Working toward the goals of the Essential Learnings in mathematics, each first grader will understand concepts and apply procedures in the following areas: 

Number Sense:

• Explores, sequences and represents whole numbers (0-100).
• Understands addition and subtraction concepts.
• Adds and subtracts using concrete materials (0-100).
• Adds and subtracts using money.
• Knows basic addition and subtraction facts.
• Selects and uses tools appropriately.
• Uses estimates to make predictions.

Measurement:

• Explores measurement (time, weight, length, temperature).
• Measures and compares objects by characteristics.
• Explains reasonableness of measurements.
• Recognizes and identifies values of coins.
• Uses measurements in problem and everyday situations. 

Spatial Sense:

• Understands how geometric shapes and objects are related.
• Recognizes and names shapes.
• Sorts shapes by characteristics.
• Explores concepts of geometry (symmetry and congruency). 

Probability and Statistics:

• predicts.
• participates in experiments and activities.
• collects and organizes data.
• records data using real or pictorial symbols (charts, graphs).
• Reads, interprets, and compares charts and graphs to make inferences.
• Verifies results.
• Notices and discusses simple probabilities.

Functions & Relationships:

• Uses guess and check in the search for patterns.
• Creates, identifies, extends, and applies patterns using manipulative objects.
• Recognizes number patterns (by 10’s, 5’s,...)
• Translates simple patterns into a different medium.
• Represents number patterns using manipulatives and symbols.
• Describes equal and unequal using symbols (<, >, =).
• Solves simple equations at the concrete level