These objectives are general guidelines for children in the First Grade. They are meant to inform parents of the standards against which their child will be assessed during the course of the school year and to create a set of goals which East Woods strives to help all children achieve. It is, however, important to remember that not all children develop at the same rate. As birth dates and maturation vary, so will a child's ability to achieve many of these developmental milestones. Some children may only begin to exhibit traits listed on this inventory while others demonstrate them on a consistent basis. Both can be appropriate when viewed within the context of a child's overall development. Please keep in mind that the First Grade curriculum is intended to be the vehicle through which we encourage the growth of these broader behavioral objectives.
Social/Emotional
• develop a life-long love of learning
• interact appropriately with peers and adults
• understand and follow classroom guidelines
• take part in group activities
• exhibit self confidence
• be able to make decisions
• show self discipline
• handle difficult situations appropriately
• take initiative
• show sensitivity towards others
• be respectful of others’ viewpoints
• share personal experiences and knowledge
• play cooperatively in groups
• work cooperatively with partners, small groups and large groups
• show kindness and consideration towards others
• demonstrate respect for self, peers, parents, teachers, and property
• demonstrate respect for the environment and all living things
• take responsibility for your own actions
• recognize the value of making mistakes and learning from them
• accept support and encouragement of individual character development
• display appropriate coping skills
Work Habits
• puts forth effort
• takes initiative
• take academic risks
• ask questions when clarification is needed
• accept teacher support
• revise thinking when necessary
• focus on given task
• display appropriate organizational skills
• complete work on time and with effort
• effectively manage time
• demonstrate responsibility and effort for homework
• take responsibility for actions
• is responsible
• complete and return homework consistently
• participate effectively in group by: sustained attention to stories, audio-visual presentations, and speakers
• follow directions
• respond to questions with relevant information
• share personal experiences
• organize thoughts and express them clearly
• ask pertinent questions
• draw conclusions
Language Arts
Reading Strategies
• Identifies letter sounds-consonants, short vowels, long vowels
• Demonstrates directionality –tracks print from left to right, tracks print from top to bottom
• Decodes sounds in words- beginning, middle and ending
• Decodes single and multiple syllable words
• Utilizes a variety of phonics skills presented in the First Grade Reading Series-blends, digraphs (initial and final), contractions, inflected endings (-s, -es, -ed, -ing), r-controlled words (-ar, -er, -ir, -ur), comparative endings (-er, -est), dipthongs, double vowel words, cvce pattern words
• Utilizes context cues to decode unfamiliar words
• Utilizes picture cues to decode unfamiliar words
• Identifies First Grade sight word list
• Competes First Grade reading series at an instructional level
Comprehension
• Identifies important elements of a story (character, setting, main idea)
• Makes predictions
• Retells a story in the correct sequence
• Is able to compare and contrast stories (uses a venn diagram)
• Understands concept of cause and effect
• Identifies author’s purpose
Fluency
• Reads at a grade level appropriate rate that enhances comprehension
• Reads with expression
• Pauses appropriately at punctuation when reading
Work Habits
• Fulfills Reading Assignments
• Engages in story related discussions
• Completes various group assignments and activities
• Reads silently
• Works independently
• Completes reading homework assignments consistently
Writing
• Utilizes directionality when writing (left to right, top to bottom)
• Incorporates appropriate spacing when writing
• Utilizes appropriate capitalization when writing (at beginning of sentence, proper nouns, dates
• Utilizes appropriate punctuation when writing
(end of a sentence: . ! ?)
• Utilizes commas when separating a list of items, and in letter writing
• Writes complete sentences
• Includes appropriate details in writing pieces
• Incorporates First Grade spelling list into written work
• Begins to utilize writing process (brainstorm, draft, revise, edit and publish)
• Begins to edit own work independently
• Writes using various genres (poems, narratives, fiction, non-fiction, writing directives or a how to piece, friendly letters, etc.)
Spelling
• Learns First Grade spelling list
• Identifies spelling patterns in related words
• Incorporates knowledge of spelling words into written work
• Alphabetizes weekly spelling lists
• Develops good study habits
Math
• Compares numbers: “greater than,” “less than,” “equal to”
• Orders three numbers
• Identifies numbers beyond 100
• Forms numbers beyond 100
• Counts beyond 100
• Counts 11- 19 (groups of ten and some left over)
• Understands and identifies odd and even numbers
• Counts by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s
• Identifies ordinal numbers through twentieth
• Translates patterns
• Identifies the pattern unit
• Utilizes the strategies of “counting on and counting back”
• Creates and solves addition/subtraction equations (horizontal/vertical)
• Adds and subtracts using a number line
• Identifies and solves addition/subtraction facts to 12
• Understands the commutative property of addition (“turn-around facts”)
• Identifies and utilizes related facts
• Identifies fact families
• Chooses an operation to problem solve
• Identifies “doubles” addition facts
• Uses “doubles” as a strategy to add/subtract
• Uses “doubles + 1” as a strategy to add/subtract
• Adds/subtracts two-digit numbers
• Adds/subtracts by regrouping
• Understands place value (ones, tens, and hundreds)
• Identifies triangle, rectangle, circle, square as plane shapes
• Identifies 3-D shapes (cube, rectangular prism, sphere, cone, cylinder)
• Identifies flat services and vertices
• Identifies symmetry/line of symmetry
• Moves shapes by slides, flips, and turns
• Creates and interprets picture and bar graphs
• Uses tally marks
• Creates and solves word problems
• Orders events
• Identifies days of the week/months of the year
• Tells/writes time to the hour and half hour (analog/digital)
• Shows passage of time
• Estimates, measures, compares length using inches, feet, centimeters
• Understands perimeter
• Estimates, measures, compares capacity using cups, pints, quarts, liters
• Estimates, measures, compares weight using pounds, grams, kilograms
• Estimates, measures, compares temperature using Fahrenheit/Celsius
• Identifies coins/values: penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half-dollar, dollar
• Counts variations of coins up to one dollar
• Makes change of one dollar
• Estimates number of objects
• Understands probability: certain, impossible, more likely, less likely
• Identifies equal parts
• Identifies and creates halves, thirds, and fourths
• Identifies fractions of a set
• Identifies non-unit fractions
Science
•Follow safety procedures in the classroom, laboratory, and field
•Safely and accurately handle hand lenses, rulers, triple beam balances,
thermometers, beakers, test tubes and graduated cylinders.
•Order and sequence objects and events
•Classify objects according to an established scheme
•Generate a scheme for classification
•Utilize senses optimally for making observations
•Manipulate materials through teacher direction and free discovery
•Estimate, find, and communicate measurements
•Collect and organize data in a journal
Social Studies
• Participates in activities
• Shares relevant information
• Asks thoughtful questions
• Retains key information
• Community
• Demonstrates citizenship
• Participates in community service projects
• Discusses current events