Curriculum

Quarterly Math Benchmarks

First Quarter - Sept to Nov

• Counting from 1 to 20
• Rational counting  to 5 (counting objects one to one)
• Recognizes numbers from 0 – 10
• Forms groups of 0 to 5
• Recognizes 7 basic shapes
• Recognizes penny
• Sorts and classifies objects
• Understand concepts of first and last
• Compares sizes of objects –smallest to largest
• Completes a AB pattern

Second Quarter – Nov to Jan

• Counts forward to 70

• Counts backwards from 10 to 0
• Counts on from any number 2 to 20+
• Uses and writes number 0 to 15
• Generates and continues patterns AB, AAB,ABB, AABB
• Sorts sets of mixed objects using 2 attributes (by color, shapes or sizes)
• Participates in oral number stories
• Compares weight (heavier/ lighter)
• Understands tens place and ones place in place value
• Knowledge of graphs

Third Quarter – Jan to April

• Counts forward to 100
• Counts backwards from 15
• Tells time to the hour
• Knows name of coins penny, nickel and dime and their value
• Counts by 5’s to 100
• Counts by 10’s to100
• Understands the 100th place in place value
• Writes and uses numbers to 20
• Identifies 9 shapes

Fourth Quarter – April to June

• Counts 20 or more objects
• Performs interrupted verbal counting beyond 100
• Counts backwards from 22
• Counts by 2 beyond 20
• Reads any number, 100 or less
• Writes any number, 100 or less
• Writes numbers to 100
• Understands basic meanings of addition and subtraction to 10
• Understand 2-digit numbers (place value) 25 = 2 tens + 5 ones
• Understand equivalent expressions – can show 2 or more ways to make the same amount
• Knows meaning of estimation (smart guess)
• Recognizes many noncomputational uses of numbers (i.e. numbers on a clock, numbers in a price, numbers on the calendar, temperature, counting snack etc.)
• Identifies and uses measuring tools
• Performs simple data collections and graphing
• Knows value of a penny, nickel, and dime: recognizes a quarter
• Estimates times on an analog clock to the hour and beginning to understand on the half hour
• Has experience with the basic geometric shapes and symmetry concepts

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