First Grade Curriculum
LANGUAGE ARTS
Constructing Meaning/Comprehending Text
- recall details
- main ideas
- supporting details
- drawing conclusions
- predicting outcomes
- cause/effect
- classifying
- sequence
- reality and fantasy
- rhyming words
- characterization
- setting
- problem and resolution
- constant sounds
- long and short vowel sounds
- constant diagraphs (sh, ch, th, wh)
- varying consonants (c, g)
- r- controlled vowels
- vowel diagraphs
- cvc patterns
- compound words
- contractions
- word endings
- possessives
- plurals
- technical vocabulary
- synonyms
- antonyms
- picture clues
- pronoun referents
- homonyms (homophones, homograph)
- multiple meaning
CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING
- Knowledge - recalling details
- Comprehension - grasping meaning
- Application - interpreting & using information
- Analysis - breaking information apart
- Synthesis - combing information
- Evaluation - making judgments
- writing
- ABC order
- sequential order
- sentence order
- comparisons
- opposites
- evaluating situations
- story telling
WRITTEN EXPRESSION
- pre-writing
- first draft
- revise
- proofread
- publishing
- proper handwriting skills:
- manuscript (capt. & small)
GRAMMAR/SYNTAX
- speak in a complete thought
- subject/ verb agreement
- describing words
- telling/asking sentences
- write a simple story
- period at the end of a telling a sentence
- question mark at the end of an asking sentence
CAPITALIZATION SKILLS
- first word in a sentence
- use of "I"
- book titles
- days of the week
- months of the week
- months of the year
- names of particular people, places, and animals
LISTENING
- Auditory information
- summary
- retell
- oral directions
SPEAKING
- Cooperative Speaking
- Guidelines
- volume
- clarity
- inflection
- modulation
- articulation
- eye contact
- posture
STUDY SKILLS
- Organization Skills
- alphabetical order
- labeling
- parts of a book
- summarizing
- following directions
- Graphic Representation:
- maps
- globes
- graphs
- tables
MATH
Numbers and Numeration
- write number 0 - 100
- identify number words 0 - 10
- count by 2's
- count by 5's
- count by 10's
- know what the = sign means
- ordinals first - tenth*
- use of <and>*
- formulate a reasonable estimation*
Addition and Subtraction
- sums to 18
- differences to 18
- property of 0 in add. and sub.
- find missing addends or subtrahends*
- write a simple addition or subtraction sentence for a story
- demonstrate addition and subtraction on a number line
- find the sum of 3 addends*
- addition and subtraction on a calculator*
Place Value
- identify the place value of 2 digit numerals without regrouping
- subtraction 2-digit numerals without regrouping
Geometry & Fractions
- identify and draw a circle, square, rectangle and triangle
- identify open and close paths*
- identify and color fractional parts of geometric shape - 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4
Time and Money
- identify day and date on a calendar
- tell time to the hour and half hour on a standard clock
- write the times to the hour and half hour
- identify values of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters
- sum the value of coins less than $1.00
Measurement & Graphs
- measure and record units of measurement in centimeters, inches, and decimeters
- complete and answer questions about simple bar graphs*
SCIENCE
- plants
- animals
- insects
- birds
- dinosaurs
SOCIAL STUDIES
Family
- roles within the family
- extend family(including grandparents)
- basic needs and wants:
- community workers
- goods and services
Community
- locate important places
- use of compass rose
- use of map key
- knowledge of cardinal directions
- reorganize cultural diversities and similarities
- demonstrate communication
- skills to solve conflicts