grade 1 math

Gathering data and figuring out what you know are important steps in solving a problem. But, how you organize all that information is just as important!…

Tape diagrams are another visual strategy your child will learn to show addition and subtraction. If this strategy works well for your child, encourage…

A very important concept your child learns in 1st Grade is place value. Let’s look at the number 13. What does 13 really mean? We can write 13 in a place…

Number bonds help your child “see” math facts and fact families. They can help show that the equals sign can be at the beginning or at the end of the…

A fact family has three family members which are numbers. They can be arranged to make number sentences.These three numbers are related. Help your child…

Your child came home from school today and insisted, “No! You have to do RDWW!” How do you even respond to that?! Not to worry! This will help. RDWW is a…

Here’s a math problem: six plus eight. Your child will learn many mental math strategies to solve this, instead of memorizing.Here’s one strategy: You can…