In first grade, we will be using the new Harcourt textbook series.  The most important goal of mathematics instruction is to help students to become confident and capable problem solvers.  To be effective problem solvers, students need to be able to reason, communicate mathematically, and make connections within math and the real world.  Students need a working knowledge of computation, estimation and an understanding of basic number sense.  Each day your child will be doing a math journal, which provides reinforcement of skills that your child is currently working on.

First Grade Skills include:

• number sense

• addition and subtraction concepts

• telling time to the hour and half-hour

• counting by twos, fives, and tens

• read and construct graphs, tables, and charts

• estimation

• measurement ~ length, weight, capacity

• place value

• fractions

• money