This teacher resource offers a detailed introduction to the Hands-On Mathematics program (guiding principles, implementation guidelines, an overview of the processes that grade 1 students use and develop during mathematics inquiry), and a classroom assessment plan complete with record-keeping templates. It also provides strategies and visual resources for developing students’ mental math skills.

The resource includes:

• Mental Math
• Module 1: Patterns and Relations
• Module 2: Shape and Space
• Module 3: Number Concepts and Operations

Each module is divided into lessons that focus on specific curricular outcomes. Each lesson has

• materials lists
• activity descriptions
• questioning techniques
• problem-solving examples
• activity centre and extension ideas
• assessment suggestions
• activity sheets and visuals