Unit 1: Representing Numbers to 20
I Can Statements
I can count forward from any given number up to 100.
I can count backwards from 20 to 0.
I can write any given number up to 100.
I can recognize any given number up to 100.
I can recognize and name without counting groups of objects, dots or pictures
from 1-10.
I can identify a given arrangement of dots on a ten frame and discuss its
relationship to 5 and/or 10.
I can answer the question “How many are in a set?” by using the last number
counted.
I can represent and describe numbers to 20, concretely, pictorially and
symbolically.
I can build a set equal to a given set that contains up to 20 elements.
I can build a set that has more elements than, fewer elements than or as many
elements as a given set.
I can compare two given sets, using one-to-one correspondence, and describe
them, using words such as more, fewer or as many.
I can solve a given story problem (pictures and words).
I can estimate a given quantity by comparing it to a given known quantity.
I can select an estimate for a given quantity from at least two possible options,
and explain the choice.
I can name the number that is one more, two more, one less or two less than a
given number, up to 20
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I can represent a number on a ten frame that is one more, two more, one less or
two less than a given number.
I can build two equal sets using the same objects and show how they are equal
using a balance scale.
I can build two unequal sets and show how they are not equal using a balance
scale.
I can tell if two sets are equal or unequal and explain the process I used.
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Unit 2: Patterning
I Can Statements
I can describe the core of a repeating pattern of up to four elements.
I can identify and describe any errors in a repeating pattern.
I can identify the missing elements in a repeating pattern.
I can create and describe a repeating pattern using manipulatives, sounds,
actions, diagrams.
I can reproduce and extend a repeating pattern.
I can describe a repeating pattern in my environment.
I can identify repeating events such as days, birthdays, seasons.
I can represent a given repeating pattern in another way, such as actions to
sound, colour to shape, ABC to animals.
I can describe a given repeating pattern using a letter code. (ABCABC…)
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Unit 3: Addition and Subtraction to 12
I Can Statements
I can answer the question “How many are in a set?” by using the last number
counted.
I can represent and describe numbers to 20, concretely, pictorially and
symbolically.
I can act out a given story problem.
I can tell if a given story problem requires adding or subtracting.
I can use objects or pictures to record a given story problem and write the
matching number sentence.
I can make my own addition story problem and use counters to show the
action.
I can make my own subtraction story problem and use counters to show the
action.
I can create a word problem for a given addition or subtraction number
sentence.
I can solve an addition or subtraction story problem using pictures or numbers.
I can solve an addition number sentence and explain how I got my answer.
I can solve a subtraction number sentence and explain how I got my answer.
I can try other strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems faster.
I can use the numbers in a given addition number sentence to create a
subtraction number sentence.
I can use the numbers in a given subtraction number sentence to create an
addition number sentence.
I can represent a given equality, using manipulatives or pictures.
I can represent a given pictorial or concrete equality in symbolic form.
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I can give examples of equalities where the given sum or difference is on either
the left or right side of the equal symbol (=).
I can record different representations of the same quantity (0 to 20) as
equalities.
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Unit 4: Measurement
I Can Statements
I can identify common attributes, such as length, height, mass, capacity and
area, which I could use to compare two given objects.
I can order a set of objects by length, height, mass, capacity or area, and
explain their ordering.
I can compare two given objects, and identify the attributes used to compare.
I can tell which of two or more objects is longest or shortest by matching, and
explain the reasoning.
I can tell which of two or more objects is heaviest or lightest by comparing, and
explain the reasoning.
I can determine which of two or more objects holds the most or least by filling,
and explain my reasoning.
I can tell which of two or more objects has the greatest or least area by
covering, and explain my reasoning
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Unit 5: Numbers to 100
I Can Statements
I can count forward from any given number up to 100.
I can count backwards from 20 to 0.
I can write any given number up to 100.
I can recognize any given number up to 100.
I can skip count by 2’s to 20, starting at 0.
I can skip count by 5’s 1to 100, starting at 0.
I can skip count forward by 10’s to 100, starting at 0.
I can recognize and correct mistakes in number sequences to 100 and explain
my thinking.
I can answer the question “How many are in a set?” by using the last number
counted.
Grade 1 English “I Can Statements”, Paradise Elementary 2014-2015
Unit 6: Addition and Subtraction of Numbers to 20
I Can Statements
I can make my own addition story problem and use counters to show the
action.
I can make my own subtraction story problem and use counters to show the
action.
I can create a word problem for a given addition or subtraction number
sentence.
I can solve an addition or subtraction story problem using pictures or numbers.
I can solve an addition number sentence and explain how I got my answer.
I can solve a subtraction number sentence and explain how I got my answer.
I can try other strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems faster.
I can use the numbers in a given addition number sentence to create a
subtraction number sentence.
I can use the numbers in a given subtraction number sentence to create an
addition number sentence.
I can represent a given equality, using manipulatives or pictures.
I can represent a given pictorial or concrete equality in symbolic form.
I can give examples of equalities where the given sum or difference is on either
the left or right side of the equal symbol (=).
I can record different representations of the same quantity (0 to 20) as
equalities.
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Unit 7: Geometry
I Can Statements
I can sort a set of familiar 3-D objects or 2-D shapes, using a given sorting rule.
I can sort a set of familiar 3-D objects using a single attribute, and explain my
sorting rule.
I can sort a set of 2-D shapes using a single attribute, and explain my sorting rule.
I can tell the difference between two pre-sorted sets of familiar 3-D objects or 2D shapes, and explain a possible sorting rule used to sort them.
I can select 2-D shapes from a set to reproduce a picture made from 2-D
shapes.
I can select 3-D objects from a set to reproduce a picture of a 3-D object.
I can predict and select the 2-D shapes used to produce a 2-D shape picture,
and verify my choice by taking apart the composite shape.
I can predict and select the 3-D objects used to produce a composite 3- D
object, and verify by taking apart the composite object.
I can identify 3-D objects (cylinder, cone, cube, sphere) in the environment that
have parts similar to a 2-D shape (circle, triangle, square, rectangle).
Grade 1 English “I Can Statements”, Paradise Elementary 2014-2015