These elementary math practice activities for children provide excellent teaching resources for classroom and homeschool.
Click here to see sample pages. Today's math educators are looking for high-quality, standards-based activities to strengthen their students' mathematics aptitudes. The Standards-Based Math series is based on the most recent standards from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The proposed ten NCTM standards, which are a description of what an existing curriculum should enable students to know and do, can be divided into two categories. Content standards are those five that state the content (skills) that students should be taught and should learn. These are Number and operations, Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, and Data Analysis and Probability. The Process standards, which guide instructors in facilitating lessons that enable students to acquire knowledge and achieve success, are the second set of standards. These standards are Problem Solving, Reasoning and Proof, Communication, Connections and Representation.
For the purpose of this first grade math practice activity book, the Content standards have been highlighted, and each page is labeled with its appropriate standard and skill. The Process standards are woven into the exercises on each page.
The following are simplified descriptions of the Content standards.
Number and Operations
- Understands numbers, number representation, relationships and systems.
- Comprehends operations and their relatedness
- Fluent in computation and estimation
Algebra
- Recognizes relationships, functions, and patterns in numbers
- Uses algebraic symbols
- Shows similarities in math equations using models
- Recognizes and evaluates change
Geometry
- Has knowledge of two- and three-dimensional objects.
- Uses coordinate geometry.
- Recognizes symmetry and transformation
- Solves problems using geometry
Measurement
- Understands measurement
- Uses a variety of methods to show measurement
Data Analysis and Probability
- Understands the necessity of data
- Utilizes statistics
- Makes inferences and predictions based on data
- Comprehends the basics principles of probability
Format: softcover book, 128 pages perforated
Publisher: Frank Schaffer Publications
Recommended for 1st-2nd grade.
Frank Schaffer Publications designed the activities in this book to cover essential skills found in standardized tests. Every activity is aligned to state and national standards and designed to improve performance. Through cooperative efforts with Align to Achieve, an independent, non-profit organization, the instructional contents of this book have been correlated to meet or exceed standards for each state as well as national standards. Click here to see a complete list of items available from Frank Schaffer Publications. |
