Children should enter first grade able to do the following tasks.
- Read and comprehend books
- Write first and last names using capital and lower case letters
- Hold a pencil correctly
- Identify the letters of the alphabet and most of the sounds associated with the letters of the alphabet
- Identify and count numbers through 31
- Recognize 25 most common sight words found in books
Children should leave first grade able to do the following tasks.
- Write a simple sentence with correct punctuation and capitalization
- Add and subtract simple equations
- Identify long and short vowels
- Identify and spell high frequency words
- Identify coins and numbers
- Tell time to the hour and half hour using an analogue clock
First Grade Language Arts Goals
- Write in complete sentences
- Use capital letters appropriately
- Construct meaning from text using before, during, and after reading strategies
- Write legibly
- Use strategies to decode (sound out) words
- Read and spell high frequency words correctly
First Grade Math Goals
- Place Value
- Addition and Subtraction
- Measurement using standard and non-standard units
- Time to the hour and half hour
- Money–identifying coins and their values
- Graphing
- Ordinal numbers—first through thirty-first
- Developing number sense
First Grade Science Units
- Solids and Liquids
- Weather
- Living Organisms
First Grade Social Studies Units
- Citizenship and Safety
- Maps and Globes
- Community Helpers
- Japan
Classroom Teachers
Kelly Crum
Mary Mills
Maureen Ritt
Wanda Scott
