order numbers, compare numbers, and show relationships between numbers
  • Compose and decompose (e.g., 14= 7+7; 14=10+4)
  • Connect number words and numerals to the quantities they represent

Fractional Numbers

  • Identify common fractions such as one half, one third, and one fourth
  • Identify a fraction as part of a whole
    Decimal Numbers
  • Identify the various coins and their monetary value
  • Represent the coin equivalent up to $1.00 using coins
  • Represent monetary values using dollar notation

Operations

  • Use addition and subtraction of whole numbers
  • Understand the relationship between addition and subtraction
  • Understand the effects of adding and subtracting numbers

Computation Fluency and Estimation

  • Develop and use strategies for whole-number computation in addition and subtraction
  • Develop fluency with basic number combinations for addition and subtraction to 20
  • Use a variety of methods and tools to compute, including objects, estimation, paper and pencil

Mathematics Standard 2: Algebra

Students will demonstrate the ability to:

Patterns, Relations, and Functions

  • Sort, classify, and order objects by one or two attributes (e.g., size, number)
  • Recognize, describe, and extend a repeating pattern or growing pattern of shapes, sounds, or numbers
  • Recognize the same pattern in different situations

Algebraic Symbols

  • Use arithmetic notation along with objects and pictures for addition and subtraction

Mathematical Models

  • Use objects, pictures, and symbols for addition and subtraction of whole numbers
  • Write an equation that models a problem situation

Analysis of change

  • Associate numbers with change

Mathematics Standard 3: Geometry

Students will demonstrate the ability to:

Geometric Shapes

  • Name and describe two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes
  • Compare shapes by at least 1 attribute
  • Compose and decompose shapes using manipulatives

Spatial Relationships

  • Name and interpret relative positions in space (e.g., in front, behind, above, etc.)
  • Follow and give navigational directions of right, left, forward, and backward to get a person to a location
  • Find and describe location of objects on a simple map

Transformations and Symmetry

  • Recognize and match basic two-dimensional shapes in transformations
  • Recognize line symmetry in two-dimensional shapes

Problem Solving

  • Reproduce images of basic designs of dots and shapes using visual memory
  • Recognize shapes from different perspectives
  • Recognize geometric shapes in the natural environment

Mathematics Standard 4: Measurement

Students will demonstrate the ability to:

Units, Systems, and Processes of Measurement

  • Use standard and nonstandard systems of measurement for length, weight, area, volume, and time
  • Compare and order objects using mathematical language
  • Select the appropriate unit and tool for the attribute being measured
  • Understand the unit of one minute and one hour
  • Understand and use calendar time of days and months
  • Understand the unit of one inch and one foot

Determining Measurement

  • Measure with non-standard and standard tools
  • Use appropriate tools to make comparisons and estimates

Mathematics Standard 5: Data Analysis and Probability

Students will demonstrate the ability to:

Formulation of Questions

  • Develop simple questions to collect data about themselves
  • Sort the information and organize it into groups
  • Use tally marks, objects, pictographs, bar graphs, and pictures to represent data

Analysis of Data

  • Use mathematical language to interpret data from various representations
  • Compare data within the same graph, table, or chart