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What’s Happening in Mrs. Drost’s First Grade Class
1st Grade Language Arts
*Items are subject to change from year to year to meet the needs of the students.
Writing Topics/Genres
Content Topic 1- Personal Narrative
Include beginning, middle, and end.
* Holiday Break Story
Content Topic 2- “How To” article
Compose a piece in sequential order.
* How to build a Leprechaun Trap
Content Topic 3-Friendly Letters
Demonstrate correct letter format.
* Thank you letters
Content Topic 4- Report
Include main idea and supporting details.
* Animal Reports
Writing Skills
Control of Language
Include a Beginning, Middle and an End
Develop sequence using the terminology First, Next, Then, and Last
Develop 6+1 Traits language
Content/Composition
Develop the writing process. (Planning, drafting, revising, editing, publishing)
*Daily writing during the Writing Block
Grammar/Spelling
Content Topic 1- Spelling
Use the Word Wall as a resource to spell high frequency words.
Recognize spelling patterns. (Word families)
* Word Wall activities
* On-the-back word activities
* Word games
* Making words
Content Topic 2- Sentence Writing
Construct complete sentences
Construct questions
Recognize the conventions of writing
Capitalize the first word in a sentence, names of people and pets, and the word “I ”
Use periods, question marks, and exclamation marks at the end of sentences
Content Topic 3- Parts of Speech
Identify and use naming words (nouns)
Identify and use action words (verbs)
Identify and use describing words (adjectives)
Listening/Speaking
Content Topic 1- Active Listening
Listen without interrupting.
Content Topic 2- Active Participation
Volunteer ideas regularly.
1st Grade Reading
*Items are subject to change from year to year to meet the needs of the students.
Reading Content/Genres:
Fiction
Identify beginning, middle, and end of a story
Read from the front to the back of the text
Recognize the characters, setting, problems, events, and solutions
* Text-to-text connections
* Text-to-self connections
* Text-to-world connections
* Create classroom books
Non-fiction
Identify the real-life component in the text
Distinguish between fiction and non-fiction text
Read for a “need to know something”(obtaining facts)
* Text-to-text connections
* Text-to-self connections
* Text-to-world connections
* Create classroom books
Rhyming
Look for familiar patterns at the end of words (at, og, ig)
Match rhyming words to pictures
Generate lists of rhyming words
* Dr. Seuss Day activities
* Poetry activities
Reading Skills:
Text Structure
Recognize story structure (beginning, middle, end, characters, setting, events, solution)
Identify sequence, cause/effect
Analyze compare/contrast (Venn diagram)
* Use graphic organizers
Reading Strategies
Model asking questions during reading to reinforce comprehension
Construct meaning from the story by making connections and drawing conclusions
Visualize the story to create pictures in your mind
Vocabulary Development
Use context to determine work meaning
Recognize that pictures are clues for words
Recognize word wall words
Identify long and short vowel patterns to decode words
Literary Devices
Identify rhyming words in text
Recognize word patterns in a passage
Word Recognition
Make personal connections with new words
Recognize words with unknown meaning and word wall words
Understand that word chunks and word families make up words
1st Grade Math
*Items are subject to change from year to year to meet the needs of the students.
Numeration
Counting by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, 10’s to 100
Writing numbers by 1’s to 100
Counting up and back by 1’s on the number grid
Order sets of numbers
Compare pairs of numbers
* 100th Day Activities
Addition and Subtraction
Solve addition and subtraction facts to sums of 10
Solve addition doubles to sums of 20
Solve numbers stories using both addition and subtraction
Find sums and missing addends
* Fact Triangles
Number Sense
Understand the ones and tens place value
Show odd and even number patterns
Compare Numbers using greater than, less than, equal to
Explain how you solved the problem verbally
Find equivalent names for numbers
Patterns
Identify and complete patterns
Skip count using a number line or number grid
Time
Identify time to the hour
Identify time to the half hour
Demonstrate use of the calendar
Money
Identify penny, nickel, dime, quarter and their values
Exchange pennies for nickels
Calculate the values of pennies, nickels, and dimes
Measurements
Compare lengths of objects
Estimate lengths of objects
Use standard units for measuring lengths
Draw line segments using standard units
Geometry and Attributes
Sort and identify objects by attributes
Identify Polygons and know their characteristics
Identify fractional parts of regions and sets with a focus on unit fractions
Everyday Math Technology
* programs are subject to change
* Numbers Undercover
* Graph Club
* Numbers Recovered
* Mighty Math Zoo Zillions
* Mighty Math Carnival Countdown
Math Games
- Monster Squeeze
- Rock, Paper, Scissors
- Rolling for 50
- Fact Power
- Money Exchange
- Dice Roll and Tally
- Place Value
- Hundreds, Tens, Ones
- Domino Top-It
- Subtraction and Addition Top-It
- Attribute Train
- Part and Total
- Clock Memory
- Money Top-It
- Fact Triangle
- Beat the Calculator
- Dime, Nickel, Penny Grab
1st Grade Science
*Items are subject to change from year to year to meet the needs of the students.
Inquiry Process:
Observe
Ask a Question
Form an Idea
Do an Experiment
Draw a Conclusion
Idea is Supported or Not Supported
Content Topic 1: Plants, Animals, and People
Children will explore the parts of a plant, how plants can be sorted, and how plants grow and change.
* United Streaming Videos
* Foldables (3-D project)
* Planting flower and vegetable seeds
Children will take a close look at animal parts, animal classifications, and animal life cycles.
* United Streaming Videos
* Create the life cycles of a Butterfly, Frog, and Plant
Children will investigate how people use their body parts and how people grow and change.
Content Topic 2: Living Things and Where they Live
Children will explore the characteristics and needs of living and nonliving things.
Children will take a close look at the different habitats and the living and nonliving things found there.
* United Streaming Videos
* Monthly visits from Lac Lawrann Conservancy
* Spring field trip to Lac Lawrann Conservancy
Content Topic 3: Earth, Our Home
Children will explore the characteristics of natural resources.
Children will investigate the uses of air and water and learn the importance of protecting Earth’s resources.
Content Topic 4: Weather and the Sky
Children will explore the characteristics of weather and the seasons, and they will learn about tools that measure temperature, rain, and wind.
Children will investigate the Sun, stars, planets, and the Moon, and what causes day and night on Earth.
* United Streaming Videos
* Foldables (3-D project) on Clouds and Solar System
Content Topic 5: Energy Sources and Motion
Children will explore and observe sources of heat, light, and sound.
Children will investigate forces, machines, and factors that affect speed.
1st Grade Social Studies
*Items are subject to change from year to year to meet the needs of the students.
Schools
Define school as a place for learning
Demonstrate appropriate behavior
Understand the role of children in the school and of school personnel
Compare/contrast schools of different times
* Morning Meetings
* Class sets up rules for the classroom
Families
Define a family group
Differentiate between wants and needs
Identify how families change
* Junior Achievement
* Grandparent’s Day
Communities
Define different kinds of communities as places where people live, work and play
Identify ethnic, cultural, and economic diversity
Explain why changes take place in a community and how they affect people
Describe kinds of community workers
* Junior Achievement
Maps
Distinguish between land and water
Locate the US and our state
Locate North & South Poles
Identify basic directions on a map and globe
* Junior Achievement
Holidays
Explain the significance of holidays
Explain different customs and celebrations around the world
* United Streaming Videos
Current Events
Discuss current topics using Weekly Reader, Scholastic News or other sources
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