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1st GRADE

FIRST GRADE READING and WRITING

Read and Understand the Meaning of Simple Words

·        Apply basic phonetic analysis (initial and final consonants, initial diagraphs, two-letter blends, CVC word patterns)

·        Read words with long and short vowel patterns

·         Read and comprehend word endings/suffixes  (-possessives, -ed, -ing, plurals)

·        Read and use sight words

·        Name words with opposite meanings (antonyms), words that rhyme, simple compound words, and synonyms

·        Distinguish between naming and action words (nouns and verbs)

·        Use picture clues to read and understand words

·        Put words in alphabetical order

Read for Meaning (Main Idea, Sequence) and Read Aloud Smoothly

·        Read left to right, top to bottom, and front to back

·        Choose books of interest that they can read

·        Tell fiction from nonfiction (real and make-believe stories)

·        Tell the main idea and sequence

·        Predict what will happen next

·        Tell about the setting and plot (main characters, events, theme, cause and effect, conclusion)

·        Read aloud smoothly


 

Communicate through Writing

·Know when a group of words is a sentence

· Print using the correct form and neatly so others can read their printing (appropriate spacing of letters and words)

·Write sentences that begin with a capital letter and end with a period

·Keep a journal using words, sentences, drawings, and invented spelling

·Write about personal experiences using proper sentences

·Use sight words in sentence

·Develop and write a story including illustrations

·Identify the purpose of capital letters, periods, question marks, and exclamation points

Discussions

· Discuss what they read

· Tell the main idea and show something (photograph, object, drawing) to make their idea clearer

· Use a sequence when speaking

· Use correct loudness when speaking and stand still when speaking

· Tell ideas about what you read or heard in a discussion or a large group

· Tell a personal experience and retell stories in sequence and know when what you tell is complete

· During a discussion wait your turn to talk, listen to others while you wait, and stay on the topic

Listening

· Sit quietly without disturbing others and show the speaker you are listening

· Listen for main ideas and recall sequences

·   Ask appropriate questions

· Follow one and two step directions

FIRST GRADE MATH

NUMERATION

Read, Write, and Compare Numbers to 100

  • Count aloud to 100
  • Counting on (0-100)
  • Counting backwards
  • Write numbers to 100 in order
  • Identify and write numbers to 100 out of order
  • Put two-digit numbers in order
  • Tell if numbers are greater than, less than, or equal using words and symbols (<, >, =)

Count to 100 in Many Ways

  • See the pattern in numbers from 0-100
  • Count and write by 2’s (both even and odd numbers), 5’s and 10’s to 100

Place Value of Ones and Tens

  • Group objects by ones and tens
  • Identify the ones place and tens place in two-digit numbers
  • Count and group objects into tens and ones, and use words, models, and symbols to represent the numbers

Identify Simple Fractions

· Identify part of a whole and part of a group ( ½ , 1/3, ¼ )

 MEASUREMENT

Choose a Unit of Measure

·   Measure using nonstandard units (paper clips, cubes, pencils, shoes, etc.)

· Estimate and measure length in inches, a foot, centimeters (longer/shorter), yard, and meter

·  Compare the weight of an object to a pound, kilogram

· Compare cups, pints, quarts, and liter

·  Relate temperature on a thermometer to pictures

·   Calendar (months, days of the week)

Time

  • Tell and write time to hour and half hour using analog and digital clocks

(before/after and shorter/longer)

 

Money

  • Identify the value of a nickel as 5 cents (counting groups of pennies and nickels)
  • Identify the value of a dime as 10 cents (counting groups of dimes and pennies)
  • Identify the value of a quarter as 25 cents (explore groups of coins whose value is 25 cents)
  • Count groups of coins using one quarter, dimes, nickels, and pennies with values less than a dollar

ESTIMATION AND COMPUTATION

Addition and Subtraction Process

  • Know the meaning of symbols (+, -, =)
  • Use manipulatives to add and subtract
  • Add or subtract using numbers vertically and horizontally
  • Identify one more than, one less than
  • Missing addends
  • Estimate computation
  • Learn and memorize basic addition and subtraction facts (sums through 20)
  • Know fact families and “double” facts

Add and Subtract Two-Digit Numbers Without Regrouping

  • Solve two-digit addition and subtraction problems using manipulatives
  • Identify ten more than, ten less than
  • Estimate and check quantities 10-100
  • Start addition or subtraction process in the ones columns
  • Correctly line up addition and subtraction problems with two-digit numbers
   

FUNCTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS

· Create and Solve Problems

· Recognize and use the symbols +, - and =

· Explore inverse operations with addition and subtraction

·  Sort objects and recognize, describe, extend, and create patterns involving numbers, shape, size, rhythm, or color

·   Create addition and subtraction sentences which demonstrate understanding of commutative identity properties using manipulatives and pictures

GEOMETRY

  • Identify, Describe, Classify Geometric Shapes and Describe their Position/Location in Space
  • Identify and describe circles, triangles, rectangles, and squares
  • Solid shapes: identify real life objects with solid shapes (cube, cylinder, sphere, cone)
  • Flat shapes: learn names, number of sides, number of corners
  • Draw and build familiar shapes
  • Open and closed figures
  • Use terms such as left, right, middle, near, far, below, above, up, etc. to give and respond to Directions about location (inside/outside) and to describe
  • Identify objects that are symmetrical
  • Congruency

STATISTICS/PROBABILITY

·  Collect, Organize, Display, and Interpret Data on Simple Graphs and Charts
Make and use pictographs, bar graphs, and real object graphs

·   Use graphs to interpret and compare data and make predictions

·  Use tally marks to tabulate data

·  Determine if the outcomes or possible or impossible

· Sort using 2 circle Venn diagrams

PROBLEM SOLVING, COMMUNICATION, REASONING

  • Solve and create simple word problems
  •  Calculate simple problems mentally
  • Develop and apply strategies to solve problems
  • Explain thinking aboutproblem strategies and solutions
  • Children act out a story problem

 

FIRST GRADE SCIENCE

First Grade students will investigate insects, solids and liquids, pebbles, sand and silt. Students will develop scientific process skills by observing, communicating, classifying, measuring, predicting, and will carry out experiments.

·        Generate questions about familiar objects/events

·        Use tools to enhance observations

·        Group objects or events according to characteristics

·        Gain accuracy with estimations of quantity and attributes

·        Use data in tables, graphs, maps, or diagrams to answer specific, simple questions

·        Record observations and data with pictures, numbers, or written statements

·        Describe the relative position of objects by using two references (e.g., above and next to, below and left of)

·        Make new observations when discrepancies exist between two descriptions of the same object or phenomenon

·        Follow directions for safety using designated equipment

 

CORE CONCEPTS

Life Science

 

·        Discuss how to treat living things

·        Develop a curiosity and interest in insects and a respect for them as living things

·        Experience some of the great diversity of forms in the animal kingdom

·        Become familiar with some of the life sequences that different types of insects inhibit i.e., simple and complete metamorphosis

·        Observe the behaviors of insects at different stages of their life cycle

·        Provide for the needs of insects e.g., air, water, food, and space

·        Know that different plants and animals inhabit different kinds of environments and have external features that help them thrive in different kinds of places

·        Explore cells in organism (e.g., know that there are things too small to be seen by the naked eye

·        Diagram the life cycle of a living thing

·        Discuss the pupa stage in butterfly and moth development

·        Compare cocoons to chrysalises

·        Study the differences between butterflies and moths

Physical Science

·        Develop a curiosity and interest in the objects that make up their world

·        Investigate materials constructively during free exploration and in a guided discovery mode

·        Recognize differences between solids and liquids

·        Observe and describe the properties of solids and liquids

·        Sort materials according to properties

·        Combine and separate solids of different particle sizes

·        Examine the properties of water

·        Learn that water takes the shape of its container and pours easily

·        Conclude that a liquid can change shape but not volume when moved from one container to another

·        Observe and describe what happens when other liquids are mixed with water

·        Investigate how oil mixed with water affects density and/or buoyancy

·        Perform a simplified scratch test on various solids

·        Group objects according to how hard they are

·        Arrange a group of objects by increasing hardness

·        Use information gathered to conduct an investigation on an unknown material

·        Know the properties of substances can change when the substances are mixed, cooled or heated

·        Explore that light can pass through some objects and not others

Earth/Space Science

 

·        Develop a curiosity and interest in the physical world around them

·        Know that Earth materials consist of solid rocks, soils, liquid water, and the gases of the atmosphere

·        Use a magnifier to examine soil

·        Observe, describe, and sort earth materials based on properties

·        Separate earth materials by size, using different techniques

·        Know rocks come in many sizes and shapes, from boulders to grains of sand and even smaller

·        Demonstrate that rocks can be broken down into small particles

·        Generate a list of rock characteristics e.g., texture, shape, color, size, etc.

·        Observe the similarities and differences in the materials in a river rock mixture: silt, sand, gravel, and small and large pebbles

·        Give examples of various kinds of pollution

·        Compare water that has passed through polluted soil and non-polluted soil

·        Explore places where earth materials are used

·        Compare the ingredients in different soils

World of Work

·        Identifies medical professions as careers in the life sciences Keeps a journal of occupations in the community that use science

·        Develops a list of questions about how science might be used in an occupation

·        Surveys parents on how science is used at their place of work

·        Discusses why safety is important in science careers

·        Graph the number of ways science is used in science occupations

·        Identifies tools that are used in science careers


FIRST GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES

COURSE CONTENTThe first grade social studies curriculum will help students learn more about their responsibilities to other people.  First Grade students will learn about school, classroom and community. Students explore the concept of family, school and the need for rules.  Students explore the concept of teamwork, cooperation, and neighborhood.  Students explore the concept of cultural identity, individual goal setting, and achievement.  Students identify qualities of a leader and hero; learn the importance of rainfall, and how seasonal changes affect people’s lives.  Students explore concept of environmental responsibility and working for the good of all.  Students explore concept of good citizenship and global relationships.

 

CULTURE

 

·        Recognize that culture is learned behavior that includes customs, beliefs, rules, ways of life, language, food, and clothing

·        Recognize that people learn customs form their culture

·        Explain the culture of the family and community

·        Recognize people use diverse language to communicate with one another

·        Describe the importance of diverse beliefs, customs, and traditions of families

·        Retell stories from diversely selected folktales, myths, and legends

 

HISTORY

 

·        Recognize some early forms of communication and how communication has changed over time

·        Recognize that other countries have a longer history than the United States

·        Distinguish between the past, present, and future

·        Describes a period of change that occurred during the student’s lifetime

·        Recognize major events in American History

CITIZENSHIP/GOVERNMENT

 

·        Explains and abides by school rules

·        Demonstrates respect for peers and adults

·        Uses appropriate conflict resolution strategies

·        Work independently and cooperatively to accomplish goals

·        Recognize that cooperation is necessary in working with a group to complete a task

·        Recognize individuals have responsibilities to the group whether as a leader or as a member

·        Recognize the United States Constitution as the basis for the laws in our country

·        Categorize rules and laws we follow as members of a family, school and community

·        Understand that community governments employ various service workers

·        Identify leaders in the community, state, and nation

·        Describe the relationship between local, state, and national government

·        Define citizenship and responsibility

·        Examine the rights and responsibilities of the student in relation to their social group, such as family, peer group, and school class

·        Design a set of rules or laws for a home, classroom, or community

·        Recite and explain the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance

·        Understand that voting is a way of making choices and decisions

·        Explain how selected customs, symbols, and celebrations reflect an American love of individualism and inventiveness

·        Explain selected national and state patriotic symbols such as the United States flag and the Alaskan flag

·        Reviews and states pertinent information: full name, parent’s name, phone number, address, birth date and age

GEOGRAPHY

 

·        Recognize that maps and globes are representations or models of specific places

·        Recognizes that the globe is a model of the earth

·        Locate their home, neighborhood, and school on a visual representation

·        Use map symbols and legends to identify locations and directions

·        Interpret symbols that represent various forms of geographic data

·        Locate places using North, South, East, and West on maps and globes

·        Locate cities, states, countries, and continents on maps and globes and major bodies of water on maps and globes

·        Locate and name places in school and the neighborhood

·        Identify the geographic location of the Untied States and Alaska on a globe and a map

·        Estimate distances such as from home to school

·        Define natural resources and explain how people are dependent on them

·        Describe what weather is

·        Observes local weather condition and dresses appropriately

ECONOMICS

 

·        Understands that everything has value to someone

·        Identifies the basic needs (food, shelter, clothing)

·        Recognize that workers who provide services earn money to meet needs and wants

·        Recognize that people advertise goods and services through different forms of communication

·        Identify how people exchange goods and services

·        Describe the requirements of various jobs and the characteristics of a job well performed

·        Describe how specialized jobs contribute to the production of goods and services

·        Give examples of industries and the resources needed to operate industries

·        Identify examples of goods and services in the home, school, and community

·        Distinguish the difference between goods and services

·        Differentiate between consumers and producers

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