Students in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools follow the state of North Carolina’s expectations for what every student will know and be able to do by the end of their current grade level. This guide is designed to help you support your child by understanding those expectations, provide everyday activities to reinforce their learning at home and partnering with their teachers throughout the school year.
This guide includes…
Key Skills for Reading and Math
Understand the most important things your child should know and be able to do by the end of the school year.
Questions to Ask Your Child
Engage in conversations with your child using these suggested reading and math questions.
Topics to Discuss with the Teacher
Find sample questions and topics you might want to talk about with the teacher related to reading and math skills.
Learning Activities
Explore some easy ways you can support your child’s learning important reading and math concepts and skills.
Words to Know
Learn some important words and acronyms used at school to “speak the same language”.
Helpful Resources to Practice Skills at Home
Click the link to access a collection of reading and math resources aligned to your child’s grade level.
“Compare” problems are introduced in first grade. In a compare situation, two quantities are compared to find “How many more” or “How many less.” One reason “compare” problems are more advanced than the other two major problem types is that in “compare” problems, one of the quantities (the difference) is not present in the situation physically.
Take a survey with 3 categories, organize the data, and interpret by answering questions about the data
Become skillful problem solvers and persevere through difficult problem types
Activity: Reading stories that show addition and subtraction is a great way to enhance learning. As you read aloud with your child, have him/her solve or write problems about the story/characters.
Animals on Board by Stuart J. Murphy
Jack the Builder by Stuart J. Murphy
Ready, Set, Hop! by Stuart J. Murphy
Safari Park by Stuart J. Murphy
Count forward from a given number within the known sequence instead of starting at 1 (count to 150)
Understand a two digit number is made up of tens and ones
Online game: Spin twice to create a two digit number and then build it with virtual cubes or bundle popsicle sticks or linking cubes into tens and ones
When practicing adding and subtracting use any material found at home:
Online game: Spin twice to create a two digit number and then build it with virtual cubes or bundle popsicle sticks or linking cubes into tens and ones
