First Grade Curriculum

Language Arts
Math
Social Studies 
Health
Science
Physical Education

LANGUAGE ARTS READING AND WRITING 

• Demonstrate comprehension skills by identifying the main idea of a story, providing details, and retelling the events of a story.
• Distinguish and apply the following letter sound relationships:
• Initial, medial and final consonant sounds, including “x” and “qu”.
• Consonant blends.
• Consonant digraphs (ch,th,sh,and wh)
• Inflectional endings (s,es,ed, and ing) 
• Long and short vowel patterns
• Use a variety of strategies to decode text and make meaning. 
• Recognize 90% of sight vocabulary based on 1st grade high frequency words.
• Identify title, author, illustrator, title page, page number, and table of contents. 
• Build vocabulary comprehension through formal and informal study.
• Alphabetize to the first letter.
• Write upper and lower case letters of the alphabet using correct D’Nealian letter formation. 

• Write a complete sentence using a combination of invented and conventional spelling.

• Write a simple story with a beginning, middle and end. 

• Identify sentence units in print:

  • Beginning capitalization
  •  Nouns
  •  Verbs
  •  Adjectives
  •  End punctuation
• Share writing with appropriate audiences.
• Demonstrate ability in reading speaking, and writing through a variety of forms or experiences. 
• Respond to an audio/visual presentation when given a specific purpose.
• Respond to various selections from a chosen children’s author, fiction and non-fiction books, and a variety of multicultural literature. back

MATHEMATICS 
• Extend and complete patterns including whole numbers or attributes. 
• Demonstrate an ability to estimate.
• Demonstrate an understanding of place value to 100.
• Recognize ordinal numbers first through fifth.
• Demonstrate an understanding of fractions 1/3, ¼, ½, and a whole.
• Solve addition and subtraction problems.
• Demonstrate knowledge of creating and combining equal groups.
• Create, interpret and describe graphs, tables and charts.
• Solve problems including time, elapsed time and calendar. 
• Demonstrate an understanding of attributes of length, capacity, weight, area, volume, and temperature. 
• Identify and draw geometric shapes, figures, and solids.
• Solve problems involving elementary notions of probability and chance.
• Understand money value with pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. back

SOCIAL STUDIES 
• Explore the Earth you live on. 
• Participate in the school community.
• Experience customs around the world through holidays and literature.
• Follow the Responsive Classroom Model of rules and responsibilities. back

Health 
• Explore community and personal health. 
• Practice disease prevention. 
• Explore family health issues.
• Discuss substance abuse prevention. 
• Reinforce first aid, safety, and accident prevention strategies.
• Discuss benefits and types of physical activity. back

SCIENCE 
• Sunshine and Shadows
• Structure and Behavior of Organisms
• Life Scycle of Butterflies

PHYSICAL EDUCATION
• Explore locomotor, non-locomotor and manipulative skills.
• Engage in and demonstrate several physical activities.
• Follow classroom and activity-specific rules and safety practices.
• Experience enjoyment while participating in physical activity and interact with peers in groups. back

West Stafford School

Ms. Nora Claus
Mrs. Brandy Gadoury
Mrs. Barbara Gilhuly 
Mrs. JoAnne Travers 
 

The Stafford Board of Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, national origin, color, handicapping conditions, age, sexual orientation, or religion in its educational programs and services or employment.


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