LANGUAGE ARTS

Reading / Literature

·         Sound out short and long vowel words using phonic skills

·         Connect sounds with printed words

·         Use reading strategies for word identification

·         Read basic 1st grade sight words correctly within context, including color words and numbers through ten

·         Self-correct when reading aloud

·         Read orally with expression

·         Draw or identify a picture that illustrates the meaning of a three sentence paragraph

·         Draw a simple conclusion from material read and select a correct answer

·         Alphabetize words in order to the first letter

·         Identify title, author, and illustrator

·         Retell what has been read

·         Correctly sequence a reading selection (beginning, middle, end)

·         Describe elements of a story: Character, setting, events (happenings), problem, and solution

Writing

·         Express ideas using pictures or writing

·         Write a sentence given a word or picture cue

·         Use capitalization and correct spacing when writing a sentence

·         Correctly use the three forms of ending punctuation (. ? !)

·         Spell basic sight words correctly

·         Given a prompt, write three or more sentences describing the prompt

 

Penmanship

·         Print first and last name correctly

·         Write upper and lower case letters         

·         Space letters and words correctly

·         Use legible handwriting in daily work   

 

Speaking / Listening

·         Verbally share information in front of a group with appropriate eye contact and voice

·         Contribute in small and/or large group discussion

·         Listen and follow multiple step verbal directions

·        Understand information presented orally

 

SOCIAL STUDIES

The following units will be completed during the school year. 

·         Time, events and chronological order

·         People, places and cultures

·         Community environments

·         Core Democratic Values: Equality      

                                                    Patriotism

                                                    Rule of Law

·         Economic systems:  Goods and  Services

                                            Producers and Consumers

                                                                

SCIENCE

The following units will be completed during the school year. 

·         Young adult plants and animals

·         Vertebrates:  mammals, birds and fish

·         Earth’s surface

·         Rocks, soil, wind and water

·         Recycle

MATHEMATICS

·         Identify, create, and predict repeating patterns

·         Rote count (to 110)

·         Skip count (by 10’s, 5’s, and 2’s)

·         Write numerals 1-110 in sequence

·         Write and identify any numeral 1-110

·         Identify coins and their value

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·         Tell time to the hour and half hour

·         Count with pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, dollars

·         Identify two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes

·         Understand position words such as above, below, behind, in front of

·         Apply calendar concepts in daily activities

·         Demonstrate understanding of place value using ones and tens

·         Read, interpret, and collect data for  simple picture or bar graphs

·         Measure in in ches

·         Compare measured lengths using the words shorter, shortest, longer, longest, taller, tallest

·         Adds and subtracts with or without manipulatives

·         Counts with pennies, nickels and dimes

·         Chooses proper operation (+, -) to solve story problems