First Grade Curriculum

First Grade Curriculum

4th Nine Weeks

	PULASKI ASSESSMENT OF READING/ SKILLS	LANGUAGE ARTS	MATH	SOCIAL STUDIES	SCIENCE	PRACTICAL LIVING/ ARTS & HUMANITIES	WRITING
WEEK 28	Breakthrough to Literacy Title- In the Rainforest, Desert Day	Unit 5 Test	Greater than/Less than 1.2.9 Order and compare whole numbers and fractions POS- Students will order and compare numbers from 0-100, introducing the symbols (<,>,=)		Environments 3.3.2 The world has many different environments. POS- Students will understand that organisms’ patterns of behavior are related to the nature of organisms’ environments.		1.2 Personal writing focuses on the life experiences of the writer. POS- Construct writing with chronological sequence of events.
WEEK 29	Breakthrough to Literacy Title- Underground Sequence realism/fantasy r-controlled ar suffix –ly long o (oa,ow) final digraph (ch,th,sh,wh)	Bluebirds in the Garden The Garden Writing complete sentences x.0.4 Recognize the meaning of a word when a prefix or suffix has been added to a base word. POS- Students will apply syllabification to unknown words in context.	Comparing Fractions 1.2.9 Order and compare whole numbers and fractions POS- Students will order groups of objects according to quantity.		Rocks Soils 2.1.1 Earth materials include solid rocks and soils, water, and the gases of the atmosphere. 2.1.2 Earth materials provide many of the resources humans use. POS- Students will understand that Earth’s materials are solids, water, and gases.
WEEK 30	Breakthrough to Literacy Title- Dinosaur Toes Compare/contrast r-controlled (or,ar) inflectional endings (s,es,ed,ing) compounds	Jordan Makes a Friend Ice-Cold Birthday Book report exclamation marks 4.0.6 Locate and apply information for authentic purposes. POS- Students will read a variety of materials to accomplish authentic purposes, including reading for enjoyment, to locate information, and to complete tasks.	Fractions 1.1.1 Whole numbers, fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals through thousandths 1.1.5 Multiple representations of numbers POS- Students will develop beginning fractional concepts.		Fossils 2.1.3 Fossils found in Earth materials provide evidence about organisms that lived long ago and the nature of the environment at that time. 2.2.1 The Sun provides the light and heat necessary to maintain the temperature of Earth. POS- Students will understand that fossils provide evidence about organisms that lived long ago. Students will understand that the Sun provides the light and heat necessary to maintain the temperature of the Earth.	Guidance: Safety/Abuse Character Word of the Month- Contemplation	POS- Students will construct writing which contains sequence supported by details.
WEEK 31	Breakthrough to Literacy Title- Did You Know? Draw conclusions multiple-meaning words r-controlled (or,ir,er,ur) inflectional endings genre elements of a play	Show Time Do You Live in a Nest? Commands comparative endings (er, est) charts/tables writing play elements. 1.0.6 Explain the meaning of a passage taken from texts appropriate for elementary school students.	Probability 3.1.2 Probability of an unlikely event and likely event 3.2.7 Generate all possible outcomes in simple probability activities. 3.2.8 Determine the fairness of games using simple probability activities POS- Students will explore chance as illustrated in games and experiences. Students will compare chance as two separate events. Students will explore chance as two separate events. Students will explore basic concepts of probability through simple experiments.		3.2.1 Plants and animals have life cycles that include the beginning of life, growth, and development, reproduction, and death. 3.2.2 Plants and animals closely resemble their parents at some time in their life cycle. 3.3.1 Plants make their own food. POS- Students will understand that organisms have life cycles that are different for different organisms. Students will understand that organisms resemble their parents. Students will understand that all animals depend on plants for food.
WEEK 32	Breakthrough to Literacy Title- Bigger Bigger Plot character digraphs ou, ow medial consonants er, ir, or possessives	What ‘s New Class? Fox on Stage Pronouns write an advertisement 1.1.10 Connect literature to students’ lives and real world issues. 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.	Problem Solving/ Writing Story Problems	Earth Day Natural Resources	Animals 3.1.1 Things in the environment are classified as living, nonliving, and once living. 3.1.3 Each plant or animal has structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction. POS- Students will understand that organisms have different structures that serve different functions.		POS- Students will use tools to edit their own writing for correctness.
WEEK 33	Breakthrough to Literacy Title- Animals Hide-and- Seek Reality/fantasy multiple meanings medial consonants digraphs (ew, ue, ou)	Doggy Art The Snow Glory Comparative endings give directions write about an illustration personal pronouns 1.0.6 Explain the meaning of a passage taken from texts appropriate for elementary school students.	Multiplication 1.1.2 The operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division 1.1.3 Odd and even numbers, composite and prime numbers, multiples, and factors 1.2.2 Add, subtract, multiply whole numbers using a variety of physical models. 1.2.7 Use factors to determine prime and composite numbers POS- Students will explore factor-factor-product using manipulatives. Students will develop the concept of multiplication and division using physical models.	Symbols 5.2.5 Symbols, slogans, monuments/buildings, patriotic songs, poems, and selected readings are used to describe or illustrate important ideas and events in Kentucky and American history. POS- Students will describe and illustrate historical concepts or events through symbols, slogans, songs, poems, and passages.	Flag, slogans, monuments, patriotic songs, poems- Pledge of Allegiance, Gettysburg Address, eagle, Statue of Liberty, Liberty Bell		POS- Students will form sentences with complex ideas and/or structures.
WEEK 34	Breakthrough to Literacy Title- Bigger and Bigger draw conclusions characters dipthongs (oi,oy) multi-syllabic words suffix –ly plurals *genre – realistic fiction	I’ll Join You Leon & Ben *Writing process	Function Machine 4.1.1 Functions through pictures, tables, and words 4.2.3 Find solutions to number sentences with a missing value. POS- Students will explore input-output machines. Students will use function machines.	Leaders Local/National 1.2.3 Every level of government has specific offices associated with each branch that vary in title but contain similar duties.	Presidents- Lincoln, Washington, Bush Washington, DC State- governor Local- mayor; judge	POS- Students will develop awareness that different cultures, periods, and style influence dramatic works.	1.1 Reflective writing includes the writer’s examination of his/her writing skills, abilities, approaches, and products. POS- Students will produce a variety of written responses, some of which reflect on self as reader and writer.
WEEK 35	Breakthrough to Literacy Title- Legs	Test Unit 6	Patterns Geometry 2.1.2 Basic two-dimensional shapes including circles, triangles, all quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and octagons 2.1.3 Basic three-dimensional shapes including spheres, cones, cylinders, pyramids, cubes, and triangular and rectangular prisms 2.1.4 Symmetry, congruence, and similar figures 2.2.1 Sort objects and compare attributes 2.2.3 Identify and draw basic two-dimensional shapes in different orientations using rotations, reflections, and translations 2.2.4 Identify basic three-dimensional shapes by appearance 2.3.1 How two-dimensional shapes are alike or different 2.3.2 How three-dimensional shapes are alike or different 2.3.4 How lines of symmetry relate to shapes POS- Students will identify, describe, and make geometric figures. Students will draw two-dimensional shapes. Students will compare the size and shape of plane geometric figures. Students will determine if simple shapes are symmetrical. Students will determine lines of symmetry in simple shapes. . Students will identify, compare, and contrast two- and three-dimensional shapes and objects.	Kentucky Unit Natural Resources 20^th Century	State bird, tree, flower, flag motto coal-resources cash crops tourist attractions early explorers map-counties *directions NSEW
WEEK 36	Breakthrough to Literacy Title- Horace		4.3.1 How patterns are alike and different POS- Students will create, reproduce, and extend patterns of shapes, objects, movements, and sounds	Kentucky Unit Colonization

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