Mathematics

Math is learned through a variety of methods, including teacher-led mini-lessons, small group work, independent hands-on activities, and games.

2024-2025 Whole Group Concepts Explored

• Shape and Attributes

• Weight

• Capacity

• Measuring Length in different ways

• Telling Time

These concepts are pulled from California’s Common Core Standards. While we do not use these standards as strictly as traditional schools do, they do lend a great framework for age-appropriate concepts and skills.

Kindergarten

Counting and Cardinality

Know number names and the count sequence.

Count to tell the number of objects.

Compare numbers.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and understand subtraction as taking apart and taking from.

Number and Operations in Base Ten

Work with numbers 11–19 to gain foundations for place value.

Measurement and Data

Describe and compare measurable attributes.

Classify objects and count the number of objects in categories.

Geometry

Identify and describe shapes.

Analyze, compare, create, and compose shapes.

1st Grade

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.

Understand and apply properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction.

Add and subtract within 20.

Work with addition and subtraction equations.

Number and Operations in Base Ten

Extend the counting sequence.

Understand place value.

Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract.

Measurement and Data

Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units.

Tell and write time.

Represent and interpret data.

Geometry

Reason with shapes and their attributes.