English Grade One Curriculum

The curriculum of St. Stephen's Armenian Elementary School is comprised of literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, physical education and the fine arts. The Learning Goals under each core area represent the schools end of the year expectations for students in grade one. The first grade curriculum will include but not be limited to these topics. The developmental level of students as well as their varying abilities and interest will be taken into account when designing and implementing instruction.

Literacy

Concepts about print:

Identify cover page of a book
Follow left-to-right progression

Decoding:

Identify consonants and corresponding sounds
Identify vowels and corresponding short and long vowels sounds
Decode words with initial and final consonant blends
Decode words with initial and final consonant digraphs
Decode words with vowel digraphs
Demonstrate understanding of one-to-one letter/sound correspondence
Identify and use rhyming words
Recognize word patterns

Comprehension:

Retell main events from story read aloud
Identify events from the beginning, middle and the end of the story
Sequence events
Recognize fantasy vs. reality
Identify main characters
Make predictions about text
Relate story to personal experience
Describe setting
Identify the main idea of the story

Writing:

Contribute to class writing activities
Use phonetic spelling to write
Write words to convey thoughts
Use known letters or approximations of letters to represent written language
Demonstrate understanding that print carries a message
Create story maps for reading and writing
Edit for punctuation (period, question mark, exclamation point)
Edit for capitalization (names of people and places, beginning of sentence, the word "I")
Write simple story with beginning, middle and end
Use a word wall for reference

Grammar

Recognize antonyms and synonyms
Generate antonyms and synonyms
Alphabetize words using initial letter
Recognize compound words
Identify apostrophe in contractions

Communication:

Follow directions
Take turns during discussions
Show appropriate sitting behavior during group discussion
Give opinions and descriptions
Express feelings

Mathematics:

Number System:

Connect numbers to quantities they represent
Represent quantities with numbers, words or pictures
Sequence numbers to 100
Identify and write numbers to 100
Demonstrates understanding of place value
Count by 2's, 5's and 10's

Computation:

Compare amounts to 20
Distinguish between and solve combining and separating problems
Solve addition and subtraction problem to 12
Use strategies for solving addition and subtraction problems

Data:

Collect information by counting and estimating
Sort and classify objects according to common attributes
Collect and represent data using graphs and charts
Conduct surveys

Probability / Statistics:

Identify patterns
Create patterns
Copy patterns
Use patterns to make predictions

Measurement:

Compare objects of various sizes
Compare volume, length and weight of common objects
Demonstrate proper use of balance as tool for comparing weight

Geometry:

Sort 3-D and 2-D shapes according to common attributes
Describe Shapes
Learn names of common shapes

Time and Money

Tell time on the hour and half hour using standard and digital clocks
Represent time on the hour and half hour using standard and digital clocks
Identify and know value of penny, nickel, dime and quarter
Count pennies and nickels; pennies and dimes; pennies, dimes and nickels
Make change

Communication:

Use appropriate language to describe and compare amounts
Use pictures, numbers or words to record solutions to problems
Work cooperatively in groups to solve problems

Science

Plants:

Identify size, texture and shape as characteristics of trees
Identify parts of tree (branch, root, trunk, leaves)
Identify parts of seed
Represent life cycle of plants using movement, drawings, writing or words
Recognize that plants need soil, sunlight and water
Identify different uses of plants

Weather:

Identify words that describe weather
Record weather changes over time
Use tools to assess weather (thermometer, wind sock, rain gauge)
Identify different types of storms
Graph daily weather patterns
Demonstrate that air takes up space
Identify different types of clouds
Describe activities and clothing appropriate to four seasons

Growing and Changing

Identify ways people change as they grow
Understand that digestion changes food so that the body can use it as fuel
Recognize the food pyramid and place food appropriately on food pyramid
Recognize well-balanced meals
Understand that animals grow and change in different ways
Recognize that some animals hatch from eggs and other are born live
Demonstrate knowledge of the life cycle of ladybug using drawing, words and writing
Make predictions about the life cycle of ladybugs

Sound and Light

Identify loud and soft, high and low sounds
Understanding that we hear because sound travels through parts of the ear
Identify parts of the ear
Understand that we see because light travels through different parts of the eye
Identify parts of the eye
Demonstrate that white light is comprised of different colors of light using a prism

Social Studies

Communities:

Understand that a neighborhood describe homes and business in a given area
Describe different types of homes
Learn the relationship between homes, neighborhoods, communities, states, countries and the Earth
Understand that families come in different sizes and compositions
Identify laws and rules in their communities
Learn that voting is one way communities make decisions
Describe jobs that people have in their community
Distinguish between needs and wants

Our Country and Our World

Recognize land and water features of our country
Identify similarities and differences between the United States, Canada ands Mexico
Identify natural resources and describe how they are important
Identify ways to care for natural resources
Identify different groups of Native Americans
Identify positive and negative consequences of Columbus' arrival in America
Learn about the harsh conditions facing Pilgrims in America
Understand the unfairness of slavery and the continuing struggle of people of color in the United States
Understand that immigration is an ongoing process in America