Resources

[|AMC-Install.OS5.prc]

Investigations at a Glance
[|InvestigationsAtAGlance.pdf]

Performance Record of Mathematical Focus Points
[|Revised_Perf_Inv_gr_01.xls] (version 1.5) [|Revised_Perf_Inv_gr_01.xlsx] (Office 2008 compatible version)

Vertical Alignment of Investigations' Benchmarks
[|vertical alignment of benchmarks number.doc] (Number and Operations)

Where to Start (Unit by Unit Self-Help!)
[|wts_unit1_g1.pdf] [|wts_unit2_g1.pdf] [|wts_unit3_g1.pdf] [|wts_unit4_g1.pdf] [|wts_unit5_g1.pdf] [|wts_unit6_g1.pdf] [|wts_unit7_g1.pdf] [|wts_unit8_g1.pdf] [|wts_unit9_g1.pdf]

Vocabulary
[|investigations_vocabulary_g1.pdf]

Smartboard Notebook Resources
[|10 Frame.notebook] [|pattern tiles.notebook] [|Tell Me Quickly.notebook]

Literature Connections

 * In Investigations 2nd Edition, a selection of children’s literature relating to the mathematical content of a specific unit is included in every Family Letter. These books are offered as one of the ways that families can support their child’s mathematical experiences at home. Many teachers also like to display a selection of these books on the classroom bookshelf over the course of the unit. In Grade 1, occasionally a book is suggested as part of a math lesson and several titles are suggested to the teacher. The use of literature is offered as a suggestion for introducing an idea or activity and is thus considered an optional material rather than the centerpiece of a math lesson. The following is a list of Grade 1 units which include suggestions for using children’s literature.**

Unit 1, How Many of Each suggests using a book with the mathematical structure 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5. Suggestions include Rooster’s Off to See the World, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, 1 Hunter, One Gorilla, My Little Sister Ate One Hare, P Bear’s New Year’s Party, Dinner at the Panda Palace. (optional)

Unit 9, Blocks and Boxes suggests using books about houses in other cultures or other interesting buildings. Suggestions include My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me, by Maya Angelou; This is My House, by Arthur Dorros; Round Buildings, Square Buildings, and Buildings that Wiggle Like a Fish, by Phillip Isaacson; Houses and Homes Around the World, by Josephine Karavasil; Houses and Homes, by Ann Morris (optional)


 * The following is the list of children’s literature which appears in the Grade 1 Family Letters:**

Aker, Suzanne. What Comes in 2’s, 3’s, and 4’s? Angelou, Maya. My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken and Me. Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno’s Counting Book. Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno’s Counting House. Baer, Edith. This Is the Way We Eat Our Lunch. Bang, Molly. Ten, Nine, Eight. (Available in Spanish) Barton, Byron. Building a House. Bogart, Jo Ellen. Ten for Dinner. Briggs, Raymond. Jim and the Beanstalk. Burningham, John. Would You Rather... Burns, Marilyn. The Greedy Triangle. Carle, Eric. Rooster’s Off to See the World. Cooper, Jason. Skyscrapers: Man-Made Wonders. Crews, Donald. Ten Black Dots. (Available in Spanish) Crosbie, Michael and Rosenthal, Steve. Architecture, Shapes. Dale, Penny. Ten in Bed. DeRubertis, Barbara. Count on Pablo. (Math Matters Series.) Dorros, Arthur. This Is My House. Duke, Kate. Twenty is Too Many. Ehlert, Louise. Fish Eyes. Emberley, Rebecca. My Numbers Mis Numeros. Falwell, Cathryn. Feast for Ten. Felix, Monique. The House. Friedman, Aileen. A Cloak for the Dreamer. Gauch, Patricia Lee. Christina Katerina and the Box. Grossman, Bill. My Little Sister Ate One Hare. Grossman, Virginia and Sylvia Long. Ten Little Rabbits. Hamm, Diane Johnson. How Many Feet in the Bed? Harris, Trudy. 100 Days of School. Hoban, Tana. Cubes, Cones, Cylinders, & Spheres. Hoban, Tana. Shapes, Shapes, Shapes. Jonas, Ann. The Quilt. Jonas, Ann. Splash. Karavasil, Josephine. Houses and Homes Around the World. Kassirer, Sue. What’s Next, Nina? (Math Matters Series.) Kushkin, Karla. The Philharmonic Gets Dressed. Lionni, Leo. Inch by Inch. Lobel, Arnold. “A Lost Button,” in Frog and Toad Are Friends. McBratney, Sam. Guess How Much I Love You. Merriam, Eve. 12 Ways to Get to 11. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Museum Shapes. Micklethwait, Lucy. I Spy Two Eyes: Numbers in Art. Mora, Pat. Uno, Dos, Tres, One, Two, Three. Morris, Ann. Houses and Homes. Murphy, Stuart J. Animals on Board. Murphy, Stuart. The Best Vacation Ever. Murphy, Stuart J. Super Sand Castle Saturday. Onyefulu, Ifeoma. Emeka’s Gift: An African Counting Story. Paul, Ann Whitford. Eight Hands Round: A Patchwork Alphabet. Peek, Merle. Roll Over! A Counting Song. Peterson, John Lawrence. The Littles. Pluckrose, Henry. Math Counts: Length. Pluckrose, Henry. Math Counts: Numbers. Pluckrose, Henry. Math Counts: Pattern. Pluckrose, Henry. Math Counts: Sorting. Polacco, Patricia. The Keeping Quilt. Rau, Dana Meachen. A Box Can Be Many Things. Reid, Margarette S. The Button Box. Rockwell, Anne F. 100 School Days. Rogers, Paul. The Shapes Game. Russo, Marisabina. The Line Up Book. Schlein, Miriam. More Than One. Schwartz, David. If You Hopped Like a Frog. Slater, Teddy. 98, 99 . . . Ready or Not, Here I Come! Sloat, Teri. From One to One Hundred. Stevenson, Robert Louis. Block City. Sturges, Philemon. Ten Flashing Fireflies. Tang, Greg. Math for All Seasons. Tang, Greg Math-terpieces. Tang, Greg. Math Appeal. Turpin, Lorna. The Sultan’s Snakes. Walton, Rick. One More Bunny: Adding From One Wells, Rosemary. Emily’s First 100 Days of School. Zaslavsky, Claudia. Count on Your Fingers African Zelver, Patricia. The Wonderful Tower of Watts.