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Mastery Learning Standards
The required skills a student should display by the end of Grade 1.
Standards for Mathematical Practice
  • Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them

    MP.1

    Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

  • Reason abstractly and quantitatively

    MP.2

    Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

  • Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others

    MP.3

    Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

  • Model with mathematics

    MP.4

    Model with mathematics

  • Use appropriate tools strategically

    MP.5

    Use appropriate tools strategically

  • Attend to precision

    MP.6

    Attend to precision.

  • Look for and make use of structure

    MP.7

    Look for and make use of structure.

  • Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

    MP.8

    Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking
  • Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving…

    1.OA.1

    Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, (e.g. by using objects, drawings, and situation equations and/or solution equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.)

  • Solve word problems that call for addition of three whole numbers whose sum is…

    1.OA.2

    Solve word problems that call for addition of three whole numbers whose sum is less than or equal to 20, (e.g. by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.)

  • Apply (not necessary to name) properties of operations as strategies to add and…

    1.OA.3

    Apply (not necessary to name) properties of operations as strategies to add and subtract.

  • Understand subtraction as an unknown-addend problem

    1.OA.4

    Understand subtraction as an unknown-addend problem. For example, subtract 10-8 by finding the number that makes 10 when added to 8.

  • Relate counting to addition and subtraction

    1.OA.5

    Relate counting to addition and subtraction (e.g. by counting on 2 to add 2, counting back 1 to subtract 1).

  • Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency

    1.OA.6

    Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency (efficiently, accurately, and flexibly) for addition and subtraction within 10. Use mental strategies such as counting on; making ten (e.g. 8+6 = 8+2+4 = 10+4 = 14); decomposing a number leading to a ten (e.g. 13-4 = 13-3-1 = 10-1 = 9); using the relationship between addition and subtraction (e.g. knowing that 8+4 = 12, one knows 12-8 = 4); and creating equivalent but easier or known sums (e.g. adding 6+7 by creating the known equivalent 6+6+1 = 12+1 = 13).

  • Understand the meaning of the equal sign

    1.OA.7

    Understand the meaning of the equal sign (the value is the same on both sides of the equal sign), and determine if equations involving addition and subtraction are true or false.

  • Using related equations, Determine the unknown whole number in an addition or…

    1.OA.8

    Using related equations, Determine the unknown whole number in an addition or subtraction equation.

Number and Operations in Base Ten
  • Count to 120 (recognizing growth and repeating patterns), starting at any…

    1.NBT.1

    Count to 120 (recognizing growth and repeating patterns), starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral.

  • Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens…

    1.NBT.2

    Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones. Understand the following as special cases:

  • 10 can be thought of as a grouping of ten ones—called a "ten."

    1.NBT.2.a

    10 can be thought of as a grouping of ten ones—called a "ten."

  • The numbers from 11 to 19 are composed of a ten and one, two, three, four…

    1.NBT.2.b

    The numbers from 11 to 19 are composed of a ten and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.

  • The numbers 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 refer to one, two, three, four…

    1.NBT.2.c

    The numbers 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 refer to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine tens (and 0 ones).

  • Show flexibility in composing and decomposing tens and ones

    1.NBT.2.d

    Show flexibility in composing and decomposing tens and ones (e.g. 20 can be composed from 2 tens or 1 ten and 10 ones, or 20 ones.)

  • Compare two two-digit numbers based on meanings of the tens and ones digits…

    1.NBT.3

    Compare two two-digit numbers based on meanings of the tens and ones digits, recording the results of comparisons with the relational symbols >, <, =, and ≠.

  • Add within 100 using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place…

    1.NBT.4

    Add within 100 using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used including:

  • Adding a two-digit number and a one-digit number

    1.NBT.4.a

    Adding a two-digit number and a one-digit number

  • Adding a two-digit number and a multiple of 10

    1.NBT.4.b

    Adding a two-digit number and a multiple of 10

  • Understanding that when adding two-digit numbers, combine like base-ten units…

    1.NBT.4.c

    Understanding that when adding two-digit numbers, combine like base-ten units such as tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose a ten.

  • Given a two-digit number, mentally find 10 more or 10 less than the number…

    1.NBT.5

    Given a two-digit number, mentally find 10 more or 10 less than the number, without having to count; explain the reasoning used.

  • Subtract multiples of 10 in the range 10 to 90 from multiples of 10 in the…

    1.NBT.6

    Subtract multiples of 10 in the range 10 to 90 from multiples of 10 in the range 10 to 90 (positive or zero differences), using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.

Measurement and Data
  • Order three objects by length

    1.MD.1

    Order three objects by length; compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object.

  • Express the length of an object as a whole number of length units, by laying…

    1.MD.2

    Express the length of an object as a whole number of length units, by laying multiple copies of a shorter object (the length unit) end to end; understand that the length measurement of an object is the number of same-size length units that span it with no gaps or overlaps. Limit to contexts where the object being measured is spanned by a whole number of length units with no gaps or overlaps.

  • Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks

    1.MD.3

    Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

  • Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories

    1.MD.4

    Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.

Geometry
  • Distinguish between defining attributes

    1.G.1

    Distinguish between defining attributes (e.g. triangles are closed and three-sided) versus non-defining attributes (e.g. color, orientation, overall size); build and draw shapes that possess defining attributes.

  • Compose two-dimensional shapes

    1.G.2

    Compose two-dimensional shapes (rectangles, squares, trapezoids, triangles, half-circles, and quarter-circles) or three-dimensional shapes (cubes, right rectangular prisms, right circular cones, and right circular cylinders) to create a composite shape, and compose new shapes from the composite shape. Students do not need to learn formal names such as "right rectangular prism."

  • Partition circles and rectangles into two and four equal shares, describe the…

    1.G.3

    Partition circles and rectangles into two and four equal shares, describe the shares using the words halves, fourths, and quarters, and use the phrases half of, fourth of, and quarter of.