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FIRST GRADE CURRICULUM
(Kdg
- 5th Grade Curriculum .pdf)
Language Arts
Reading/Literature
• Comprehension strategies: rereading, predicting, sequencing, cause/effect,
classifying, paraphrasing, summarizing
• Story elements: character, setting, problem, solution, main idea
• Types of literature: realistic fiction, fantasy, fable, biography, poetry
• Types of informational text: science and social studies books, menus
• Accelerated Reader
Language
• Weekly spelling
• Grade appropriate mechanics: end punctuation, quotation marks, capitalization
• Grade appropriate grammar and sentence structure: complete sentences,
statements, questions, exclamations
• Vocabulary: word families, synonyms, antonyms
• Reference skills: picture dictionary
Writing
• Prewriting and drafting strategies, drawing pictures, sharing ideas
• Revising and editing strategies: completing a draft elaboration
• Types of writing: narrative, poetry, business, friendly letter, expository
• Thinking map skills (graphic organizers)
Penmanship
• Legible manuscript: upper and lower case letters with and without a model
Speaking and Listening
• Follows two-step and generates three-step directions
• Listening: takes turns, raises hand, focuses on speaker, avoids interrupting,
asks appropriate questions
• Expresses ideas orally: clarity, volume, eye contact, keeping to the
topic, sequencing of thoughts, standard English, correct grammar, personal
voice
• Types of speaking opportunities: poems, personal voice/sharing, role-playing,
creative dramatics, presentation of personal writing, retelling a story
• Group participation: stays on task
Social Studies
History
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Families, School, jobs, communication—Past and present
• Sequencing/timelines
• Primary sources
Civics
• Rules
• Responsibilities
• Community service
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Power & authority
• Responsible citizen/public Issues
• Core democratic values
• Solving personal problems/fairness
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Reciting the “Pledge of Allegiance”
Geography
• Five themes: movement, regions, human/environment interaction, location,
place
• Map of the classroom and familiar places
• Symbols for charts, graphs, maps
Economics
• Resources, opportunity cost, scarcity
• How families meet needs and wants
• Making economic choices, goods/services
• Careers
Multicultural Education
• Focus on cultural universals
Field Trips/Guest Speakers
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Planetarium • YMCA
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Theater plays • Library
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`Weather • Animal Exhibits
• SVSU Sculpture Gallery
• Chippewa Nature Center-sap running
Science
Life Science
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Our senses • Life cycles
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Living & Non-living • Habitats
Earth Science
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Weather • Land, water & air • Matter
Health
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Staying safe • Foods • Hygiene
Scientific Processes
IB Units
• Who we are: Making wise choices
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Where we are in place & time: Families past and present
• How we express ourselves: Pictures tell stories
• How the world works: Weather
• How we organize ourselves: Trade, jobs, money
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Sharing the planet: interconnectedness of plants & animals
Technology
• Typing program (home row keys)
• Microsoft Word (typing, editing, printing)
• Internet searches
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Internet safety • Internet ethics
Math
Numbers, Numeration, and Order
• Counting backward from 110 starting from any number
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Counting by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, 10’s beyond 110
• Even and odd numbers
• Tallies to 100
• Ones, tens, hundreds place
• Number words for numerals
• Ordinal positions
• Fractions: 1/2, 1/3, 1/4. equal parts
Operations, Relations, and Number Systems
• Addition and subtraction facts to 12
• Sums and differences of one two digit numbers without regrouping
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Equations using +, –, =
• Commutative property
• Addition and subtraction fact families
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Add or subtract 10’s and multiples of 10 using a number grid
• Mental math
• Accelerated math
Measurement and Reference Frames
• Nonstandard units of measure
• Instruments for measuring
• Estimating length
• Day, date
• Telling time to the hour or half-hour
• Value of coins, counting, exchanging coins
• Thermometers
• Balance scales
• Weighing objects
Geometry and Spatial Relations
• Squares, circles, rectangles, octagons, hexagons
• Spheres, cubes, cylinders, cones, pyramids, rectangular prisms
Problem Solving
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Logic problems • Critical thinking
Patterns
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Pattern unit • Growing/repeating patterns
Date & Probability
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Chart • Graphs: reading & interpreting
• Tallymarks
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