Unit 1:  Math Strategies

Time Frame:  15 Days

 

 

 

 

 

Math > Grade 1 > Unit 1

 

Unit Description

In order to promote an active and cooperative learning environment, routines used throughout the year will be established in this unit. The students will work with peers using numbers including counting, comparing, and combining in each of these three areas of number, and space. Through the use of tools and materials, students will engage in critical mathematical process such as sharing and explaining their strategies: using pictures, number, and words to show their work.

 

 

Enduring Understandings

·         I can solve problems better if I draw pictures.

·         Words help me solve problems.

·         There are different ways to solve a problem.

 

 

Essential Questions

·         How does drawing pictures help me understand numbers?

·         How does understanding numbers help me?

·         How do words help me understand numbers?

·         How can a problem be solved in different way?

 

GLEs: 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 21, 26, 33, 35, 36

 

Students will know…

·         Numbers to 31

·         Number words to 10

·         Ordinal numbers to 31st,  as related to the calendar

·         Number patterns and skip counting by 1s, 5s, 10s

·         Place value in word, standard, and expanded form

·         Sets of objects and models for the concept of halves

·         Identification of pennies and corresponding value

·         Estimation strategies up to groups of 31

·         Rounding to nearest 10

·         Number lines and hundreds charts

·         Terms before, after, in between, less than, more than

·         Forward and backward counting to 31

·         Number combinations and  strategies (0s, 1s, counting on and counting back by 2s, doubles, doubles ±1, turn-around facts)

·         Addition and subtraction are inverse operations

·         Tools and strategies for problem solving

·         Patterns (predicting, sequencing, constructing)

·         Duration of time (minutes, hours, days, weeks, and months)

 

 

Students will be able to…

·         Use strategies and tools to problem solving for real life.

·         Constructing number meaning and demonstrate that a number can be expressed in many different forms (standard notations, number words, number lines, and geometrical representations).

·         Demonstrating number sense and estimation skills.

·         Reading, writing, comparing, ordering, and using whole numbers in a variety of forms (standard notation, number line, and geometrical representation).

·         Demonstrating a conceptual understanding of the meaning of the basic arithmetic operations (addition).

·         Selecting appropriate operation (addition) for a given situation.

·        Apply a knowledge of basic math facts and arithmetic operations to real-life situations

·         Constructing, using, and explaining procedures to compute and estimate with whole numbers (mental math strategies).

·         Selecting and using appropriate computational methods and tools for given situations involving numbers (estimation, mental arithmetic, or paper and pencil).

 

Performance Task

·       Performance Task - Teacher

·       Performance Task Rubric

·       Performance Task – Student

 

·       Pictures

·       Patterns

·       Building and Describing