1st Grade ELA Curriculum Menu
Literature, Media Literacy, Nonfiction, Foundations, Speaking & Listening, Vocabulary, Writing
Guiding Principle
Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes. Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions, media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss writing. Students conduct research on issues and interests by generating ideas and questions, and by posing problems. They gather, evaluate, and synthesize data from a variety of sources to communicate their discoveries in ways that suit their purpose and audience.1
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WRITING
There are four key areas found in the Writing section for grades 6-12: Writing Genres, the Writing Process, the Research Process, and Conventions of Standard English. By demonstrating the skills listed in each section, students should be able to meet the Learning Outcome for Writing.
Infusion of the Catholic Faith
Through Catholic education, we seek to better understand human nature, the choices we face, and the role our faith plays in these decisions. Through our study of Language Arts, we strive to better understand our role and identity as Christians, and our responsibility to social justice. Human virtues and a Catholic worldview are explored through reading, writing, discussion and reflection.
The Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Charleston examine each subject in the context of the Catholic faith. Our students learn and are formed through the infusion of Gospel Values into all disciplines. Through the diocesan curriculum and standards, our teachers seek to promote the synthesis of faith, life, and culture to form students as disciples of Jesus. This document has been created to serve as a curriculum guide for English Language Arts. The ELA Standards are supported through the infusion of the Cardinal Newman Society standards. Resources to support the infusion of our faith can be found through the links below.
Ways to Infuse the Faith
Ways to Infuse the Faith
The DOC ELA Standards align with the Cardinal Newman Society Catholic Curriculum Standards. Click HERE to infuse our faith into the ELA curriculum through literature, scripture, parables, and saints.
Learning Outcome: Demonstrate understanding of media by asking and answering appropriate questions about what is read, heard, or viewed.
Essential Question: How does our study of Language Arts strengthen our faith and Catholic identity? How does literature help us to develop the faculty of personal judgement and our obligation to social justice?
Students will record observations of plant growth; first graders record their observations of plant growth and connect to the importance of caring for God’s creation. (Science, Math, Religion, Written Language)
First graders communicate with pen pals both near and far and understand that the world is one human family. (Social Studies, Religion, Written Language)
Students will write poems and prayers about peace; in this way, first graders begin to work for a peaceful world. (Religion, Social Studies, Written Language)
Considerations for Learning Differences
English Language Learner Strategies