We use Everyday Math and other resources for our daily, whole-group math routine. In first grade, our "benchmark" counting number is 120 (by ones, fives, and tens) and to 40 by 2s. We work on addition and subtraction strategies and strive to be able to add and subtract fluently within 10 by the end of the year while being able to add and subtract within 20 using tools. We work to be able to mentally compute using efficient strategies (10 more/10 less, 1 more/1 less) beyond 20. We learn to tell time to the hour and half hour, and learn place value to hundreds, tens, and ones, focusing primarily on tens and ones. We explore geometric shapes and their properties, as well as fractions (halves and fourths).