First Grade Goals and Objectives

Literacy Skills

• Identify nouns and verbs

• Use capitals and ending punctuation in sentences

• Identify misspelled words

• Read grade-level text fluently

• Decode unfamiliar words

• Draw conclusions from text

• Formal handwriting instruction

• Identify all consonant sounds

• and blends

• Retell a story using story elements

• Write a simple story using complete sentences

Math Skills

• Identify numbers and number patterns 1–120

• Add one and two digit numbers

• Subtract one and two digit numbers

• Describe 2-D and 3-D shapes

• Tell time (hour and half-hour)

• Create patterns

• Classify objects by attribute

• Interpret graphs and data

• Solve open-ended word problems

• Identify place value (ones, tens)

• Identify fractional parts

• Understand the equal sign

• Measure length

• Apply properties of addition and subtraction

Science Skills

• Question, observe, experiment

• Compare living and nonliving things

• Identify basic needs of living things

• Identify three types of matter

• Describe weather and the four seasons

• Begin to understand the water cycle

Social Studies

• Identify and compare celebrations of various cultures and families

• Explain the need for rules and responsibilities

• Identify American holidays and folklore

• Begin to use basic map skills

• Learn about character education

• Identify basic aspects of an economy (goods/services)

Technology

• Use basic features of an operating system

• Input and access text and data

• Produce a word processed document

• Practice responsible Internet activity