1. Parent Night
First Grade
Vance County Schools

2. Topics to Be Covered Common Core Math Standards Student Expectations
Parent Support
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3. Common Core Math
Students should have less content to cover to allow for deeper understanding.
National Standards
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4. Student Expectations
Counting to 120 which includes being able to read, write, and represent numerals within 120
Understanding tens and ones with place value
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5. Student Expectations Telling and writing time in hours and half-hours
Measuring and comparing lengths of objects
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6. *Student Expectations
Composing two- and three- dimensional shapes
Partitioning circles and rectangles into two or four equal shares
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7. *Student Expectations
Understanding the meaning of the equal sign when working with add/sub equations.
6 = = 8 – 1
5 + 2 = = 5 + 2
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8. *Student Expectations
Determining the unknown whole number in an add/sub equation.
8 + ? = 11
5 =
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9. *Student Expectations
Adding and subtracting within 20, while demonstrating fluency for adding/subtracting within 10.
8 + 6 = = = 14
13 – 4 = 13 – 3 – 1 = 10 – 1 = 9
8 + 4 = 12 so 12 – 8 = 4
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10. *Student Expectations
Adding within 100 using concrete models, drawings, strategies based on place value. Sometimes understanding it is necessary to compose a ten.
What does that mean?
Students should not be exposed to the standard algorithm of carrying or borrowing in 1st grade.
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11. *Student Expectations
Adding within
8 + 6 =
= 14
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12. *Student Expectations
Adding within =
= 24
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13. *Student Expectations
Adding within =
= 42
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14. *Student Expectations
Solve
The following slides will show student examples.
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15. Student 1

16. Student 2

17. Student 3
+ 10
+ 10

18. Student 4
Solve
Student 4 uses mental math. This is a strategy that your child will be expected to use.
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19. *Student Expectations
Given a two-digit number, mentally find 10 more or less than the number without having to count
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20. Parent Support Encourage your child to explain their thinking.
Encourage mental math.
Communicate with teacher about your child’s progress and pacing with the new standards.
Communicate with teacher about specific strategies that will help your child at his/her individual level.
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