In our district, we have a skills calendar for math. This means that we want all Kindergarten to 2nd grade students to master certain math skills by a certain time during the year. We work on those skills in math class all year, and we call them "benchmarks."
We focus on four important areas:
Our skills calendar, or "K-2 Math Benchmarks," is below.
We focus on four important areas:
- Counting (like "1, 2, 3" or "189, 190, 191" or "254, 264, 274," etc.)
- Addition and Subtraction of single-digits (like 3 + 2 or 10 - 7, etc.)
- Number Recognition (like reading, writing, and ordering numbers)
- Word Problems (that use math in real life situations)
Our skills calendar, or "K-2 Math Benchmarks," is below.