Math Curriculum In K - 2nd Grade

Achieving Mathematical Literacy

ASM defines mathematical literacy as an individual’s capacity to identify and understand the role of mathematics in the world, to make well-founded judgments and to use and engage with mathematics in ways that meet the needs of that individual’s life as a constructive, concerned and reflective citizen.

Mathematics at ASM balances focused practice in age appropriate content and skills whilst developing the dispositions of perseverance and self-efficacy to apply understanding to unfamiliar and challenging contexts and to ensure that each student reaches their full potential in mathematical literacy at each phase of their mathematical development.

By the end of Kindergarten, ASM student will be able to:

› Count 10 Ones and Some Ones

› Compose Numbers 11-20 from 10

› Ones and Some Ones;

› Represent and Write Teen Numbers

› Decompose Numbers 11-20, and

› Count to Answer “How Many?”

› Questions in Varied Configurations

› Extend the Say Ten and Regular

› Count Sequence to 100


By the end of First Grade, ASM student will be able to:

› Identify and solve various types of word problems with numbers to

120, both counting and performing addition and subtraction

› Work with money to solve complex subtraction and addition problems