Kahua Standards and Benchmarks

PK-12 essential standards and benchmarks for Hawaiian-focused education.

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Grade 1 - Math

In addition to the HFCS ‘Āina-based Learning Competencies (click to view), the PK-12 Mathematics Kahua is grounded in the belief that the purpose of math is to search for patterns and relationships in number, shapes and functions, to better appreciate the beauty of math in our world. It is the kuleana of every student to explore mathematics in their daily lives on ‘āina and share mo’olelo of their understanding. End of school year grade level benchmarks were crosswalked with the HFCS Vision of the Graduate (2013), CCSS, Nā Ana Aʻo Hawaiʻi DOE Kula Kaiapuni Content Standards and Benchmarks (Nā Ana ma ka Papa K-12), Student Achievement Partners (SAP) Essential Standards documents K-12, NCTM Catalyzing Change. K-12, Prioritizing Critical Areas In your Math Curriculum K-8 Prerequisites for Success, ALN High Leverage Concepts, CA Digital Learning Integration & Standard Guidance Jo Boaler & Cathy Williams and were prioritized using the following criteria (Reeves, 2004): 1) Endurance, 2) Leverage, 3) Readiness, 4) Assessment Requirements.

  • M.1.1Learn about my various moʻokūʻauhau (i.e. my ʻohana, my school, my home/school ʻāina).
  • M.1.2Use ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi words to kilo, identify, name, and read environmental indicators (i.e. senses, intuition, prior knowledge) in order to make inferences and predictions.
  • M.1.3Demonstrate loina when participating in cultural protocol (i.e. schoolwide piko, oli mahalo, puka kula, kamaʻāina/malihini).
  • M.1.4Frequently interact with my ʻāina at various times of day and year to develop a relationship with ʻāina.
  • M.1.5Celebrate the accomplishments of historical and contemporary Hawaiian community leaders and emulate their actions (i.e. aliʻi, ʻōpūaliʻi/kapu aloha, kiaʻi).

  • M.1.6Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
  • M.1.7Reason abstractly & quantitatively.
  • M.1.8Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
  • M.1.9Model with mathematics. ✰Critical emphasis to connect to ‘Āina Learning Concepts
  • M.1.10Use appropriate tools strategically.
  • M.1.11Attend to precision.
  • M.1.12Look for and make use of structure.
  • M.1.13Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

  • M.1.14Equal Parts inside Shapes: Compose 2D shapes on a plane as well as in 3D space to create cubes, prisms, and cylinders and cones. Shapes can also be decomposed into equal shares, as in a circle broken into halves and quarters defines a clock face.

  • M.1.15Tens and Ones: Think of whole numbers between 10 and 100 in terms of tens and ones. Through activities that build number sense, students understand the order of the counting numbers and their relative magnitudes.

  • M.1.16Measuring Objects: Express the length of an object by units of measurement Ex: the stapler is 9 red tile long, the tile represents the unit of measure. Understand that the measurement length of an object is the number of units used to measure.
  • M.1.17Clocks & Time: Read and express time on digital and analogue clocks using units of an hour or half hour.
  • M.1.18Equal Expressions: Understand addition and subtraction, using various models such as connected cubes. Compose and decompose numbers to make equal expressions, knowing that equals means that both sides of an expression are the same, (and it is not simply the result of an operation).
  • M.1.19Reasoning about Equality: Justify reasoning about equal amounts, using flexible number strategies ex: students use compensation strategies to justify number sentences such as 23 - 7 = 24 - 8

  • M.1.20Make Sense of Data: Organize, order, represent, and interpret data with two or more categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many are in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.
  • M.1.21Measuring Objects: Express the length of an object by units of measurement Ex: the stapler is 9 red tile long, the tile represents the unit of measure. Understand that the measurement length of an object is the number of units used to measure.
  • M.1.22Data Talks: Engage in Data Talks and pose statistical investigative questions based on personal experiences. EX: I wonder if we have more pattern blocks or colored tiles in our classroom?I wonder if there are more pikake or plumeria plants on the school grounds?