Investigations in Number, Data and Space
First Grade

Investigations Unit	Math Emphases	Exemplars Tasks/Location
1. How Many of Each?	Developing strategies for accurately counting a set of objects by 1's Developing an understanding of the magnitude and position of numbers Composing number up to 10 with 2 addends Making sense of and developing strategies to solve addition problems with small numbers Using manipulatives, drawings, tools, and notation to show strategies and solutions	CDI Ten Feet Apartment, Octopus, Owl Eyes, Hot Chocolate, Number Cube Game, In Line, Bowls of Apples CDII Buttons for Snowmen, Lining Up, Legs, Nine Cents, Someone's Been Eating My Porridge, Holiday Fair Shopping CDIII Boots and Hats, Candy Shop Treats, Car Wash, Collecting Seashells, Counting Corners, Crackers, Dinosaur Models, Eating Apples, How Many Apples, New Stones for Jim, Picking Up Shapes, Socks for Everyone
2. Making Shapes and Designing Quilts	Describing, identifying, sorting, and comparing 2-D shapes Composing and decomposing 2-D shapes	CDI Geometry, Paleontologist, Pentomino Problem, Pig Pens, Seats and Tables, Typical Objects CDII Someone's Been Eating My Porridge, Time for Math CDIII Counting Corners, Kitty Corner, A Pen for Pattycake, Picking Up Shapes, Shapes on the Playground
3. Solving Story Problems	Composing numbers up to 15 with two or more addends Making sense of and developing strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems with small numbers Representing numbers by using equivalent expressions Developing strategies for accurately counting a set of objects by 1's Using manipulatives, drawings, tools, and notation to show strategies and solutions	CDI Clay Pots, Stacking Caps, License Plates, Snow Play, Field Trip, Average Number of Letters, Pig Pens, Ten Feet Apartment, Hats and Scarves, Canoe Trip, Coins CDII Mary Quite Contrary, Farmer Brown, Flies and Frogs, Lining Up, Sweet Sale, Legs CDIII Boots and Hats, Candy Shop Treats, Car Wash, Collecting Seashells, Counting Corners, Crackers, Dinosaur Models, Eating Apples, New Stones for Jim, Number Blocks, Picking Up Shapes, Socks for Everyone
4. What Would You Rather Be?	sorting and classifying data representing data describing data designing and carrying out a data investigation	CDI Easter Baskets, Field Trip, Number Cube Game, Sink or Float, Space Creatures, Typical Objects, Valentine M&M(r) Problem, Worms, Chip Chance, Fishing CDII Finicky Cat, Ice Cream, Perplexing Palindrome Problem, Staying Warm CDIII Bag of Beads, A New Lock, Collecting Seashells, Dinosaur Models, Picking Up Shapes, Silent Reading Time
5. Fish Lengths and Animal Jumps	understanding what length is using linear units measuring with standard units describing measurements between whole numbers of units	CDI How Big is a Foot? Marshmallow Peeps all in a Row, Fencing, Sink or Float, Snail Trails, Wonderful Leaves, Wrist Circumference CDII Betty's Blocks, Dandelion Dilemma! CDIII Feeding Fred, On Time, Measuring a Tulip
6. Number Games and Crayon Puzzles	composing numbers up to 20 with 2 or more addends making sense of and developing strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems with small numbers using manipulatives, drawings, tools, and notation to show strategies and solutions	CDI Average Number of Letters, 100th Birthday Celebration, Bug Watching, Coin Combinations, Finicky Cat, Ice Cream, License Plates, Valentine's Day Party Plan, Witches Transportation , Darts, Pogs CDII Farmer Brown, Legs, Mary Quite Contrary, Flies and Frogs, Lining Up, Sweet Sale, Legs CDIII Candy Shop Treats, Car Wash, Collecting Seashells, Counting Corners, Crackers, Eating Apples, Keeping the Park Clean, Number Blocks
7. Color, Shape and Number Patterns	constructing, describing, and extending repeating patterns identifying the unit of a repeating pattern constructing, describing, and extending number sequences with constant increments generated by various contexts	CDI Bug Watching, Eggsactly, Field Trip, Flags, Hats and Scarves, In Line, Marsupials, Paleontologist, Pig Pens, Snow Play, Stacking Caps, Ten Feet Apartment CDII Betty's Blocks, Calendar Problem, Eating Jelly Beans, Ice Cream, Let's Play, Lining Up, Lynns Ladder, A New Necklace, Sharing Sleds, Flies and a Frog CDIII Apples and Bananas, Eating Apples, Keeping the Park Clean, Measuring a Tulip, Oranges for Snacks, Patty's Pennies, Shapes on the Playground
8. Twos, Fives and Tens	developing strategies for accurately counting a set of objects by 1's and by groups using manipulatives, drawings, tools, and notation to show strategies and solutions knowing addition combinations of 10	CDI Birthday Gift Shopping, Muffins, Whoo is Hunting? Stacking Caps, License Plates, Six-Pack of Soda, Snow Play, Field Trip, Average Number of Letters, Pig Pens, Frog and Toad, Pogs CDII Mary Quite Contrary, Flies and Frogs, Lining Up, Sweet Sale, Legs CDIII Boots and Hats, Collecting Seashells, Counting Corners, Socks for Everyone
9. Blocks and Boxes	describing and comparing 2-D and 3-D shapes exploring the relationships between 2-D and 3-D shapes	CDI Paleontologist, Pentomino Problem, Seats and Tables, Geometry, Making a Necklace, Fencing CDII Shower of Shapes, Happy Birthday Abby CDIII Counting Corners, Kitty Corner, A Pen for Pattycake, Picking Up Shapes, Shapes on the Playground

Investigations in Number, Data and Space First Grade

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Investigations in Number, Data and Space
First Grade