Skill Sharpeners Math, Grade 1 (2021 revised edition)

Improve your child's math and problem-solving skills with Skill Sharpeners: Math activity books! These colorful, theme-based activities create enjoyable learning experiences for children and enhance their math fluency, number sense, and reasoning skills. Completely updated to reflect grade-level standards, the new Skill Sharpeners: Math books are ideal for enrichment, review, and helping students master must-know skills such as addition, subtraction, place value, multiplication, fractions, geometry, logical thinking, algebra, and more. Each grade level incorporates the perfect amount of math skill practice and includes word problems that challenge children to apply their understanding. Engaging theme-based units capture children's interest with colorful visuals to help them solve problems. Each title includes:

• Rigorous math skill practice that reflects current standards


• New themed units that present math practice in a fun, colorful format


• A downloadable teaching guide that provides teaching tips and support for struggling children


• A Test Your Skills page at the end of each unit that lets students review the skills practiced in that unit


• New math completion certificates (grades PreK�2) that give young children a sense of accomplishment


• All-new artwork that engages children with age-appropriate illustrations

Skill Sharpeners: Math grade 1 provides practice for skills such as counting within 100, adding and subtracting within 20, adding and subtracting two-digit numbers, solving simple word problems, comparing two-digit numbers, composing numbers with tens and ones, counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s, writing number words, using addition strategies (regrouping), telling time to the hour and half-hour, identifying equal shares, identifying two- and three-dimensional shapes, reading a graph, representing data on a graph, identifying and extending patterns, determining the value of coins, and measuring length. Each title includes an answer key. These activity books help children understand and master important math skills needed to form a strong math foundation and are ideal for at-home practice, homeschooling, and the classroom! Plus, every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! Skill Sharpeners: Math Teaching Guides include directions for teaching math, a sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities, teaching suggestions for different learning modalities, extension activities that include math journals and problem-solving, and visual aids to help children understand difficult math strategies. With 144 non-reproducible pages, these softcover books are designed for first-grade students to enjoy and benefit from a comprehensive math practice experience.