This area contains the first grade standards and links to the textbook websites we use.  I've also included some helpful links to educational websites.

Curriculum Links:

Here are some links containing information on the first grade curriculum.   I've also included some good educational sites I use with the students.

Math

We are using Everyday Mathematics by the University of Chicago.  This site contains parent letters and lots of information. http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/index.shtml

This site is great for practicing math facts.Home - Math Fact Cafe

Reading

Children learn to read in 4 different ways. To help all children succeed each day we do activities from each component.  This site has more information on this. http://www.wfu.edu/education/fourblocks/about_fourblocks.html

I use Houghton Mifflin's Invitations to Literacy during "guided reading".   This site has more information on this.  http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/itl/index.html

This site contains practice materials for sight words.  First graders should know pre-primer, primer, and first grade words off the Dolch list by the completion of first grade.Word Search Puzzles Find Dolch Sight Words

Writing

This site has information on the Denelian method of printing which we use.   It also will make samples worksheets for practicing at home.  Handwriting Practice Denelian

This site will give you more information on the 6 Traits of writing we are teaching as a district to our students.
http://www.mukwonago.k12.wi.us/~olejnma/6_+_1_traits.htm

Kid Sites

This site has many different games and activities for kids. http://pbskids.org/

Jan Brett is a favorite author and illustrator of my class.  http://www.janbrett.com/

This site includes many fun activities from Highlights magazine.  http://www.highlightskids.com/

First Grade Standards:

Language Arts:
Knows letters of the alphabet
Understand how print is organized and read (e.g., words are read from left to right and from top to bottom; spaces are used to separate words)
Use basic elements of phonetic analysis (e.g., vowel sounds, beginning and ending consonants, word families) to decode unknown words.
Read common words as sight words.
Use a picture dictionary to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words
Read common words as sight words
Use picture clues to check meaning in text
Use prior knowledge and experience to understand new information
Understand the order of events in a story
Know the traits, feelings, and actions of characters in a story
Know the setting of a story
Know the theme or main idea of a story
Know that words can be alphabetized according to their first letter
Know basic information about a book (e.g., author, illustrator, title, table of contents)
Use age-appropriate sources (e.g., fiction books, nonfiction books, picture dictionaries, audio visual software) to gather information.
Generate ideas for writing
Focus on a topic in writing (e.g., a familiar person, place, object, or experience)
Use common words to convey basic ideas
Reread writing to check for meaning
Edit writing for basic capitalization (e.g., first word in a sentence) and punctuation (e.g., period at the end of each sentence)
Know when a piece is "finished" (e.g., printing is neat and legible)
Use complete sentences to express ideas in oral communication
Follow basic rules of conversation (e.g., take turns when speaking with others, raise hand to speak, stay on the topic being discussed, face the speaker)
Listen to a variety of media (e.g.,books, audiotapes, videotapes)

Mathematics:
Restate problems in own words to demonstrate understanding
Use previously learned knowledge for new mathematical situations
Estimate reasonable solutions to problems
Understand ordinal numbers "first" through "tenth"
Count numbers 0-100 (e.g., count on by 1s, 2s, 5s, 10s; count back from 50)
Understand physical, pictorial, symbolic, and verbal representations of whole numbers 0-100 (e.g., written numerals, objects in sets, number lines)
Use physical, pictorial, and graphical models (e.g., number lines, 100 charts, calendar) to compare and order numbers
Understand the relationship of fractional parts 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, to a whole and a set
Understand the relationship between a quantity of physical materials grouped by tens and ones and the corresponding written numeral
Know basic addition and subtraction facts to 10
Estimate and verify the number of a set of 20-100 real objects
Understand common symbols (e.g., +,-,=) and words (e.g. "add", "subtract") used with addition and subtraction
Understand that addition and subtraction are inverse operations
Understand basic U.S. customary units and tools and their corresponding measures (e.g., rulers and feet for length, thermometer and Fahrenheit for temperature)
Know the days of the week in order and understand days as a measure of time
Tell time to the hour and half hour
Understand equivalencies of pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half-dollars, and dollars (e.g., 5 pennies = 1 nickel)
Estimate and measure length, weight, and capacity using nonstandard measures
Know basic characteristics and properties of circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles (e.g., a square has four equal sides)
Understand the basic language of proximity, orientation, and direction (e.g., "near", "close to," "right", "forward")
Use appropriate tools (e.g., a straightedge or a ruler) to construct simple geometric shapes
Understand that shapes can be combined to make other shapes
Understand various forms of data collection (e.g., recording daily temperature, charting attendance)
Understand basic displays of data (e.g., picture graphs, bar graphs)
Understand basic language (e.g., "more", "less", "about the same") used to describe displays of data (e.g., real object graphs, picture graphs, bar graphs)
Understand that some events are certain and others are impossible
Extend simple repeating and growing patterns (e.g., with physical materials, symbols, or pictures)
Understand that regularites exist in a variety of contexts (e.g., events, designs, shapes, sets of numbers)

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08/28/08(ALS)