First Grade Math with Confidence Instructor Guide
The First Grade Math with Confidence Instructor Guide provides scripted, open-and-go plans. These easy-to-use plans help students master all essential first grade math concepts. The fun activities help students develop both strong number sense and a positive attitude towards math. They also prepare them for second grade.
Make math come alive! Your student will develop both strong number sense and a positive attitude towards math with fun activities like Addition Bingo, Pretend Store, and Measurement Scavenger Hunt. No expensive manipulatives needed, just common household and classroom items like play money, pattern blocks, objects to count, a ruler, and so on. All student practice pages (and answers) are found in the Student Workbook.
With these thorough plans, parents can help their children master all the concepts typically covered in first grade. These concepts include counting, comparing, and writing numbers to 100; addition and subtraction facts to 20; addition and subtraction word problems; beginning place value and mental math; and shapes, money, time, and measurement.
Author Kate Snow’s placement help for First Grade Math with Confidence:
Most children are ready to start First Grade Math with Confidence when they are 6 years old. Your child is ready to begin this program if she can:
- Count to at least 10 (preferably higher).
- Write the numbers from 1 to 10. (It’s fine if they’re crooked or she sometimes reverses them.)
- Identify basic shapes, such as circle, triangle, and square.
- Solve simple addition or subtraction word problems by acting them out with concrete objects.
Your child does not need to have used a formal kindergarten math program before starting First Grade Math with Confidence. If she is “first grade age” (typically 6 years old) and has mastered the above skills, she’s ready! First Grade MWC reviews many of the skills covered in Kindergarten Math with Confidence, so your child does not need to have completed Kindergarten before tackling First Grade.
Click here to see the First Grade Math with Confidence Instructor Guide’s Table of Contents, Introduction, and sample lessons.
Click here to see the First Grade Math with Confidence Student Workbook’s Table of Contents and samples.
