This parent guide supports parents in helping their child at home with the 1st Grade Math content.

This resource accompanies our Rethink 1st Grade Math Geometry unit. It includes ideas for use, ways to support exceptional children, ways to extend learning, digital resources and tools, tips for supporting English Language Learners and students with visual and hearing impairments. There are also ideas for offline learning. 

This unit was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 1st Grade Math for Geometry.

This game provides students with simple and friendly explanations of division and fractions. Students are introduced to the terms quarters, halves, eighths, and equal shares. English learners can use this site to practice their listening as well as their math skills.

This assessment incorporates the book, Eating Fractions by Bruce McMillan. Students create shapes with dough/clay and physically divide the shapes into equal parts.

In this assessment task, students create shapes with dough/clay and physically divide the shapes into equal parts.

Students will practice basic paper folding to partition squares into halves and fourths and apply this to the art of origami, Japanese paper folding. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

Sample Learning Goals
Predict and explain how changing the numerator of a fraction affects the fraction's value
Predict and explain how changing the denominator of a fraction affects the fraction's value
Convert between a picture of a fraction, a numeric fraction, and a point on a number line
Build matching fractions using numbers and pictures
Compare fractions using numbers and patterns

In this lesson, students recognize halves within a circular clock face and tell time to the half hour.

In this lesson, students recognize halves within a circular clock face and tell time to the half hour.

In this Khan Academy interactive, students will determine if the partition of a shape is in halves or fourths.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach first graders an overview of quarter-circles and semi-circles.

This game provides students with simple and friendly explanations of division and fractions. Students are introduced to the terms quarters, halves, eighths, and equal shares. English learners can use this site to practice their listening as well as their math skills.

This document is the About the Cluster document created by the authors of the NC2ML Instructional Frameworks. Read this document prior to teaching the cluster in order to get insight into the clustering of the standards, mathematics to be taught, and important considerations.

This document is not remixable since the document has been written by creators of the NC2ML Instructional Frameworks.

This unit of 1 Number and Operation lessons explores commonly used fractions through 3 hands-on activities.

In this lesson, students will learn about fractions, especially 1/2, by participating in a Half-Birthday Party.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.Looking for an anchor chart for Cluster 6?  Look no further!  This file contains the perfect anchor chart to create with your class, as well as a super-fun activity using Play-Doh.Remix this resource to include your own images and ideas for Cluster 6.

The Family Letters are intended to be sent home at the beginning and middle of the cluster. They explain big ideas of the cluster using family-friendly language. Families can also find tips for working with their children at home, digital games, videos, and books. This file contains both English and Spanish versions of the Family Letters.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.Math games are fun, motivating, and provide opportunities for students to build number concepts, reasoning, and fluency. These games may be used as math stations or as whole group learning opportunities. This file contains directions and materials for Cluster 7 math games.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.Looking for hands-on ideas or anchor charts?  Look no further!  This file contains images and links for teaching Cluster 7 standards.Remix this resource to include your own images and ideas.