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FIRST GRADE CURRICULUM
             
Reading:
Classification
Beginning/ending sounds
Short/long vowels
Context clues
Main idea
Predicting outcomes
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Drawing conclusions
Contractions
Sequence
Antonyms/synonyms
Opposites
Word order
Story telling
Poetry
Stated details
Digraphs
Commas
Possessives
Singular
Plural
Following written and oral direction
Story Plot
Intial clusters/Final clusters
Pronoun referents
Word order in questions
Homophones
Realism and fantasy
Quotation marks
Endings: -es,-ed,-s,-ing,-ly
Base words/Compound words
Abbreviations
ABC order to first letter
Characterization
Cause and effect
Rhyme
Title page/Table of contents
Inflections
Author/Illustrator
Sharing information
Summarize

Social Studies :
Famous people

  English :
Study Skills
Subjects
Nouns
Verbs
Adverbs
Adjectives
Article adjectives
Writing statements
Writing a question
Capitlaizing the pronoun I
Capitalizing names of people
Prepositions
Object of preposition
Capitalizing days of the week, months, towns, and states
Contractions
Writing sentences
Subject/verb parts
Paragraphs
Letter writing: friendly and thank you
Writing envelopes

Phonics & Spelling:
Consonants
Short vowels
Long vowels
Blends
Beginning sounds
Ending sounds
Initial clusters
Digraphs
Final clusters
Special sight words

Writing :
ABC's (manuscript)
Journal writing
Sentnce writing
Creative stories
Poetry
Informational material
  Mathematics:
Counting to 1,000
Number writing to 1,000
Even and odd numbers
Writing and reading Roman numerals 1-10
Recognizing cardinal and ordinal number words 1-10
Place value
Addition and subtractions of families 1-18
Addition and subtraction two and three digit numbers
Writing addition sentences
Writing subtractions sentences
Problem solving
Money
Adding and subtracting money
Greater than
Less than
Geometric shapes: square, circle, rectangle, triangle
Symmetry
Graphs
Logical thinking
Patterns
Calendar (days months, seasons)
Measurements (inches, centimeters)
Time (to the hour, half hour, quarter past, quarter till, and five minute intervals)
Fractions: 1/2, 1/3, 1/4
Temperature
Perimeter
Multiplication (groups of two, three, five, and ten)
Sequence
 

Science:
Trees
Evergreen, deciduous
Photosynthesis
Seasons
Parts of leaves, plants, tree
What plants need to grow
Growth of apples/pumpkins
Animals
Hibernation
Aestivation
Migration Homes/habitats
Mammals
Spiders
Webs
Parts of a spider
Characteristics
Owls
Teeth/Dental health
Weather: rain, wind, snow, sleet, hail, thunderstorms, tornadoes, clouds, rainbows, thermometer
Plants
Simple plants
Flowering plants
Sunlight
Soil
Water
Magnets
Oceans
Salt water
Vetebrates
Whales/dolphins
Shells
Space
Planets
Astronauts
Exploration

  Johnny Appleseed
Christopher Columbus
Pilgrims/Indians
Squanto
Marting Luther King, Jr.
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Betsy Ross
Helen Keller
Neil Armstrong
Governor
President
Maps
  State
Continents
Oceans
Compass rose
Symbols
Drawing maps
Community Helpers
Fire fighters
Nurses
Doctors
Teachers
Dentists
Meteorologists
Astronauts
Scientists
Forester
Botanists
Holidays
Different cultures
Celebrations
Friendship
Flag

Pledge
Colors
Stars/stripes

 

 

 

 

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