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Curriculum - First Grade Skills Emphasis
First Grade Skills Emphasis | Second Grade Skills Emphasis | Third Grade Skills Emphasis | Fourth Grade Skills Emphasis | Fifth Grade Skills Emphasis

Language Arts
Phonics and Reading:
Review of vowels, consonants, blends, one- and two- vowel words, consonant blends
Recognition and use of all phonics special sounds in reading
Spelling rules: doubling consonants, dropping silent e, changing y to i
Oral reading


Manuscript writing:
Review of letter formation
Daily seatwork practice in all academic areas


Language:
Capitalization of first word in a sentence, proper names, days of the week, and months of the year
Correct punctuation at the ends of sentences
Recognition of complete sentences
Words using suffixes, prefixes, syllables, compound words, rhyming words, opposite words, same meaning words, and contractions
Alphabetizing of words
Writing complete sentences and short stories
Creative writing


Social Studies:
This is My America
My America's Flag
My America's Freedom
Symbols of My America
Great People of America
My America Grows
My America Talks
My America Travels
My America is Beautiful
My America Sings
This is My World: Mexico, Peru, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, England, the Netherlands, Norway, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Israel, Egypt, India, China, Australia, Guam, American Samoa


Science:
Discovering Myself
Discovering My Toys
Discovering Animals
Discovering Insects
Discovering Plants
Discovering Seasons


Mathematics:
Review all skills introduced in K5
Count by 2's, 25's, and 100's
Count by 10's from any number
Read and write numbers to 1000
Compare and order numbers to 100
Identify how many more or less
Identify one more, one less, ten more, ten less
Identify the value of a digit in a number
Identify place value to hundreds'
Identify ordinal position to the sixth
Identify evens and odds
Identify pairs
Identify properties of addition and multiplication
Identify multiples, factors, products, addends, sums, differences, quotients, dividends, and divisors
Identify numbers and patterns on a hundred number chart
Draw pictures and write number sentences to solve story problems
Use mental computation and estimation strategies
Recognize the relationship between operations
Master basic addition facts
Identify missing addends for sums of 10
Add 10 to a two-digit number
Add two multi-digit numbers with or without regrouping
Add three or more single-digit numbers
Master basic subtraction facts
Subtract 10 from a two-digit number
Check subtraction answers
Find half of a set
Identify and count pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and dollars
Name and draw polygons
Construct and name line segments
Identify angles
identify geometric solids
Measure and draw line segments to the nearest centimeter
Measure using feet
Identify equivalent customary and metric linear units
Estimate the weight of objects
Weigh objects using non-standard units
Find the volume of containers in cups
Identify gallon, liter, and quart
Compare temperatures
Read and represent time to the half hour
Create and read a bar graph
Write observations from a graph


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