1st Grade Math (Minnesota Academic Standards)

Strand 1: Number & Operation

• 1.1.1.1 Use place value to describe numbers 10–100 as tens and ones.
• 1.1.1.2 Read, write and represent numbers to 120 with numerals, drawings or blocks.
• 1.1.1.3 Count forward or back from any number up to 120, with and without objects.
• 1.1.1.4 Find the number 10 more or 10 less than a given number.
• 1.1.1.5 Compare and order whole numbers to 120.
• 1.1.1.6 Use words to describe the relative size of numbers.
• 1.1.1.7 Make and read tally charts and bar graphs by counting and comparing.
• 1.1.2.1 Solve addition and subtraction stories with pictures, objects, numerals or number lines.
• 1.1.2.2 Compose and decompose numbers up to 12, with an emphasis on making ten.
• 1.1.2.3 Relate counting to addition and subtraction; skip-count by 2s, 5s and 10s.

Strand 2: Algebra

• 1.2.1.1 Create simple patterns with objects, pictures, numbers or rules and extend them.
• 1.2.2.1 Represent real-world addition and subtraction with objects and number sentences.
• 1.2.2.2 Decide whether addition and subtraction equations are true.
• 1.2.2.3 Find unknowns in addition and subtraction equations using number sense and models.
• 1.2.2.4 Write a number sentence for a simple addition or subtraction situation.

Strand 3: Geometry & Measurement

• 1.3.1.1 Describe characteristics of 2D and 3D shapes, including triangles, prisms, cones and spheres.
• 1.3.1.2 Compose and decompose 2D and 3D shapes.
• 1.3.2.1 Measure length by lining up copies of another object.
• 1.3.2.2 Tell time to the hour and half hour.
• 1.3.2.3 Identify pennies, nickels and dimes and find the value of a set up to one dollar.