In first grade math, students focus on several key areas. These include: Developing an understanding of addition and subtraction within 20 Learning to work with numbers up to 120 Understanding place value Exploring the basics of measurement and geometry Solving simple word problems Understanding the properties of operations

• The Common Core standards provide uniform expectations for students across the United States. • Common Core 1st grade math standards cover four topics: operations and algebraic thinking, number and operations in Base 10, measurement and data, and geometry.

By the end of first grade, your child should be able to count to 100 by ones, twos, fives, and tens and have a sense of how big the number 100 is. He or she should also be able to begin counting at any number you choose between 0 and 100 and write the words for the numbers 1 through 12.

At first grade level (and for the next few years in school), learning different numbers and counting will form a significant part of your child’s mathematics lessons. By the end of the first grade, your child will have learned to: Count and write numbers from 1 to 100 Count by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s Count backward Count onward from any number