First Grade Curriculum

September – November:

• Animal Diversity

December - February:

• Properties of Matter

March – June:

• Weather and Seasons

September – October:

• Families and Communities

November – December:

• Families Now and Long Ago

January – March:

• The Community

April – June:

• Community Economics

September - October:

• Addition Concepts

October – November:

• Subtraction Concepts

November – December:

• Addition Strategies

December – January:

• Subtraction Strategies

January – February:

• Addition and Subtraction Relationships

February - March:

• Count and Model numbers

March – April:

• Compare Numbers

April - May:

• Two digit addition and subtraction

May – June:

• Measurement and Data

September - October:

• Building Good Reading Habits
• Small Moments Writing with Focus, Detail and Dialogue

October -November:

• Word Detectives use all they know to solve new words
• Writing How to Books – Informative Writing

November - December:

• Learning about the World: reading nonfiction
• Writing nonfiction chapter books

January - February:

• Readers get to know characters by performing their books
• Opinion Writing: Writing reviews

February – March:

• Readers have big jobs to do: Fluency, Phonics, and Comprehension
• Narrative, Informative, opinion: Poetry and Songs

April – May:

• Meeting Characters and Learning lessons: A Study of Story Elements
• Narrative Writing: From Scenes to Series: Writing Fiction

May – June:

• Reading Nonfiction Cover to Cover: Nonfiction Book Clubs
• Narrative: Writing Projects (student choice)