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Grade 1

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READING

    The skills that are covered and reinforced throughout the reading program are phonics, vocabulary, word analysis, comprehension, oral fluency and expression.

      WRITING

        Students are developing their writing/editing skills through:

        • DOL
        • Journals
        • Writing Extensions
        • Class Made Books
        • Wiggleworks and other computer activities

        Writing is done throughout the school day.  Students are encouraged to use developmental writing on first drafts. Grammar and editing are done as we focus on correct capitalization and punctuation in our everyday writing.

          MATH

            The following concepts will be taught throughout the year.

            • Count orally by ones and tens to 100, by twos to twenty, and by fives to fifty
            • Write numerals to 100
            • Addition and subtraction facts through 12
            • Place value through 100
            • Telling time to the hour and half hour using an analog clock
            • Money--identify and count combinations of coins (pennies, nickels and dimes)
            • Measurement
              • inches
              • temperature
              • calendar
            • Fractions--identify 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4
            • Graphing and estimating
            • Greater than/less than
            • Sort, classify and describe two- and three-dimensional shapes
            • Patterns/attributes
            • Ordinal numbers
            • Problem solving through word problems

              SOCIAL STUDIES

              The following units are covered throughout the year.

              • Families
              • Needs/Wants
              • Our Country's Symbols
              • Special Americans
              • Places We Live
              • Living On Earth
              • Holidays
              • Maps And Globes

              SCIENCE

              The following units are covered throughout the year.

              Life Science:
              • Animals and Plants
              Physical Science:
              • Sound, Light, and Heat
                Earth Science:
                • Weather

                HEALTH

                The following units are covered throughout the year.

                • Healthy Snacks
                • Helpful And Harmful Substances
                • Litter, Pollution
                • Dental Health, Germs, Healthy Behaviors
                • Uniqueness, Feelings, Family
                • Safety



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