First Grade Syllabus Language Arts/Reading/Writing Description: ELA is a required course for all first-grade students. The students will be exposed to a variety of phonemic awareness activities, phonics vocabulary, grammar, and comprehension skills. 1 st Quarter Skills Consonants and their sounds Word families and rhyme Short vowel sounds CVC words Initial blends Beginning capitalization Punctuation Nouns (singular, plural, and singular possessive) Verbs Adjectives Informal spelling Writing sentences to convey a complete thought Predicting while reading or listening to a story Classifying Understanding the main idea Sequencing Recalling details Fact/fantasy Using context clues Identifying author s purpose Drawing conclusions Compare and contrast New vocabulary Story setting Assessments are made through: student checklist, worksheets, informal assessment of student participation and student writing journals.
Math Description: Mathematics is a required course for all first-grade students. The students will be exposed to a wide variety of computation and problem-solving activities using hands on and daily written work. 1 st Quarter Skills Subitizing of numbers to ten Identifying and writing 1-20 Counting Addition and subtraction facts to 10 Completing word problems Identifying part, part, whole Assessment: Grades will be assessed using homework, quizzes, and tests Science The students will be exposed to a wide variety of life, physical, and earth science skills 1 st Quarter Skills Light and Sound Planets Animal Habitats Nocturnal Animals Social Studies Description: Social Studies is a required course for all first graders. The students will be exposed to a wide variety of topics. 1 st Quarter Skills Welcome to School
Pledge of Allegiance Constitution Day Labor Day Laws/rules Citizenship (kindness) History Columbus Day
First Grade Syllabus Language Arts/Reading/Writing Description: ELA is a required course for all first-grade students. The students will be exposed to a variety of phonemic awareness activities, phonics vocabulary, grammar, and comprehension skills. 2 nd Quarter Skills Distinguishing between telling and asking sentences Diagraphs (sh, th, ch, tch, wh) Consonant blends Long vowels Compound words R controlled vowels Contractions Comparative Adjectives (er,est) Inflectional endings Multisyllabic words Types of sentences (declarative, interrogative, exclamatory) Writing for a particular purpose (invitations, friendly letter) Using proper grammar (nouns, verbs, and adjectives) Using capitalization and punctuation Main idea Theme Plot Predicting while reading or listening to a story Classifying Understanding the main idea Reality and fantasy Using context clues Identifying author s purpose New Vocabulary Assessment are made through: student checklists, worksheets, informal assessment of student participation, and student writing journals.
Math Description: Mathematics is a required course for all first-grade students. The students will be exposed to a wide variety of computation and problem-solving activities using hands on and daily written work. 2 nd Quarter Skills Comparing numbers 1-20 Addition facts to 20 Counting on Comparing physical items to written numbers Completing word problems Growing and shrinking patterns Time to the hour and half hour Reading and creating bar graphs, tally marks, sand Venn diagrams Assessment: Grades will be assessed using homework, quizzes, and tests. Science Students will be exposed to a wide variety of life, physical, and earth science skills. 2 nd Quarter Skills Life Science Nocturnal animals Spiders Turkeys
Social Studies Description: Social Studies is a required course for all first graders. The students will be exposed to a wide variety of topics. 2 nd Quarter Skills History Northeastern Native Americans Pilgrims Traditions of Thanksgiving Traditions of Christmas There are no assessments required for Social Studies in First Grade.
First Grade Syllabus Language Arts/Reading/Writing Description: ELA is a required course for all first-grade students. The students will be exposed to a variety of phonemic awareness activities, phonics vocabulary, grammar, and comprehension skills. 3 rd Quarter Skills Diphthongs (ow, ou, oi, oy) Vowel digraphs Pronouns Long vowels Contractions Plurals Comma in a series Quotation marks Word meanings in context Inflectional endings Multisyllabic words Writing for a particular purpose Using proper grammar (nouns, verbs, and adjectives) Main idea Theme Plot Drawing conclusions Reality and fantasy Using context clues Identifying author s purpose New vocabulary Reading for fluency Assessments are made through: student checklists, worksheets, informal assessment of student participation and student writing journals.
Math Description: Mathematics is a required course for all first-grade students. The students will be exposed to a wide variety of computation and problem-solving activities using hands on and daily written work. 3 rd Quarter Skills Identify and write numbers 1-100 Identifying coins and their amounts Counting various coins to $.50 Identify length by nonstandard and standard measurements Identify capacity by nonstandard and standard measurements Counting back Subtraction facts to 20 Counting objects to 100 Skip counting by 2 s, 5 s, and 10 s Using a hundred s chart Assessment: Grades will be assessed using homework, quizzes, and tests Science Students will be exposed to a wide variety of life, physical, and earth science skills. 3 rd Quarter Skills Physical Science Inventors and their inventions Life Science Habitats and life of various polar animals
Social Studies Description: Social studies is a required course for all first graders. The students will be exposed to a wide variety of topics. 3 rd Quarter Skills Black History Presidents-using timelines US symbols and monuments Early Patriots