They begin to use critical mathematics processes that they will continue to use all year, such as working in small groups and communicating their thinking through writing, drawing, and talking.
Students develop an orientation to thinking mathematically through several investigations.
They explore the characteristics of 100, using interlocking cubes and 100 charts. They investigate doubles and halves in numerical and geometric contexts. They collect and represent data about themselves. Students become familiar with the multiplication tables up to the 12's, identify patterns in the multiplication tables, and develop their own strategies for doing multiplication and division problems. Students make lists of things that come in groups of 2 to 12 and create and solve multiplication problems and riddles.