Curriculum Overviews
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Quarterly Literacy & Math Standards
Quarter 1: Literacy & Math Standards
Reading Literature (Fiction)
Key Ideas and Details
___ can tell who, what, where, when, why and how after reading stories (RL.1.1)
___ can retell a story (RL1.2)
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
___ can use words and pictures to help me tell about the characters, setting and
plot (RL.1.7)
Reading Informational Text (Non-Fiction)
Key Ideas and Details
___ can tell who, what, where, when, why and how after reading nonfiction (RI.1.1)
___ can find the main topic and details in a section of nonfiction (RI.1.2)
Craft and Structure
___can ask and answer questions to help understand new words (RI.1.4)
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
___can use pictures and word details to describe important ideas (RI.1.7)
Reading Foundational Skills
____ can understand parts of a sentence (first word, capitalization, ending
punctuation) (RF.1.1a)
____ can correctly say beginning, middle, and ending sounds in single-syllable
words (RF.1.2b)
____ can tell about different sounds in a word (RF.1.2d)
____ can decode regularly spelled, one syllable words (RF.1.3b)
Speaking and Listening
____ can follow rules for discussions (e.g. listening to others) (SL.1.1a)
____ can talk with peers and adults in small/large groups (SL.1.1b)
____ can ask questions during discussions to better understand the topic (SL.1.1c)
____ can speak and write in complete sentences (SL.1.6)
Writing
Text Types and Purposes
____ can write to tell a story using details and sequence of events (W.1.3)
Production and Distribution of Writing
____ can revise and edit my writing with support (W.1.5)
Language
____ can use pronouns (e.g. I, me, my; they, them, their; anyone, anything) (L.1.1d)
____ can use past, present, and future tense verbs (1.1f)
____ can punctuate the end of a sentence correctly (L.1.2b)
____ can use what I know about phonics to spell new words (L.1.2e)
____ can use context to help me understand a new word or words (L.1.4a)
____ can sort words into categories (L.1.5a)
____ can tell why words belong in categories (L.1.5b)
Q1-Math Checklist for Grade 1
Addition & Subtraction
1.OA.1 ____can use strategies to solve addition and subtraction word problems
1.OA.4 ____ can use an addition fact to help answer a subtraction problem
1.OA.5 ____ can count to help me add and subtract
1.OA.6 ____ can add and subtract facts within 20
1.OA.8 ____ can tell the missing number in an addition or subtraction problem
Number Sense and Place Value
1.NBT.1 ____can count to 120
1.NBT.2 ____can tell how many tens and how many ones in a number
1.NBT.3 ____ can compare two-digit numbers using <, >, and =
Quarter 2: Literacy & Math Standards
Reading Literature (Fiction)
Key Ideas and Details
___ can retell a story (RL1.2)
___ can tell the characters, setting and what happens in a story (RL.1.3)
Craft and Structure
___ can understand how words in a story can tell about feelings and senses (RL.1.4)
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
___ can use words and pictures to help me tell about the characters, setting and
plot (RL.1.7)
___ can compare and contrast what characters do in a story (RL.1.9)
Reading Informational Text (Non-Fiction)
Key Ideas and Details
___ can find the main topic and details in a section of nonfiction (RI.1.2)
Craft and Structure
___can tell the difference between fiction and nonfiction (RL.1.5)
___can use text features to help understand nonfiction (RI.1.5)
___can tell the difference between the information given by a picture and
information given by words in a text (RI.1.6)
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
___can use pictures and word details to describe important ideas (RI.1.7)
Range of Reading Level and Text Complexity
___ can read informational 1st grade text with some support (RI.1.10)
Reading Foundational Skills
____ can understand the difference between long and short vowel sounds (RF.1.2a)
____ can use digraphs to help me read (RF.1.3a)
____ can read words with expression (RF.1.3f)
____ can read accurately and fluently (RF.1.4a)
Speaking and Listening
____ can follow rules for discussions (SL.1.1a)
____ can tell the main idea and details after I listen or read (SL.1.2)
____ can tell about people, places, and things (SL.1.4)
____ can speak and write in complete sentences (SL.1.6)
Writing
Text Types and Purposes
____ can write my opinion (W.1.1)
____ can write to teach (W.1.2)
Production and Distribution of Writing
____ can revise and edit my writing with support (W.1.5)
____ can publish my writing with support (W.1.6)
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
____ can help the class gather research (W.1.7)
____ can remember what was taught to answer a question (W.1.8)
Language
____ can print all uppercase and lowercase letters (L.1.1a)
____ can use singular and plural nouns with the right verb (1.1c)
____ can use past, present, and future tense verbs (1.1e)
____ can use prepositions, such as during, beyond, toward (L.1.1i)
____ can write telling and asking sentences using simple and compound
sentences (L.1.1j)
____ can capitalize dates and names of people (L.1.2a)
____ can punctuate the end of a sentence correctly (L.1.2b)
____ can use commas in dates and when writing groups of 3 (L.1.2c)
____ can spell 1st grade words (L.1.2d)
____ can use what I know about phonics to spell new words (L.1.2e)
____ can use context clues, the beginnings and endings of words, and root words
to help learn new words (L.1.4c)
____ can use words, like because, help me explain (L.1.6)
Math Checklist
Addition & Subtraction
1.OA.1 ____can use strategies to solve addition and subtraction word problems
1.OA.2 ______can solve word problems by adding 3 whole numbers
1.OA.3 ______can use the commutative property of addition
1.OA.4 ____ can use the associative property of addition ____ can use an addition fact to help
answer a subtraction problem
1.OA.5 ____ can count to help me add and subtract
1.OA.6 ____ can add and subtract facts within 20
1.OA.8 ____ can tell the missing number in an addition or subtraction problem
Place Value
1.NBT.1 ____can count to 120 (1.NBT.1))
1.NBT.2 ____can tell how many tens and how many ones in a number (1.NBT.2)
1,NBT.3 ____ can compare two-digit numbers using <, >, and = (1.NBT.3)
Measurement and Data
1.MD.3 ____can tell and write time in hours and half-hours using a clock (1.MD.3)
Quarter 3: Literacy & Math Standards
Reading Literature (Fiction)
Key Ideas and Details
___ can tell who, what, where, when, why and how after reading stories (RL1.1)
Craft and Structure
___ can understand how words in a story can tell about feelings and senses (RL.1.4)
___ can tell the difference between fiction and nonfiction ( RL.1.5)
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
___ can compare and contrast what characters do in a story (RL.1.9)
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
___ can read and understand 1st grade fiction, including poetry (RL.1.10)
Reading Informational Text (Non-Fiction)
Key Ideas and Details
___ can make and describe connections between two people, events or ideas in
nonfiction (RI.1.3)
Craft and Structure
___can use text features, such as heading, table of contents, glossaries and
icons, to help understand nonfiction (RI.1.5)
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
___can find reasons to support the main idea of nonfiction (RI.1.8)
___ can compare and contrast the main idea of 2 nonfiction text (RI.1.9)
Reading Foundational Skills
____ can read vowel teams (magic e, ea, ay, oa) (RF.1.3c)
____ can read two syllable words (RF.1.3d)
____ can figure out unknown two-syllable words using patterns to break the words
apart (RF.1.3e)
____ can identify and read 1st grade irregularly spelled words (RF.1.3g)
____ can read with expression (RF.1.4a)
____ can read accurately (RF.1.4b)
____ can reread to understand what words mean (RF.1.4c)
Speaking and Listening
____ can talk with peers and adults in small and large groups (SL.1.1b)
____ can ask questions during discussions to better understand ideas (SL.1.1c)
____ can ask and answer a question about what a speaker says (SL.1.3)
____ can use drawings to share what I know (SL.1.5)
Writing
Text Types and Purposes
____ can write to teach (W.1.2)
____ can write to tell a story (W.1.3)
Production and Distribution of Writing
____ can revise and edit my writing with support (W.1.5)
____ can publish my writing with support (W.1.6)
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
____ can help the class gather research (W.1.7)
____ can remember what was taught to answer a question (W.1.8)
Language
____ can use common, proper and possessive nouns (L.1.1b)
____ can use singular and plural nouns with the right verb (L.1.1c)
____ can use conjunctions (e.g. and, but, or, so, because) (L.1.1g)
____ can use prepositions, such as during, beyond, toward (L.1.1i)
____ can write telling and asking sentences using simple and compound
sentences (L.1.1j)
____ can capitalize dates and names of people (L.1.2a)
____ can use commas in dates and when writing groups of 3 (L.1.2c)
____ can spell 1st grade words (L.1.2d)
____ can tell how words are used to add more description (My bed is cozy) (L.1.5c)
____ can tell the difference between similar verbs (look, peek, glance, stare, glare, scowl) (L.1.5d)
Math
Addition & Subtraction
1.OA.1 ____can use strategies to solve addition and subtraction word problems
1.OA.6 ____ can add and subtract facts within 20
1.OA.7 ____ know what an equal sign means and can tell if addition and subtraction
equations are true or false
1.OA.8 ____ can tell the missing number in an addition or subtraction problem
Place Value
1.NBT.5 ____can find 10 more or 10 less in my head
1.NBT.6 ____ can subtract multiples of 10 under 100 and explain what I did
Geometry
1.G.1 ____can tell about shapes
____can build and draw shapes
1.G.2 ____can make two-dimensional shapes
____can make three-dimensional shapes
____can use shapes to make new shapes
Quarter 4: Literacy & Math Standards
Reading Literature (Fiction)
Key Ideas and Details
___ can retell a story using details (RL1.2)
___ can tell characters, setting and what happens in a story (RL.1.3)
Craft and Structure
___ can tell the difference between fiction and nonfiction (RL.1.5)
___ can talk about who is telling the story (RL.1.6)
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
___ can compare and contrast what characters do in a story (RL.1.9)
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
___ can read and understand 1st grade fiction, including poetry (RL.1.10)
Reading Informational Text (Non-Fiction)
Key Ideas and Details
___ can find the main topic and details in a section of nonfiction (RI.1.2)
___ can make and describe connections between two people, events or ideas in
nonfiction (RI.1.3)
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
___ can use words and pictures to help me understand nonfiction (RI.1.7)
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
___ can read and understand 1st grade nonfiction, informational text (RI.1.10)
Reading Foundational Skills
____ can read with expression (RF.1.4a)
____ can read accurately (RF.1.4b)
____ can reread to understand what words mean (RF.1.4c)
Speaking and Listening
____ can tell about people places and things (SL.1.4)
____ can use drawings to share what I know (SL.1.5)
____ can speak and write in complete sentences (SL.1.6)
Writing
Text Types and Purposes
____ can write my opinion (W.1.1)
____ can write to teach (W.1.2)
____ can write to tell a story (W.1.3)
Production and Distribution of Writing
____ can revise and edit my writing with support (W.1.5)
____ can publish my writing with support (W.1.6)
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
____ can help the class gather research (W.1.7)
Language
____ can use determiners (a, the, this, that, my, many, few) (L.1.1h)
____ can write telling and asking sentences using simple and compound
sentences (interrogative, imperative, declarative, and exclamatory) (L.1.1j)
____ can spell 1st grade words (L.1.2d)
____ can use context clues, including beginnings and endings of words and root
words, to figure out new words (L.1.4b)
____ can use words like “because” to help me explain (L.1.6)
Math
Place Value
(1.NBT.4) ____can use math strategies to help me solve problems within 100
Geometry
(1.G.3) ____can divide shapes into parts
Measurement and Data
(1.MD.1) ____can put three objects from longest to shortest
(1.MD.2) ____can tell the length of an object using whole numbers
(1.MD.4) ______can organize data
____can understand data
____can ask and answer questions about data