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Reading/Language Arts
Use Saxon Phonics as the primary tool for reading and writing
Identify spelling rules
Match letter sounds to key words
Match blends to pictures
Use of code marks for reading
Read and comprehends paragraphs
Spell words
Writes sentences using phonetic concepts taught
Identify before/after
Listen and follow directions
Compare and contrast stories
Identify rhyming words/sounds
Identify story elements
Express ideas orally
Demonstrate mastery of letters
Retell, dramatize, or dictate a story
Accelerated Reading Program
Social Studies
Describe the qualities of good citizenship in the home, school and community
Interpret and use simple maps
Use of globes to locate land mass
Use of Buddy Atlases to locate land and water mass
Describe ways of telling time using pictures of past and present
Discuss community Jobs
Discuss needs and wants
Describe the continents
Name the oceans
Science
Classify groups of living and nonliving things
Show awareness of the five senses
Investigate weather patterns
Identify the parts of a plant
Develop an awareness of the water cycle
Participate in recycling projects
Participate in Earth day projects
Use scientific knowledge to ask questions and make observations
Writing Skills
Printing first and last name
Printing daily work legibly
Using descriptive language
Beginning journaling: expressing thoughts in written form
Beginning to write complete sentences
Beginning to use appropriate punctuation (. , ? ! “ )
Recognizing action and naming words
Developing characters
Recognizing story patterns
Religion
Our Church Community
Our Loving God
God’s Son Jesus
The Holy Spirit
Jesus’ Church
Feasts and Seasons
Our Catholic Heritage
Celebrating Catholic Schools
Traditional Prayers
Celebrate Mass in chapel and church
Mathematics
Adding and Subtracting facts ten
Classifying numbers: greater/lesser, even/odd
Identifying days of the week, months of the year, number words, and color words
Counting in multiples of 2, 5, and 10 to 100
Problem solving
Reproducing repeating patterns
Identifying money: Penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half-
Rate counting to 100
Identifying and writing numbers to 100
Telling time to the hour and half hour
Understanding place value of: ones, tens, and hundreds
Estimating and measuring in inches and centimeters
Beginning to use simple fractions
Comparing, sorting and classifying geometric shapes
Making and reading a simple graph
Organizing data using tally marks
Physical Education & music
Every day for 25 Minutes
Additional Activities for First Grade
The first grade class will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities with the help from people from our school and our community. The activities include:
Big Brother & Big Sister program 7th graders team up with the first grade to participate in activities together
Field Trips in the community we go to different locations in town to learn about business or other important jobs people work at on a daily basis.
Planning Mass in the chapel or church Kindergarten, first and second graders plan mass in the chapel.
100th day of school: first graders plan a day of activities to highlight the 100th day of school.
Catholic School’s Week is celebrated through the whole school.
Earth Day celebration we relate information about keeping our world clean.
Classroom parties the class celebrates three holidays: Halloween (Fall celebration), Christmas and Valentines day.
Special assemblies in the gym several times we go to the gym for special events.
Computer Lab activities we use the computer lab first grade focuses on keyboarding skills.
Library the first grade class goes to the library once a week to listen to a story red by our librarian. Then they check out a book
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