Grade 1 Mathematics
Performance Standards
1.0 Number Sense
1.1 Explore and use mathematical materials and tools (such as pattern
blocks, interlocking cubes, Geoblocks, and
calculators) to solve problems.
1.2 Counting quantities up to 40.
1.3 Develop strategies for organizing collections of objects so that they are
easy to count and combine.
1.4 Use numerals to record how many (including none) for quantities up to 40.
1.5 Represent quantities with pictures, objects, and on fingers.
1.6 Explore different ways to arrange a set of objects, such as rectangular
arrays and equal-size groups.
1.7 Using number combinations to describe different arrangements of a set of
objects.
1.8 Find combinations of numbers up to 15.
1.9 Find the total to two (or more) quantities for total up to 20.
1.10 Find the greater of two quantities up to 40.
1.11 Use pictures, objects, and dot patterns to model number combinations.
1.12 Record strategies for solving problems, using pictures, numbers, words,
and equations.
1.13 Read, write, and sequence numbers to 100.
1.14 Explore patterns in number sequences.
1.15 Develop strategies for story problems that involve combining and
separating.
1.16 Become familiar with single-digit addition pairs.
2.0 Collecting and Sorting Data
2.1 Use an attribute as a basis for sorting and categorizing a variety of
objects.
2.2 Develop strategies for guessing someone’s sorting rule.
2.3 Creating representations of sorted sets of objects.
2.4 Collect data.
2.5 Sort and categorize data.
2.6 Explain and interpret results of surveys.
2.7 Present data in ways that communicate information clearly.
2.8 Become familiar with calendar features.
2.9 Describe data quantitatively and qualitatively.
2.10 Compare two sets of data.
2.11 Create timeline representations.
3.0 Geometry
3.1 Describe position of and spatial relationships among objects.
3.2 Observe, describe, and compare two-dimensional shapes.
3.3 Develop vocabulary to describe two-dimensional shapes.
3.4 Be familiar with the names of two-dimensional shapes.
3.5 Describe characteristics of triangles.
3.6 Group shapes according to common characteristics.
3.7 Compose and decompose shapes.
3.8 Use rotation and reflection to arrange shapes.
3.9 Fill given regions with specified shapes.
3.10 Visualize and represent two-dimensional shapes.
3.11 Construct, observe, describe, and compare three-dimensional shapes and
objects and their characteristics.
3.12 Create and use two-dimensional representations of three-dimensional
shapes and objects.
3.13 Develop vocabulary for describing three-dimensional shapes.
3.14 Construct three-dimensional shapes from two-dimensional representations.
3.15 Relate size and shape to function.
3.16 Be familiar with a variety of rectangles and triangles.
3.17 Visualize, describe, and compare paths between two locations.
3.18 Estimate distance.
3.19 Visualize and describe direction of turns.
3.20 Follow, give, and record directions for how to move in space and on a
path.4.0 Addition and Subtraction
4.1 Find combinations of numbers up to 20.
4.2 Find the total of two or more single-digit numbers.
4.3 Explore relationships among different combinations of a numbers.
4.4 Develop strategies for counting and combining dots arranged in rows or
groups.
4.5 Reason about more, less, and equal amounts.
4.6 Use equations to describe arrangements of objects or pictures in groups.
4.7 Record number combinations and solutions with pictures, numbers, words,
and equations.
4.8 Develop strategies for counting and combining, using pictures, numbers,
and words.
4.9 Read, write, and sequence numbers to 100.
4.10 Be familiar with coins and equivalencies among them.
4.11 Work with different models for grouping 2’s, 4’s, 5’s, and 10’s.
4.12 Develop meaning for counting by 2’s.
4.13 Explore patterns in number sequences.
4.14 Develop a sense of the size of the numbers up to 100.
4.15 Make and describe repeating patterns.
4.16 Develop and record strategies for solving story problems involving
combining and separating by using pictures, numbers, words, and
equations.
4.17 Be familiar with combinations of 10 and 20.
4.18 Increase familiarity with single-digit addition pairs.
4.19 Create story problems to match addition expressions.
5.0 Measurement
5.1 Develop language to describe and compare weights.
5.2 Compare weights by using a balance.
5.3 Develop language to describe and compare capacities.
5.4 Measure and compare capacities using non-standard units.
5.5 Collect and interpret data.
5.6 Estimate the number of units needed to fill a container.
5.7 Develop, describe, and justify techniques for filling, comparing capacities,
and measuring lengths.
5.8 Describe measures that cannot be measured in exact whole units.
5.9 Compare lengths directly.
5.10 Measure and compare lengths using non-standard units.
5.11 Order lengths.