First Grade Curriculum

Math

Addition (Facts 0-20, two and three digit addition)
Subtraction (Facts 0-18, two digit)
Counting numbers (0-500)
Counting by 2's, 5's, 10's, and 100's
Writing numbers 0-110
Patterns
Geometric Shapes
Money (identify and count coins)
Time (hour, half hour, and intervals of time)
Place Value
Measurement
Fractions

Science

Life cycles
Seasons / Weather
Safety
Dental Health
Living & Non-Living Things / Plants
Changes in Matter
Healthy Habits

Social Studies

Rules (home, school, bus, playground) and Consequences
Character Education
Responsibility
Holiday Celebrations and Traditions
Wants and Needs
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King
Democracy
Goods and Services
Careers
Communities
All About Me

Writing

Shared Writing
Writing Workshop
6 Traits of Writing (Ideas & Details, Organization, Word Choice, Voice, Fluency, Conventions)
Poetry
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Letters

Reading

Shared Reading
Guided Reading groups
Self-selected reading
Variety of genres (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, fairy tales, folktales, fantasy)
Partner reading
Reading workshop (Strategies)
Sight Vocabulary

Spelling

Word Families
Sight Vocabulary

Handwriting

Zaner-Blosser Manuscript