What's My First Grader Going to Learn This Year?

Get a glimpse of what we're going to learn in first grade!

Reading/Language Arts

• Consonant Sounds

• Long and short vowel sounds

• Blends

• Digraphs

• Compound words

• Inflected endings

• Decoding unfamiliar words

• Predicting

• Main idea

• Retelling

• Drawing conclusions

• Compare and contrast

• Fiction vs. non-fiction

Writing

• Formal handwriting instruction

• Complete sentences

• Parts of sentences

• Parts of speech

• Past and present tense

• Ending punctuation

• Creative Writing

• Prompt Writing

Math

• Identifying numbers and number patterns 0-120

• Patterns

• Addition facts and strategies

• Subtraction facts and strategies

• Addition of one and two digit numbers

• Subtraction of one and two digit numbers

• Tell time to the hour and half hour

• Identify 2-D and 3-D shapes

• Measurement

• Place value

• Interpret graphs and data

• Fractions

• Word problems

Science

• Sound & Light

• Weather & the Sky

• Plants & Animals

Social Studies

• Classroom Community:Making Good Decisions

• Business and Workers in Our Community

• Making a Difference

• American Folklore