First Grade

First Grade Curriculum

1st Nine Weeks

	PULASKI ASSESSMENT OF READING/ SKILLS	LANGUAGE ARTS	MATH	SOCIAL STUDIES	SCIENCE	PRACTICAL LIVING/ ARTS & HUMANITIES	WRITING
WEEK 1	Breakthrough To Literacy – Meanies The Nap Oh, Cats! Context clues Classifying Short a Final consonants- ntdpgm Initial consonants- bfmrscgnpt Complete sentences *Book cover and Title	x.0.1 Use word recognition strategies to determine pronunciations and meanings of words in passages. POS- Students will make sense of reading materials through using word-by-word matching, punctuation, sentence structure, and the understanding that letters make words. Students will develop awareness of sounds and patterns in language including auditory segmenting, blending, and rhyming. Students will make connections between letters and their corresponding sounds in words. Students will apply patterns to unknown words in context. Students will use pictures to tell stories.	Number Sense 1.1.1 Whole numbers (0 to 100,000,000), fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals through thousandths 1.1.3 Odd and even numbers, composite and prime numbers, multiples, and factors 1.2.4 Skip-count forward and backward 4.2.1 Find rules for, extend, and create patterns 4.3.1 How patterns are alike and different POS- Students will read, write, count, and model whole numbers, 0-5. Students will recognize, extend, and explain rules orally for a number pattern. Students will create, reproduce, and extend patterns of movements and sounds. Students will explore multiples, skip counting by twos..	Rules/Constitution 1.1.2 The purpose of a government’s rules and laws is to establish and maintain order. 1.3.1 Rights and responsibilities of the individual are determined by specific roles within various groups, including family, peer group, class, school, community, state, country. 1.3.1 The U.S. Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and state constitutions guarantee certain rights for all citizens. POS- Students will recognize and understand the need for rules within the home and school setting. Students will understand and begin to apply rights and responsibilities in relation to the community.	Class rules School rules Pledge of Allegiance Speed limits "People on the Bus" song Role play Cut/glue bus pattern S.S. text pp 4-7 School workers	Rules and Manners Character Trait- Initiative Johnny Appleseed (puppets, video and story) Graph favorite way to eat apple, The Apple Wish, Picture sequence from tree to market Second Step Lesson 1	POS- Students will use principles of directionality for placement of text and pictures. Students will use developmental spelling with correct letter formation. Students will represent words with correctly formed letters for beginning and ending sounds.
WEEK 2	Breakthrough To Literacy – Splishy Splashy Look at That! Can You Find It? Cause-effect Setting Short a Final consonants- bksrfl Initial consonants- dhjklvwyz Listening for a purpose Subjects Realistic fiction *Title page	2.0.6 Use text features to understand a passage. x.0.1 Use word recognition strategies to determine pronunciations and meanings of words in passages. POS- Students will employ concepts of print including book handling and directionality. Students will identify patterns in words. Students will use pictures and illustrations in context to make sense of text. Students will re-tell familiar stories to demonstrate understanding of plot.	Patterns 4.2.1 Find rules for, extend, and create patterns. 4.3.1 How patterns are alike and different. 4.3.2 How rules involving number patterns can be explained. POS- Students will recognize, extend, and explain rules for a number pattern. Students will create, reproduce, and extend patterns of shapes, objects, movements, and sounds. Students will identify and describe patterns in real life and numerical situations. Students will identify patterns in real life..	Maps/Globes 4.1.1 Simple physical, political, and thematic maps, globes, charts, photographs, aerial photography, and graphs can be used to find and explain locations and display information. 4.1.2 Every point on Earth has an absolute location defined by latitude and longitude, and a relative location as compared to other points on Earth’s surface. 4.2.1 Every place is unique and can be described by its human and physical characteristics POS- Students will use tools to understand surroundings. Students will visualize where things are located. Students will recognize physical and human characteristics of places and regions.	Directions USA map Overhead- world/continents/ oceans Locate Kentucky- surrounding states Grid/sector		1.2 Personal writing focuses on the life experiences of the writer POS- Students will produce, through drawing symbols, and letters, writing which has meaning to the student.
WEEK 3	Breakthrough To Literacy- My Teacher Helps Me What Did I See? I Went Walking Predicting Context clues Short a, i Final ‘ck’ Final consonants- ntdpgm Speaking Make predictions Class journal *Predicates	1.0.10 Connect literature to students’ lives and real world issues. x.0.1 Use word recognition strategies to determine pronunciations and meanings of words in passages. POS- Students will employ sight word vocabulary to make sense of text. Summarize the events of a story in sequence through telling and/or drawing. Students will use prior experiences to help make sense of stories.	Graphs 1.2.7 Use factors to determine prime and composite numbers 1.1.3 Odd and even numbers, composite and prime numbers, multiples, and factors 3.1.3 The process of using data to answer questions 3.2.1 Pose questions that can be answered by collecting data 3.2.2 Collect, organize, and describe data 3.2.3 Construct and interpret displays of data POS- Students will develop factor-factor-product using manipulatives. Students will make a graph using manipulatives. Students will read data displayed on concrete graph. Students will display and read data on a pictograph. Students will display, read and compare data on bar graph. Students will pose questions; collect, organize, and display data.	Timelines 5.1.2 History can be understood by using a variety of primary and secondary sources and tools. POS- Students will differentiate among fact, fiction, and opinion in relating historical events. Students will understand simple historical time lines and use primary and secondary sources and artifacts to examine the past.	Time line- Birth to Age 6-7 Baby Pictures- Then and now (Guess who?) Growing and changing- family members		POS-Students will label pictures and drawings.
WEEK 4	Breakthrough To Literacy- Too Tight Shoes Fish Mix How Many Fish? Setting Sequence Short a,i Final x Final consonants Word order in sentences	1.0.8 Describe characters, plot, setting and problem/solution of a passage. POS- Students will identify story elements in a passage, including characters, setting, problem/solution, and plot.	Graphs 3.1.3 The process of using data to answer questions 3.2.1 Pose questions that can be answered by collecting data 3.2.2 Collect, organize, and describe data 3.2.3 Construct and interpret displays of data 3.2.5 Make predictions and draw conclusions based on data 3.3.1 How data are used to draw conclusions 3.3.3 How the type of display is related to data. POS- Students will display data on student invented representations. Students will collect and display data. Students will read, compare, and interpret student collected data. Students will draw simple conclusions based on student investigations.	Families/Needs 2.4.2 Compromise and cooperation are tools for social interaction. POS- Students will understand how human needs are met through social groups and institutes.	"I Know an Old Lady" All About Me book – fingerprints Families-Long ago, On a farm Make Way for the Ducklings – need for a home Types of housing-graph Grandparents Day	Character Education video	POS-Students will use combinations of pictures, symbols, letters, and words to convey meaning. Students will use words to form simple sentences.
WEEK 5	Breakthrough To Literacy- Scared Jog Frog Jog Tadpole to Frog Author’s purpose Sequence Antonyms Short i, o Plurals –s Final x Telling sentences Nonfiction	1.0.7 Demonstrate knowledge of the characteristics of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and plays. POS- Students will choose and read a variety of materials to gain understanding of the world around them and of the nature of texts, including literary materials and transactive materials.	Addition 1.1.5 Multiple representations of numbers 1.2.2 Add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers using a variety of methods. 1.3.2 How properties are used in calculation. POS- Students will develop part-part-whole relationships using numbers.	Families/ Human Needs	3.1.2 Organisms have basic needs. POS- Students will understand that organisms have basic needs and can only survive when these needs are met. Human Body- basic needs- anatomy apron How many Bones do I Have?, Magic SchoolBus video I wonder, cut/glue skeleton digestive path	Getting Along with Others Character Trait- Courage Wizard of Oz Leo the Late Bloomer
WEEK 6	Breakthrough To Literacy- A House for Me A Big Job Sweet Potato Pie Cause-effect Author’s purpose Antonyms Short i,o Endings-ing –s Final ck Writing process Questions	1.0.10 Connect literature to students’ lives and real world issues. 2.0.7 Identify the organizational pattern in a passage: sequence, cause and effect, and/or comparison and contrast. 2.0.9 Make predictions and draw conclusions based on what is read. 2.0.10 Connect the content of a passage to students’ lives and/or real world issues. x.0.1 Use word recognition strategies to determine pronunciations and meanings of words in passages. POS- Students will read material that rhymes, is predictable, and has high frequency words. Students will integrate prior knowledge and experiences with text to infer, predict, and conclude. Students will identify organizational patterns of transactive materials.	Addition 1.1.2 The operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. 1.1.5 Multiple representations of numbers POS- Students will develop meaning of addition and subtraction using physical objects. Students will recognize that a set of objects can be broken into parts in many ways.	Basic Needs 3.1.2 Consumers use goods and services to satisfy economic wants and needs. 4.4.2 People adapt to or modify the environment to get their needs. POS- Students will recognize fundamental economic concepts. Students will recognize factors that influence human movement and settlement. Students will recognize that people depend on, adapt to, or modify the environment to meet basic needs.	Types of housing- homeless, trailers, houses (wood, vinyl, brick) gardens, factories (clothing manufactures) Charlie the Caterpillar, changes in the butterfly chart- list needs and wants of each child, S.S text pp 58-65 Pictograph- type of shelter you live in Needs & Wants booklet
WEEK 7	Breakthrough To Literacy- Bill Grogan’s Goat	Unit 2 Testing	Addition/ Doubles/ Doubles +1	Goods/Services 3.1.1 Productive resources are limited and do not satisfy all the wants of individuals, societies, and governments. 3.2.2 The U.S. economic system has financial institutions. POS- Students will recognize fundamental economic concepts. Students will recognize different roles of family, workers, banks, and businesses in economic systems.
WEEK 8	Breakthrough To Literacy- Dishy Washy The Big Mess The Little Red Hen Compare & contrast Recall & retell Short e,o Double final consonants Plurals –s Nouns Writing a story Narration *Dialogue	1.0.6 Explain the meaning a passage taken from appropriate texts. 1.0.10 Connect literature to students’ lives and real world issues. 2.0.10 Connect the content of a passage to students’ lives and/or real world issues. POS- Students will develop concept of self as reader through using experience, memorization, pictures, and imagination to make meaning from reading materials.	Story Problems 1.1.2 The operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.	Factories/ Recycling Producers/ Consumers 3.4.1 Producers create goods and services; consumers make economic choices about which ones to purchase. POS- Students will understand that consumer wants influence the production and consumption of goods and services.	Recycling project	Character Education Video
WEEK 9	Breakthrough To Literacy- Rocking and Rolling Along Yes, We Want Some Too! Cat Traps Drawing conclusions Sequence Short e,o Initial r blends (l) -s verb endings Singular/plural Tell what happened	POS- Students will respond to rhythmic and patterned/predictable reading materials while listening.	Missing Addends 4.1.2 Number sentences with a missing value or variable 4.2.3 Find solutions to number sentences with a missing value. POS- Students will solve simple equations. Students will explore unknowns and open sentences to express relations. Students will solve for unknowns and open sentences.	Explorers/ Christopher Columbus 5.2.4 The study of U.S. history is categorized into broad historical periods and eras.	A Book about Christopher Columbus Poster- 3 ships	Drugs Character Trait- Loyalty Value of Loyalty, Misty	Writing Prompt: "I can be a good friend by …" Class book- How to be a Good Friend Stelluna, How was she a good friend? Bat shape writing Creative writing- "If I went on a long voyage, I would take …"

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