First Grade 

Welcome to first grade!

Open Court Reading Program
Designed to

  • Develop confident and fluent readers through print and phonemic awareness activities and explicit phonics instruction
  • Engage students in constructing meaning through the teaching of reading comprehension skills and strategies

·  Grade 1 Goals
First grade students will... 

  • Have a solid foundation in phonemic awareness.
  • Learn the spelling of common English sounds and a strategy for reading unfamiliar words.
  • Develop fluency.
  • Read literature confidently and with understanding.
  • Become fluent readers.
  • Take responsibility for their own learning as they pursue personal paths of inquiry as soon as possible.

Units of Study - Language Arts

Let’s Read Animals 
Things That Go 
Our Neighborhood at Work
Weather Journeys
Keep Trying 
Games
Being Afraid 
Homes

Units of Study - Math

Patterns & Readiness for Addition and Subtraction
Understanding Addition and Subtraction
Strategies for Addition Facts to 12
Strategies for Subtraction Facts to 12
Geometry & Fractions
Time
Counting to 100
Place Value, Data & Graphs
Money
Measurement & Probability
Addition and Subtraction Facts to 18
Two-Digit Addition & Subtraction

Units of Study - Social Studies

I am a Citizen in the Classroom
I am a Citizen in a Family
I am a Citizen in a Community
I am a Citizen of the United States

Units of Study - Science

Senses
Nutrition
Seasons and Seasonal Change
Environmental Factors
Sun, Heat, and Temperature
Sun, Shadow and Earth
The Solar System
Seeds and Seedlings: Plants

We are looking forward to a wonderful school year!

 

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