1. Montgomery Township School District Village Elementary School First Grade Orientation Mathematics presented by Ms. Karen Maiorino and Ms. Christina Roviello

2. Curriculum

3. Methodology Spiral curriculum
Topics are introduced and revisited later
Beginning, developing and secure skills

4. Whole Number Concepts
Numbers through 100 (22 is benchmark) (read, count forward and backwards, write, order, pattern)
Skip counting (2’s, 5’s, 10’s)
Number patterns using grids and tools (function machines, frames and arrows)

5. Whole Number Concepts, cont.
Odd and Even
Ordinals
Greater than/less than
Understand place value for tens and ones and hundreds

6. Number Operations/Mental Math
Basic addition and subtraction
horizontally
vertically
add/subtract with zero
adding three numbers
using doubles (i.e. 4+4=8 or 10-5=5)
missing addend
Add/subtract two-digit numbers using tools

7. Estimation and Data Identify purpose of estimation Estimate quantities
Collect and organize data
Pictorial, real object, and bar graphs
Record outcomes using tallies
Interpret data on graphs
More than and less than comparisons
Make predictions

8. Geometry Plane shapes Solids Classify by attributes Symmetry circles
triangles
squares
rectangles
Solids
cubes
spheres
cylinders
cones
prisms
Classify by attributes
Symmetry

9. Fraction Concepts Identify and show basic fractions Fair shares
Compare fractional parts
Equivalent fractions

10. Measurement Non-standard and standard units
non-standard units of measure: cubes, links, crayons, paper clips, everyday materials
standard units of measure:
length: inches, centimeters, feet
temperature: Fahrenheit, Celsius
Rounding measurements
Using a thermometer

11. Time and Money Time Money Calendar
Tell time to the nearest half hour and quarter hour
Money
Identify coins and their value: pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters
Show and count values using coins
Exchanging coins

12. Cross-Content Math Skills
Problem solving
Using reasoning skills
Real world applications of math skills
Story problems
Reading and writing in mathematics
Communicating with mathematics
Connecting math to other content areas
language arts (writing, “journaling”, literature connections)
science (organisms, air and weather, sunshine and shadows)

13. “Nothing is in the mind that is not first in the hand.” - John Dewey
Instruction
“Nothing is in the mind that is not first in the hand.”
- John Dewey

14. Instruction Concrete to abstract Hands-on Manipulatives
types
appropriate use
Mathematical games
Understanding and utilization of the facts

15. Meeting the Needs of All: Differentiating Instruction
Effective instruction is a combination of:
whole group activities
small homogeneous and heterogeneous group activities
individual activities
cooperative group discoveries and applications
Meeting individual needs:
remediation
practice
enrichment
A successful partnership between students, teachers, and parents makes the process work.

16. Computation and Problem Solving
We believe that students should be comfortable and proficient with multiple methods of computation and problem solving including:
use of various manipulatives
basic computation
mental computation
estimation
use of a calculator

17. Materials and Resources
Math Journal
Manipulatives
Toolkits
Math Messages
Other resources
Software
Millie’s Math House
Money Town
Math Blaster
Numbers Undercover
Kid Pix
Mighty Math Zoo Zillions
OHES site links

18. Homework Rule of Thumb: Linking math to your child’s world
15 Minutes (all subjects combined) per night in first grade
Add 10 minutes per grade level
Linking math to your child’s world
See newsletter for activities to do with your children

19. Communication Newsletter and Family letters Back to School Night
Initiate communication with teacher - send a note, phone call, directory (
Teacher initiated communication
Conferences

20. Questions ?

21. Thank you, good night, and see you next year