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Grade 1 Language Arts |
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Grade: 1 Instructional Goals |
On-Going Resources/Tools |
D’Nealian Handwriting Key Vocabulary |
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Handwriting lessons, D’Nealian |
Alphabet strips |
monkey tail |
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Letter formation, spacing |
Big books |
fish hook |
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Wordbooks |
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Posture |
OT consult |
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Grips |
D’Nealian Work sheets |
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Grade: 1 Language Arts Instructional Goals |
September-October Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Alphabet: letter and sound recognition |
My Alphabet Museum, Phonics books, ABC bucket, Wordbooks |
Consonants, vowels |
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Poetry Rhyme Tracking |
Handouts |
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Birthdays
Colors
Apples
Seasons
Monsters Rhyme, repetition, sight vocabulary, tracking, picture clues |
Birthdays, Moira’s Birthday Happy Birthday Moon Today is Monday, A Color of His Own
Apple Pie Tree, The Season of Arnold’s Apple Tree
A Tree is Nice Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf
The Big Toe , In a Dark, Dark, Wood, The Monster’s Party, Where the Wild Things Are |
Months of the year Birthday Color words (red, yellow, orange, blue,purple ) Seed, tree, bark, blossom, apple
Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring
Reality / Fantasy |
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Journal writing Expressing ideas in writing |
Journals |
Upper case letter/lower case letter, punctuation, spaces, ideas, sentences |
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Letter writing/Morning message Parts of a letter, letter identification/sounds, syllables, segmentation, punctuation, capitalization, sight words
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Morning message |
Letter, date, greeting, message, closing, signature |
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Phonics: consonants, vowels |
Work sheets Games |
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Grade: 1 Language Arts Instructional Goals |
November-December Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Phonics: Short vowels Consonant/vowel/consonant pattern |
Explode the Code Primary Phonics Assorted worksheets, games, magnetic letter activities |
short vowels pattern |
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Phonetic based reading |
Steck-Vaughn books |
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Predictable Readers |
Wright Group |
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Story Sequencing |
Story Maps |
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Frank Asch Author Study |
Frank Asch Literature: Bear Shadow Moongame, Skyfire
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Author Illustrator Character |
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Fairy Tales Fairy tale story elements |
Fairy Tales: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Three Little Pigs |
hero, villain problem, solution setting, beginning, ending |
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Journal Writing Writing sentences, capitalization and punctuation
Letter writingParts of a letter |
Journals
Morning Message Special person letters |
abbreviation period, comma, question mark, exclamation point Spacing between words Capitalization |
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Grade: 1 Language Arts Instructional Goals |
January-March Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Winter study Problem Solution Rebus Alphabetical order Opposites Answer comprehension Questions in writing
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The Snowy Day Hats, Caps, Socks, and Mittens The Jacket I Wear in the Snow Fifty Below Zero Thomas’s Snowsuit Time to Sleep It’s Groundhog Day The Busy Beaver
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Problem Solution Rebus Alphabetical order Opposites Compound Words |
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Author Study: Ezra Jack Keats Character, setting Problem , solution Author , illustrator |
Keats’ literature: Dreams, Pet Show Whistle for Willie |
Author Illustrations Characters |
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Homes Non-fiction/fiction |
Literature: This is My House A House is a House for Me “Homes” kit |
Non-fiction/ Fiction Shelter |
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Japan Non-fiction/fiction Character, setting, problem, solution |
Assorted literature: How My Parents Learned to Eat, Crow Boy, Count Your Way through Japan, A to Zen |
Fiction/ Non-fiction
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Phonics: Short vowels, digraphs, blends |
Explore the Code Worksheets Games Magnetic letter activities |
Digraphs, blends |
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Written language: Journal Writing Letter Writing Story Writing: planning, writing, revising illustrating, sequencing capitalization and punctuation |
Monthly Journals
Special Person Letters
Winter Story |
Beginning, middle, end Planning, writing, revising |
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Grade: 1 Language Arts Instructional Goals |
April-June Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Health and Safety
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Health and Safety Packet Literature: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Bread and Jam for Frances |
Nutrition, food pyramid, food groups, safe/unsafe |
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Plants and Seeds
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Literature: The Tiny Seed, Growing Vegetable Soup The Reason for a Flower Seeds Get Around |
Seed, root, stem, leaf, bud, flower, soil, air, water, sun |
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Birds |
Literature: Have You Seen Birds? Birds’ Nests videos, nests, Audubon Ark presentation |
Parts of birds: (wing, crown, eye, feathers) prey, nest, egg |
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Author study: Robert McCloskey Illustration Setting |
McCloskey literature: Make Way for Ducklings, Blueberries for Sal , One Morning in Maine Field trip (Make Way for Ducklings tour) |
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Phonics: Long vowels Vowel combinations |
Explode the Code Worksheets Games |
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Written Language: Journal Writing Letter writing Story writing
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Journal Special Person letter Stories |
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Grade 1 Mathematics |
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Grade: 1 Math Instructional Goals |
September-October Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Addison Wesley and TERC Investigations
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Number Sense |
Worksheets and Materials |
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Counting |
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Number Order |
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More - Fewer |
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More than, Fewer |
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Sorting |
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Sort |
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Classifying |
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Graphing |
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Graph |
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Patterns |
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Pattern |
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Tallying |
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Tally |
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Calendar Days, weeks, months |
Monthly Calendar |
Calendar, Months, Days of the Week |
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Grade: 1 Mathematics Instructional Goals |
November-December Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Calendar activities (continued) Patterns: identify, extend, create Visualizing numbers Number combinations Tables Even – Odd Counting on Addition and subtraction readiness |
Addison Wesley and Terc Investigations Materials and worksheets |
Ordinal numbers
Table, column, row even odd counting on
in all |
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Grade: 1 Mathematics Instructional Goals |
January - February Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Addition: sentences counting on doubles sums of 10 turn around facts missing addends |
Number lines Manipulatives Worksheets Games
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Addition sign + Sum Doubles
Turn around facts |
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Subtraction: Counting back Subtraction from 10 |
Number lines Manipulatives Worksheets Games |
Subtraction sign - |
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Place Value Ones, tens, hundreds
2 digit addition
2 digit subtraction |
Base 10 Blocks Worksheets
Dean Blocks Worksheets Dean Blocks |
Ones, tens, hundreds |
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Geometry Shapes 2D
Solids 3D
Symmetry |
Pattern blocks Worksheets
3D figures Worksheets
Cuisenaire Rods Pattern Blocks Worksheets |
Square, triangle, rectangle diamond, hexagon, trapezoid
Cube, rectangular prism, cylinder, pyramid, cone, sphere, hemisphere face, corner, side
Symmetry
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Grade: 1 Mathematics Instructional Goals |
March-April Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Money: Identify coins Add coins |
Coins Worksheets |
Penny, nickel, dime, quarter, dollar |
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Fractions: |
Games Worksheets Literature |
1/8, ½, 1/4 |
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Weight |
Balance scale Manipulatives |
Equal, balanced |
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Grade: 1 Mathematics Instructional Goals |
May - June Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Time |
Clocks |
Clock: analogue, digital |
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Tell time to the hour |
Worksheets |
hour |
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Introduce to the half hour |
Literature |
half hour |
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Introduce to the minute |
Time stamps |
minute |
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Measurement: |
Rulers, paper clips, plants |
Inch, foot, centimeter |
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Linear measurement |
Worksheets, literature |
ruler |
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Estimation |
Estimation Jar |
Estimate |
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Probability |
Manipulatives: Dice, spinners |
probability |
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Grade 1 Science |
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Grade: 1 Science Instructional Goals |
September-October Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Seasons: Cycle Winter, spring, summer, fall |
posters |
Seasons: Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring |
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Summer, Fall: characteristics of
Apples Growth
Trees Growth Leaves Changing color |
Nature Trail Hike Observe maple tree (in each season) The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree Field trip to George Hill Orchard Apples activities
A Tree Can Be A Tree is Nice
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf
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Senses Observe
Apple: core, stem, fruit, blossom, seed
Seed, trunk, branch, leaves sun, water, soil
Chlorophyll |
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Grade: 1 Science Instructional Goals |
January - March Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Winter: Season characteristics of: temperature, snow, ice, wind
Animals in winter: Hibernate, migrate, tracks Beaver, bear, groundhog, birds Life Cycle -birth, children, adults
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Literature (See Language Arts section of curriculum quide) Winter hike Observe melting snow Observe winter tree
Audobon Ark presentation Time to Sleep Animal Tracks Beaver’s Home The Busy Beaver It’s Groundhog Day |
Snow, ice, wind, temperature, Thermometer
hibernate, lodge den, migrate tracks |
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Solids and Liquids (compare solids) (compare liquids) |
STC Kit |
Property Solid Liquid |
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Grade: 1 Science Instructional Goals |
April - June Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Spring: Season characteristics of Sun, temperature, birth, growth |
Spring hike Observe spring tree Spring |
Bud, blossom |
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Health and SafetyEmergency, 911, EMTs firefighters, police, Ambulance Safe/unsafe Healthy habits: exercise, rest, germs, teeth,
Nutrition Food pyramid
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Fire Department visitObserve ambulance Work sheetsCafeteria visitSchool counselorWorksheets
Healthy snacks |
Safe/unsafe, drugs, helmet, ambulance, 911, EMTs Meeting place Healthy habits: exercise, rest, germs, floss food pyramid, fruit and vegetable, meat and fish, dairy, grain, fats and oils nutritious healthy
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Plants and Seeds Parts of plants Plants’needs
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Mini-gardens (soil, seeds, containers) |
Plant, seed, stem, root, leaves, flower, soil, sunlight, water, air |
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Birds Parts of birds
Bird beaks Bird nests |
Have You Seen Birds? About Birds Worksheets Drumlin Farm program
Beak activity Birds’ Nests Build nests |
Crown, beak, feathers, wing, eggs
nests |
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Grade 1 Social Studies |
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Grade: 1 Social Studies Instructional Goals |
September-October Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Creating a class climate Establish Routines Recognize classmates names
School Rules Listening Rules |
Q-Bear First Grade Jitters Chrysanthemum Big Al
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STARR: support, teamwork, attitude, respect, responsibility Friend, kindness, polite |
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Christopher Columbus
World map introduction Land , water |
Young Christopher Columbus
World Map
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Explorer
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