Montgomery Township School DistrictVillage Elementary School

First Grade Orientation

Mathematics

presented byMs. Karen Maiorino and Ms. Christina Roviello

Curriculum

Methodology

• Spiral curriculum• Topics are

introduced and revisited later

• Beginning, developing and secure skills

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)

Whole Number Concepts, cont.

• Odd and Even

• Ordinals

• Greater than/less than

• Understand place value for tens and ones and hundreds

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

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

Geometry• Plane shapes

– circles– triangles – squares– rectangles

• Solids– cubes– spheres– cylinders– cones– prisms

• Classify by attributes• Symmetry

Fraction Concepts

• Identify and show basic fractions

• Fair shares

• Compare fractional parts

• Equivalent fractions

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

Time and Money• Time

– 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

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)

Instruction

“Nothing is in the mind that is not first in the hand.”

- John Dewey

Instruction

• Concrete to abstract• Hands-on• Manipulatives

– types– appropriate use

• Mathematical games• Understanding and

utilization of the facts

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.

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

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

Homework• Rule of Thumb:

– 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

Communication• Newsletter and Family

letters• Back to School Night • Initiate communication

with teacher - send a note, phone call, email directory (www.mtsd.k12.nj.us)

• Teacher initiated communication

• Conferences

Questions

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Thank you, good night, and see you next year