Social Studies
(The learner will…)
· Describe the qualities of good
citizenship in the home, school, and
community
· Interpret and use simple maps
· Explain the purpose of government
· Demonstrate the concepts of: goods
and services; producers and
consumers; wants and needs
· Distinguish between past, present,
and future
· Explore diverse cultures
Science
(The learner will…)
· Classify groups of living/nonliving
Things
· Show awareness of the five senses
· Investigate weather patterns
· Explore the earth's surface: land and
Water
· Begin to use the scientific method
· Identify the parts of a plant and an
Insect
· Develop an awareness of the water
Cycle
· Use scientific knowledge to ask
questions and make observations
Reading/Language Arts
(The learner will…)
· Use long and short vowels
· Identify parts of a book
· Note details in a story
· Choose the best title
· Alphabetize to the first letter
· Identify before/after
· Listen and follow directions
· Compare and contrast stories
· Identify rhyming words/sounds
· Identify story elements
· Comprehend reading material at
grade level
· Express ideas orally
· Demonstrate good listening behavior
· Identify and read basic sight words
and vocabulary words
· Demonstrate mastery of letters
· Use sound/symbol relationships
· Retell, dramatize, or dictate a story
· Demonstrate an awareness of
classroom reference materials
· Explain the difference between
fiction and non-fiction stories
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Writing Skills
(We will assist our learners in…)
· Printing first and last name
· Printing daily work legibly
· Using descriptive language
· Beginning journaling; expressing
thoughts in written form
· Understanding plurals
· Beginning to write complete
Sentences
· Beginning to use appropriate
punctuation (. , ? ! ")
· Recognizing action and naming words
· Developing characters
· Recognizing story patterns
· Becoming aware of multi-cultural
literature and language
Mathematics
(We will assist our learners in…)
· Classifying numbers: greater/lesser,
even/odd
· Problem solving
· Reproducing repeating patterns
· Identifying money: penny, nickel,
dime, quarter, half-dollar, dollar
· Adding and subtracting facts to ten
· Rote counting to 100
· Identifying and writing numbers to
120
· Telling time to the hour and half
Hour
· Understanding place value of: ones,
tens, and hundreds
· Estimating and measuring in inches
and centimeters
· Counting in multiples of 2, 5, and 10
to 100
· Beginning to use simple fractions
· Identifying days of the week,
months of the year, number words,
and color words
· Comparing, sorting, and classifying
geometric shapes
· Making and reading a simple graph
· Organizing data using tally marks
Curriculum Connections
We believe children learn best as they
experience the world around them. Your
first grader will have the opportunity to
attend many culturally diverse field trips
and participate in a variety of activities
within our own community. Children will
participate in activities such as the
following:
· Field Trips
· Monthly trips to our school library
· Various community guest speakers
Skills are aligned with
Florida's Sunshine State Benchmarks
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