🔢 1st grade Math

Units

1. Unit 1

   🔢Numbers to 20

   Counting, ordering and comparing numbers to 20, and seeing teen numbers as 1 ten and some ones.

   TEKS student expectation: 1.2(C); 1.2(E) · representing and comparing numbers with objects, pictures and numerals

2. Unit 2

   💯Numbers to 100

   Reading and building numbers to 100 with tens and ones, comparing them, and seeing that two names can mean the same amount.

   TEKS student expectation: 1.2(B); 1.2(E); 1.2(F); 1.2(G) · tens and ones, comparing and ordering numbers to 120, and the symbols >, < and =

3. Unit 3

   🔢Count It Up

   Counting forward within 100, back from 20, by 2s to 20, and by 5s and 10s to 100, plus seeing small amounts at a glance (subitizing).

   TEKS student expectation: 1.2(A); 1.5(A); 1.5(B) · recognizing quantities at a glance, counting forward and back, and skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s

4. Unit 4

   🦘Jump by Tens

   Finding 10 more and 10 less than a number in their head, subtracting tens, and adding ones or tens to a two-digit number.

   TEKS student expectation: 1.5(C); 1.3(A) · 10 more and 10 less, and adding a multiple of 10 and a one-digit number

5. Unit 5

   🔟Make 10

   Finding pairs that make 10 (like 6 + 4) with ten frames, fingers and stories. Making 10 is a key strategy for adding.

   TEKS student expectation: 1.3(C); 1.3(D) · composing 10 and using make-10 strategies to add within 20

6. Unit 6

   ➕Adding

   Adding to 20 with pictures, ten frames, number lines and short stories, using strategies like counting on, doubles and making 10.

   TEKS student expectation: 1.3(B); 1.3(D) · solving joining word problems and adding within 20

7. Unit 7

   ➖Take Away

   Subtracting within 20 by counting back and thinking addition, and solving short take-away and compare stories.

   TEKS student expectation: 1.3(B); 1.3(D); 1.5(F) · solving separating word problems, subtracting within 20, and finding an unknown number

8. Unit 8

   ⚖️Equal or Not

   Learning that = means "the same amount as" (not just "the answer is"), and using ≠ when two sides are different.

   TEKS student expectation: 1.5(E) · the equal sign as showing that both sides have the same value

9. Unit 9

   🔺Shapes

   Naming and comparing 2D shapes by their sides and corners, and 3D objects by their faces and whether they roll or stack.

   TEKS student expectation: 1.6(A); 1.6(D); 1.6(E) · sorting shapes by their attributes and naming two- and three-dimensional figures

10. Unit 10

    🍕One Half

    One half means 1 of 2 equal parts. Children share items fairly between two people and see that two halves make a whole.

    TEKS student expectation: 1.6(G); 1.6(H) · partitioning shapes into equal shares and naming halves

11. Unit 11

    📏Measuring

    Measuring length with paper clips and cubes, comparing longer and shorter, heavier and lighter, and seeing why same-size units matter.

    TEKS student expectation: 1.7(A); 1.7(B); 1.7(D) · measuring length with same-size units laid end to end

12. Unit 12

    🕐Hour & Half Hour

    Telling time to the hour and half hour on clocks with hands and on digital clocks.

    TEKS student expectation: 1.7(E) · telling time to the hour and half hour on analog and digital clocks

13. Unit 13

    📊Data & Graphs

    Sorting by one attribute, reading picture graphs and bar graphs, and comparing groups.

    TEKS student expectation: 1.8(A); 1.8(B) · collecting and sorting data in up to three categories and making picture graphs

14. Unit 14

    📊Picture Graphs

    Reading picture graphs with three groups: how many in each, how many more, how many in all, and which question a class survey can answer.

    TEKS student expectation: 1.8(B); 1.8(C) · drawing conclusions and answering questions with picture and bar-type graphs

15. Unit 15

    🪙Coin Values

    Your child names US coins by value, writes amounts with the cent sign (25¢), and counts groups of pennies, nickels and dimes by 1s, 5s and 10s.

    TEKS student expectation: 1.4(A); 1.4(B); 1.4(C) · US coins and their values, the cent sign, and counting pennies, nickels and dimes by 1s, 5s and 10s

16. Unit 16

    🐷Spend, Save & Give

    Personal financial literacy: your child learns that income is money earned, that people use it for goods and services and choose between wants and needs, tells spending from saving, and thinks about giving to help others.

    TEKS student expectation: 1.9(A); 1.9(B); 1.9(C); 1.9(D) · income, goods and services, wants and needs, spending and saving, and charitable giving