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Studies Weekly-ConstructorsWelcome to Studies Weekly Constructors; a standards-based mathematics curriculum that covers up to 100% of common core standards. Studies Weekly Constructors will guide your first grade students through one of the many crucial developmental years of their education. Each week your students will receive their very own, full-color, glossy magazine that will open their minds and actually engage them in the subject matter in ways many other textbooks and supplementary materials are unable to do. Your first graders will team up with the Studies Weekly Constructors and their lively robot friend, Matrix, to build on their math skills as well as expand on them.
Through Studies Weekly Constructors you will see an increase in your students' test scores as the curriculum progresses throughout the school year. Here at Studies Weekly we also understand how valuable your time is outside the classroom and that is why our Constructors publication is an all-in-one curriculum, ready to use with almost no prep time needed. From the Teacher Supplements that come with your subscription of 10 or more student editions to the additional teacher resources found online at studiesweekly.com, preparing for math lessons will be the easiest part of your week. With kid-friendly lessons, fun math activities and standards-based content Studies Weekly Constructors is a must have for every First Grade classroom.
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See how progressive the Studies Weekly Constructors curriculum is by looking through the scope and sequence below.
Week 1 - Numbers are Everywhere
Students will order, compare and communicate about numbers.
Week 2 - Working with Numbers
Students will continue exploring numbers and begin writing numbers in words.
Week 3 - Numbers in my World
Students will develop fluency in recognizing and communicating about numbers.
Week 4 - Patterns Around Me
Students will investigate patterns found on number lines, number charts, etc. and practice skip counting.
Week 5 - Math Words
Students will begin to develop fluency in the language of mathematics for communicating about number properties.
Week 6 - Add and Subtract
Students will explore place value, number lines, fact families, addition and subtraction.
Week 7 - Add, Subtract, Construct!
Students will expand their understanding of and develop fluency with basic addition and subtraction facts.
Week 8 - Graphs
Students will investigate various representations of data, including tally marks, graphs and charts, and will take surveys.
Week 9 - More Patterns
Students will extend the study of patterns to the properties of numbers and operations and describe rules for patterns.
Week 10 - Shapes
Students will begin developing fluency in the language of mathematics for communicating about basic geometric concepts.
Week 11 - More Shapes
Students will investigate two-dimensional figures by exploring shapes, using tangrams and solving problems.
Week 12 - Solids
Students will investigate three-dimensional figures by exploring faces, edges and corners of solids.
Week 13 - Building Shapes
Students will explore composing and decomposing two-dimensional figures using tangrams and line drawings.
Week 14 - Solving Problems
Students will learn steps to solving problems. They will practice applying the steps to a variety of math problems.
Week 15 - Let's Measure
Students will use and understand non-standard units of measure.
Week 16 - Tools for Measuring
Students will use and understand various standard measuring tools for length, weight and temperature.
Week 17 - Exploring Numbers
Students will continue exploring the numbers on the number line. They will use the terms less than, greater than and equal.
Week 18 - Building Bigger Numbers
Students will continue to expand their understanding of number lines and the concept of place value.
Week 19 - Two-Digit Numbers
Students will study two-digit addition and subtraction of numbers through 100.
Week 20 - Think and Solve
Students will use various strategies to solve problems involving addition and subtraction.
Week 21 - Working with Shapes
Students will review concepts and skills in working with solid figures in different orientations.
Week 22 - Fractions
Students will recognize the part-whole relationship in fractions and apply fractions to money.
Week 23 - Problems and Patterns
Students will use patterns to develop strategies for adding and subtracting whole numbers.
Week 24 - The Number Line
Students will expand their skills at using the number line to represent numbers.
Week 25 - Look for Clues
Students will develop fluency with problem solving and will use various strategies to find unknowns.
Week 26 - Insect Math
Students will explore data using an insect theme. They will use various representations to show and compare data.
Week 27 - Symmetry
Students will connect measurement and geometric properties to symmetry. They will compose and decompose geometric figures.
Week 28 - Making Connections
Students will begin connecting fractions and data to the likelihood of an outcome. They will recognize the part-whole relationship of basic fractions.
Math Studies Weekly-Constructors
Covers 100% of First Grade Common Core Mathematics Standards