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SD 1st Grade Math Curriculum

Give your child the support they need in 1st grade math. Our lessons follow South Dakota Content Standards, covering everything from two-digit place value to telling time and interpreting data.

1st Grade Math

About 1st Grade South Dakota math

South Dakota schools follow the SD Content Standards for Mathematics, organized around operations, place value, measurement, data, and geometry. In 1st grade, students build fluency with addition and subtraction within 20, develop understanding of two-digit numbers and place value, measure lengths, tell time, and work with shapes and data. StudyPug provides step-by-step lessons and practice problems aligned to every strand of the South Dakota 1st grade math curriculum.

  • Strands covered: operations and algebraic thinking, number and operations in base ten, measurement and data, and geometry
  • Video lessons for every 1st grade South Dakota math topic
  • Practice problems and worked examples for each concept
  • Aligned to SD Content Standards for 1st Grade Mathematics

Curriculum topics by strand

Find lessons and practice for every 1st grade topic, aligned to the SD Content Standards for Mathematics.

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SD 1st Grade Math Topics

  • Operations and Algebraic Thinking: Addition and subtraction within 20, solving word problems with one and two steps, adding three whole numbers, applying properties of operations, understanding the equal sign, and finding unknown values in equations.
  • Number and Operations in Base Ten: Counting to 120 from any starting number, understanding tens and ones in two-digit numbers, comparing two-digit numbers using >, =, and <, adding within 100, and mentally finding 10 more or 10 less than a given number.
  • Measurement and Data: Ordering objects by length, expressing lengths in whole units, telling and writing time in hours and half-hours on analog and digital clocks, and organizing and interpreting data across up to three categories.
  • Geometry: Identifying defining and non-defining attributes of shapes, building and drawing shapes, composing two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes into composites, and partitioning circles and rectangles into two and four equal shares.

How StudyPug Helps SD 1st Grade Math Students

When a 1st grader gets stuck on place value or a tricky subtraction word problem, StudyPug is there with a clear video lesson they can watch right away. Each lesson breaks the concept into small steps, and a grade 1 math practice test lets students check their understanding before the next school day.

Parents can also browse the full 1 class maths course to see every topic and plan ahead. If your child is still building the skills needed for 1st grade, the SD kindergarten math curriculum page shows what foundation topics are covered.

Aligned to SD 1st Grade Math Curriculum

Every lesson on StudyPug is written to match the SD Content Standards for 1st Grade Mathematics. Whether the class is working on adding within 20, reading a clock, or sorting shapes by their attributes, students will find content that matches exactly what their South Dakota teacher is covering in the classroom.

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