Curriculum

In first grade, children develop phonological awareness, phonics knowledge, and decoding skills, all of which contribute to the development of fluent reading. These skills are a necessary foundation to reach the ultimate goal of reading: comprehension. Amplify CKLA Skills teaches all 44 sounds and their 150 spellings in a logical sequence that builds independence.

The Knowledge strand of the Core Knowledge Language Arts program is designed to help students build the background knowledge and vocabulary critical to listening and reading comprehension. Through introducing, presenting, and discussing read-alouds in each domain, teachers build students’ listening and reading comprehension and oral language skills.

First Grade Domains:
Fables and Stories, The Human Body, Different Lands/Similar Stories, Early World Civilizations, Astronomy, Early American Civilizations, The History of the Earth, Animals and Habitats, Fairy Tales, A new Nation: American Independence, Frontier Explorers

Sonday System Essentials is the simplest way to bring proven multisensory phonics instruction to classrooms. It helps teachers quickly identify those students who could benefit from reading intervention.

Math Expressions is a Pre-K–6 curriculum that helps children make sense of math by exploring, discussing, and demonstrating their understanding of key concepts. In busy, active lessons, students learn how to look deeper and choose their own path to the answers—skills that will take them far beyond the math classroom. 

First Grade Units:
1: Early Number Activities - Math Mountains, Partners to 10, addition

2: Operations and Simple equations - Addition and subtraction within 10

3: Story Problem Strategies

4: Basic 10 Structured Concepts

5: Ten - Structured Applications

6: Comparisons and Data Formats

7: Fractions, Circle Graphs, and Clocks

8: Money and 2 Digit Addition

9: Analyze Story Problems

10: Measurement

Mystery Science is an innovative, standards-aligned, hands-on curriculum that teaches children how to think like scientists. The phenomena-driven instruction helps kids to better understand and communicate about the world around them through writing, discussion, and exploration.

First Grade Units
*Light, Sound, & Communication
*Day Patterns
*Night Patterns
*Animal Traits & Survival
*Plant Traits & Survival

Scholastic News is a weekly magazine that delights growing readers with bright photos and science and social studies nonfiction written just for first-graders. The simple text gets more challenging as the year goes on and children become better readers. Each article & video is designed to  build vocabulary and knowledge, as well as reading and writing skills.