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1st Grade Curriculum
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LANGUAGE ARTS / READING
- Identify different parts of a book (title, author, illustrator, table of contents)
- Describe the plot and retell the beginning, middle, and end of a story
- Determine whether a story is true or fantasy and explain why
- Identify and read at least 100 high frequency words from a commonly used list
- Decode words with common spelling patterns
- Read grade level texts with fluency and understanding (rate, accuracy, expression, appropriate phrasing) and comprehension
- Read independently for sustained periods of time and produce evidence of the reading
Written and Oral Communication- Speak in complete sentences with subject/verb agreement
- Ask questions with appropriate subject/verb conversion
- Form upper and lower case letters in text using basic conventions of print including spacing between words and sentences
Word Study- Identify upper and lower case letters
- Alphabetize a series of words to the first or second letter
- Recognize features of a sentence
- Capitalize the beginning of sentence
- Recognize and use punctuation marks at the end of sentences (declarative, exclamatory, and interrogative)
- Identify and use nouns (singular/plural, common/proper)
- Identify and use verbs (actions, past, present, future)
- Identify and use adjectives
- Capitalize the pronoun I
- Spell high frequency words
- Orally generate a series of rhyming words
- Distinguish between long and short vowels
- Identify and read common compound words
MATHEMATICSNumber and Numeration-
Count, compare and order numbers to 100
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Identify ordinals (first-tenth)
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Place value (ones and tens)
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Identify odd and even numbers
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Skip counting (2s, 5s,, 10s to 100)
Operations and Computation-
Addition (sums to 18)
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Subtraction (differences to 9)
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Fact families (sums to 18)
Data and Chance-
Construct graphs
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Collect, sort, and organize data
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Make tally tables
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Use graph information
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Certain and impossible events
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Fractions (whole/half and quarter)
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Estimate (Sums and differences)
Measurement and Reference Frames- Money (penny, nickel, dime and quarter)
- Estimate and measure length using standard and nonstandard units
- Read time to hour and half-hour
Geometry- Describe and identify two-dimensional geometric figures, including circles, triangles, rectangles and squares (a special type of rectangle)
- Describe and identify three-dimensional geometric figures, including spheres, rectangular prisms (including cubes), cylinders, and cones.
Patterns, Functions and Algebra- Use patterns to predict (color, shape, size, etc)
- Sort, classify and order by two or more attributes
- Determine patterns in changes that are predictable
- Write equations using symbols (+, -,=, < and >)
- Problem Solving (addition and subtraction)
SCIENCE
Sound and Light Energy- Sound (sound can make matter vibrate)
- Making Sounds (sound can change in volume or pitch)
- Light and shadows
- Properties of light (how light travels through different materials)
- How light travels (effect of mirrors)
Plants and Animals- Living and Nonliving
- Parts of Plants
- Plants grow and change
- Classifying animals
- Animal survival
Earth and Space- Day and Night
- Seasonal Patterns
- The moon
- The sun and stars
SOCIAL STUDIES
Going to School- Rules and Procedures
- School Workers
- School Maps
- Schools Long Ago and Today
- Learning Around the World
Good Citizens- Rules and Laws
- Who Are Our Leaders?
- Our Country’s Presidents
- American Symbols
- Rights and Responsibilities
The Land Around Us- Neighborhood
- Land and Water
- Globes and Maps
- Natural Resources
All About People- Families
- Culture
Looking Back- Time and Change
- Trace a Family History
- Our Country’s History
- Everyday life, past and present
Jobs People Do- Goods and Services