Grade One

Foundational Objectives

• demonstrate confidence, desire, and an ability to solve a variety of mathematically related problems;

• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of why, when, and how to collect, organize, and interpret numerical data;

• demonstrate an understanding of numbers, patterns, counting, operations, and estimation;

• demonstrate a sense of spatial awareness and familiarity with two- and three-dimensional shapes and recognize relationships between geometry and the environment; and,

• demonstrate an ability to measure and use appropriate measurement techniques and to apply measurement to real life.

Working toward the achievement of the above foundational objectives contributes to the development of the C.E.L. of Numeracy and to the following foundational objectives for the Common Essential Learnings. Other C.E.L. foundational objectives should be used in addition to those given below.

Students should develop their abilities to:

• discuss their ideas using their own language and using the vocabulary and forms of expression of mathematics (C);

• generate alternative solutions and share how they arrived at these solutions (CCT);

• work cooperatively and contribute positively in group learning activities (PSVS);

• discover meanings and solutions for themselves through active participation in learning activities and through generating questions (IL); and,

• understand the benefits and limitations of measuring tools and calculating devices (TL).