Make Math Fun: First Grade for Talented and Gifted Learners (TAG)

Students who are talented and gifted in their first grade math skills but not yet ready for upper elementary style learning will be engaged and challenged in this weekly ongoing math class. Each week students will be engaged in a different math skills relevant to the theme of the month! Difficulty will continue to build as the weeks progress into the school year following curriculum based pattern however, each lesson will be focus on a different math skills independent of each other. Students will be encouraged to dress up relevant to the theme of the month and engage in a variety of games and handouts in order to build a love and understanding of math. Weekly, learners will practice math skills to set them up for success in their future elementary math work and beyond! 
This class meets once a week; we will cover different material each week. Additional worksheets relevant to the focus of each week will be posted the day before the class occurs in addition to any specific materials needed (ex. crayons, pencil, etc) Please note that we will not focus on early first grade skills in this class (ex. counting to 20 or number identification, addition and subtraction within 20) and learners should already be able to do so comfortably before enrolling.

Please note in this class we will work at skill level not grade level, students should however, be first grade age (6-8 years old). 

Weekly Lesson Topics: 

Nov 1st - Introduction to multi-digit multiplicaiton 
Nov 8th - Multi-digit multiplication 
Nov 15th - Exploring Negative Numbers
Nov 22nd -  Exploring Negative Numbers Continued 
Nov 29th - Introductions to Fractions 
Dec 6th - Fractions Continued  
Dec 13th - What's a Decimal?
Dec 20th  - Geometry - Lines of Symmetry 
Dec 27th - Advanced Place Value 


The class will cover (not all included each lesson) a mixture of the following kindergarten math skills including but not limited to: 
- Coins and money 
- Adding and subtracting beyond 100
- Multi digit addition, subtraction and multiplication 
- Counting beyond 1000
- Time
- Geometry 
- Multiplication 
- Division 
- Graphing and Probability 

**NOTE: This is an ongoing class and you are able to join in at any time! *