FIRST GRADE CURRICULUM

READING (Macmillan/McGraw - Hill)

Book 1 - Day by Day

• Introduce short vowels (a, i)
• Review consonants
• Introduce inflectional ending ___s (Pat, taps)
• Digraph __ck as in quack, sh, th
• Sequence of Events
• Context Clues
• Study Vocabulary Words
• Unit I test on above skills
• Technology: Extend lesson activities through research and inquiry ideas. Visit www.mhschool.com/reading

Book 2 - Together is Better

• Short u - example: fun, tug, hum, sun
• Inflectional ending ___ed
• Short o - example: top, got, on, rock
• Short e - example: pen, wet, red, net
• Introduce "Main Ideas"
• Blends (sl, sm, sn, fl, fr)

Book 3 - Stories to Tell

• Blends
• ch, wh, nk
• Long a: a___e
• Story Setting
• Compare/contrast
• Possessives
• Contractions
• Diagrams

Book 4 - Let's Find Out

• Introduce Long i: i___e,  o: o___e,  u:u___e
• Introduce Cause & Effect
• Review inflectional ending __s, __es, __ed, __er, __est
• Making inferences
• Introduce long a vowel (ai and ay)
• Unit tests

Book 5 : Many Paths

• Introduce /u/  oo
• Introduce fantasy and reality
• Inflectional ending ___ing
• Introduce ar, ur, ir, er sounds
• Introduce compound words
• Introduce ou, ow, oi, ou sounds
• Unit Tests

MATH

• Printing numbers from 0 - 12
• Bar graphs
• Counting pennies
• Greater than/less than
• Counting on and back on a number line
• Sums to 5; differences to 5
• Problem solving (example: 6 rabbits were in the garden. 2 of them ran away. How many rabbits were still in the garden?)
• Counting on to add 1, 2, 3 on a number line
• Counting on to add 1, 2, 3
• Place value and counting
• Tens and ones
• Printing and counting numbers to 100
• Comparing numbers to tenth (first, second, third, etc.)
• Counting by 2's, 5's, 10's
• Time: working with time: o'clock and 30 minutes after the hour
• Money counting: up to $1.00
• Pennies
• Nickels
• Dimes
• Quarters
• Sums to 12
• Doubles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (5+5, 3+3, etc.)
• Doubles plus one (4+4 -------- 4+5)
• Column addition
• Problem solving
• Differences to 12
• Counting up to subtract (6 - 4 = 2     4 to 5 to 6)
• Addition and subtraction (example: 12-11, 12-10, 12-9, 12-8, 12-7, 12-6, 12-5, 12-4, 12-3, 12-2, 12-1)
• Numbers that equal 12 (example: 7+5, 5+7, 8+4, 4+8)
• Doubles such as 6 + 6, 8 + 8, 7 + 7, 9 + 9)
• Problem solving:     Brad saw 13 birds; 7 flew away; How many were left? Answer:  ____ birds
• Fractions and measurements (equal parts) 1/2, 1/3, 1/4
• Unit on calculators
• Adding and subtracting 2 digit numbers without trading: 75 - 30 = 45

RELIGION 

Unit One: Our Church Community

• We Belong to Jesus' Church
• We Gather to Celebrate Mass
• God's Word Teaches Us
• We Give Praise to God

•  God Made us to be Good and Holy
• Baptism is a Wonderful Gift
• We Give Thanks to God

Unit Four: The Holy Spirit

•  Jesus Sends Us the Holy Spirit
• We Celebrate the Gift of the Holy Spirit
• The Holy Spirit is our Helper
• Holy Spirit Helps Us Pray

Unit Five: Jesus' Church of Followers

•  We Celebrate Pentecost
• We Pray with Holy Songs
• Church Helps the World

Feast and Seasons: Advent, Christmas, Lent, Holy Week, Easter, Holy Days, Mary, Saints

In addition, we have class prayer services. The prayers that Grade One students should know are: Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, Angel of God, Meal Prayers

SPELLING AND HANDWRITING
In GRADE ONE SPELLING  and HANDWRITING we follow the Zaner-Bloser books entitled Spelling Connections and Handwriting. We also follow the Daily Oral Language. 

We find these connections in every unit:

• Sounds and letters (consonants and vowels) and rhyming.
• Unit spelling tests: short vowel words, long vowel words plus double o (oo), consonant cluster words, adding _s to words, adding _ing to words.
• Final consonants within words: ck, th, sh sounds.
• Print spelling words in word families ( an) etc.
• Track letters in alphabetical order.
• Print spelling words to complete sentences.
• Use spelling words to write stories.
• Do journal writing.

In Handwriting, which is also Zaner-Bloser, we teach:

• The correct formation of lowercase and uppercase letters and numbers.
• Print words and put words into sentences.
• Print sentences and stories in our journals.
• Zaner - Bloser Alphabet (print a sample sheet)

Daily Oral Langauge* concentrates on:

• Handwriting skills
• Doing Daily Oral Language (correcting words when writing a sentence.)
• Writing sentences in correct format, capitalization of the first word, ending sentences with a period or questions mark.

*We begin the Daily Oral Language after Christmas. 

GRAMMAR

• A sentence is a group of words that tells a complete thought.
• Every sentence begins with a capital letter.
• Writing statements, question, and exclamations
• Writing sentences
• Nouns, Proper Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives within sentences

SCIENCE

In GRADE ONE SCIENCE we study the following:

• Mammals - Mammals are animals that are covered with heair (fur) and usually move about on two or four legs and are born live.
• Birds - Birds are animals that have two legs, wings and a body covering of feathers.
• Fish - Fish are animals that live in water and have gills for breathing.
• Insects - Insects are animals with three body parts, usually 2 - 4 winds and six legs.
• Plants in the Garden - We identify roots, stems and leaves. We also classify plants.
• Think Earth - This is an environmental program.
• Energy Unit - Smoking and your body

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Where we live: Maps, Neighborhoods, Communities, State, Country
• We belong: Families, People together, Getting along, Voting
• People at Work: Jobs, Needs and wants, Money, Graphs, Shelter, Service
• Our World: Natural resources, Weather, Seasons

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Updated 9/24/06