Grade 1 Math Lessons
The first grade year in 13 lessons, from Counting and Numbers to 20 to Halves and Fourths, each one with its Key facts and a closing set of questions and answers.
- 44 US Letter pages
- 13 chapters
- 76 lesson sections
- PDF to print
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About this book
A six-year-old does not need long explanations. Each chapter of this book asks a simple question, such as how to count on from any number or what a ten is, and answers it with pictures, ten frames and number lines.
Every chapter opens with the skills it builds; in Tens and Ones, for instance: understand a ten, understand 10, 20, 30, and the other tens, read the blocks. A Key facts box sums up what to remember. Most of the 76 lesson sections of the book are written as questions a student would ask, such as What is a ten?
For a child in first grade, a parent teaching at home, or a tutor looking for a clear year plan for six- and seven-year-olds. Pair it with the Grade 1 Math Worksheets with Answers to practice each chapter right after reading it.
Detailed contents
The 13 chapters of the Grade 1 lesson book, the sections of each lesson and the page where each chapter starts.
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1
Counting and Numbers to 20
- How do you count objects up to 20?
- What is a ten frame?
- How do you find one more and one less?
- How do you count on from any number?
- Numbers to 20 lesson: questions and answers
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2
Counting to 120
- What does the number chart show?
- How do you count on from any number?
- How do you read and write numbers past 99?
- How can you count a big group?
- Numbers to 120 lesson: questions and answers
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3
Tens and Ones
- What is a ten?
- How are the numbers 11 to 19 built?
- How do tens and ones make a two-digit number?
- What are 10, 20, 30, and the other tens?
- How do you read the blocks?
- Grade 1 place value lesson: questions and answers
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4
Comparing Two-Digit Numbers
- How do you compare two numbers?
- What if the tens are the same?
- How can a number line help?
- How do I pick the right sign?
- Comparing numbers lesson: questions and answers
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5
Addition Within 20
- What does it mean to add?
- How do you count on to add?
- How do you make a ten?
- What are doubles?
- Does the order matter?
- Addition within 20 lesson: questions and answers
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6
Subtraction Within 20
- What is subtraction?
- How do you count back?
- How can addition help you subtract?
- How do you subtract through ten?
- What is a fact family?
- How do you compare two groups?
- Subtraction within 20 lesson: questions and answers
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7
The Equal Sign and Word Problems
- What does the equal sign mean?
- How can you tell if an equation is true or false?
- How do you find the unknown number?
- How do you add three numbers?
- How do you solve a word problem?
- Equations word problems lesson: questions and answers
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8
Adding and Subtracting Tens Within 100
- How do you add ones to a two-digit number?
- What if the ones make a new ten?
- How do you add tens to a number?
- How do you find 10 more or 10 less?
- How do you subtract tens?
- Adding tens lesson: questions and answers
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9
Measuring Length
- What is length?
- How do you compare and order objects by length?
- How do you measure length with units?
- What mistakes should you avoid?
- Do big units and small units give the same number?
- Measuring length lesson: questions and answers
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10
Telling Time to the Hour and Half Hour
- What is telling time?
- How do you read a time on the hour?
- How do you read a time on the half hour?
- How do digital clocks show the time?
- What stays the same and what changes?
- Telling time lesson: questions and answers
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11
Organizing and Reading Data
- What is data?
- How do tally marks work?
- What is a picture graph?
- What is a bar graph?
- How do you find how many more or how many fewer?
- Grade 1 data lesson: questions and answers
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12
2D and 3D Shapes
- What is an attribute of a shape?
- Which attributes do not change the name?
- What are 3D shapes?
- How can shapes be put together?
- How do you name a shape?
- Shapes lesson: questions and answers
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13
Halves and Fourths
- What does it mean to share equally?
- What is a half?
- What is a fourth?
- Which is bigger, a half or a fourth?
- How do you check halves and fourths?
- Halves fourths lesson: questions and answers
Sample pages
Three pages from the Grade 1 Math Lessons, exactly as you will print them. Click to enlarge.
How to use this lesson book
Read one chapter at a time
The 13 chapters follow the order of the first grade year; at about 3 pages each, a chapter is one short sitting.
Copy the key facts
Write the Key facts of Subtraction Within 20 on an index card: a ready-made summary for the night before a quiz.
Try the closing questions
Cover the answers at the end of Telling Time to the Hour and Half Hour and answer first: the best way to check understanding.
Frequently asked questions
What is in the Grade 1 lesson book?
44 US Letter pages and 13 chapters, one lesson per chapter, with 76 lesson sections in all. The full contents are listed above on this page.
Does the Grade 1 lesson book include exercises?
Each chapter ends with a short set of questions and answers. For full practice, the Grade 1 Math Worksheets with Answers follows the same 13 chapters.
Do I need the Grade 1 Math Worksheets with Answers along with the lesson book?
No, the Grade 1 Math Lessons stands on its own. But both books follow the same 13 chapters of Grade 1; together they make a complete year, lesson then practice.
How do I receive the Grade 1 Math Lessons?
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Can I print the Grade 1 lesson book and open it on several devices?
Yes: the 44-page PDF of the Grade 1 Math Lessons prints as often as you need and opens on three devices (computer, tablet, phone). It carries your name at the bottom of the pages.
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