First Grade

 

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

Reading
  • Integrates strategies to read unknown words
  • Reads fluently
  • Reads sight words
  • Retells a story in order

Writing

  • Hears and records sounds in words
  • Correctly writes a complete sentence
  • Includes interesting details in writing
  • Uses capital letters correctly
  • Uses correct endings punctuation

Spelling

  • Spells sight words correctly in writing
  • Spells weekly words correctly on tests

Handwriting

  • Prints neatly
  • Uses spaces correctly
MATHEMATICS
  • Writes to 100 by ones
  • Writes to 100 by twos
  • Writes to 100 by fives
  • Writes to 500 by tens
  • Writes to 500 by hundreds
  • dentifies and completes patterns using numbers, shape and size
  • Uses pictographs to read and interpret data
  • Adds
  • Subtracts
  • Understands place value (ones, tens)
  • Tells time to the hour
  • Tells time to the half hour
  • Identifies 3 dimensional shapes and knows their attributes
  • Tells the amount of money of coins and bills
  • Measures lengths and objects using non-standard units

SCIENCE

  • Sorting by Properties
  • Animal Life
  • Weather
  • The Sun Warms the Earth
SOCIAL STUDIES
  • Study of Families and Schools
  • Civics
  • Economics
  • History
  • Geography
SPECIAL CLASSES
Art      
Music  
Physical Education   
Technology – Computer Class
Library

Behavior Expectations
  • Respects adults
  • Cooperates with peers
  • Demonstrates self-control
  • transitions well during the day
Work Habit Expectations
  • Works independently
  • Listens attentively
  • Demonstrates organization
  • Completes assignments & homework
  • Makes good use of time
Assessment
  • Early Learning Success Inventory
  • Diagnostic Reading Assessment (DRA)
  • Trimester Common Assessments
  • Classroom Assessments