First Grade
3rd Nine Weeks Curriculum
2009-2010
* = Introduced in the 3rd Quarter
Language Arts – AKS #:
Listening/Speaking/Viewing
1 listen attentively to ask/respond to questions
2 recall information presented orally
3 communicate effectively when relating experiences and retelling stories
4 use complete sentences and varied language patterns/sentence structure
5 follow three-part directions
Reading
6 recognize, listen to and read a variety of literary and informational text
7 make predictions using prior knowledge
8 self-monitor reading
9 use self-correction when reading does not make sense/sound right/or look righ
*11 retell stories read independently or with a partner
*12 identify the cause/effect
13 identify sequence of events
*14 identify the main idea/details
15 ask/answer questions about essential narrative elements of a read aloud or
independent text
16 distinguish between real/imaginary content
17 compare and contrast within/between stories – personal experiences
*19 follow one-step written directions
20 recognize and use graphic features/graphic organizers to understand text
22 identify a period, question mark, exclamation mark and apostrophe
*23 identify beginning/end of paragraph
Word Study
25 increase vocabulary
26 isolate beginning, middle, ending sounds in single-syllable words
27 identify onsets/rimes in spoken, one-syllable words
28 orally blend two/four phonemes
*29 automatically segment one-syllable words into sounds
30 add-delete/substitute sounds to change words (e.g. top to stop)
31 distinguish between short/long vowels in spoken, one-syllable words
32 divide words into syllables orally
*33 automatically generate sounds for all letters, letter patterns, long and short vowels
35 read words containing consonant blends (br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr, bl, cl, fl, gl, pl,
sl, sc, sk, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, tw)
36 pronounce and apply in text the digraphs sh, th, wh, and ch
*37 read words containing vowel digraphs (ai,ay,ea,ee,oa) and r-controlled vowels
(ar,er,ir,or,ur)
*43 identify words that are opposites (antonyms); identify words with similar meanings (synonyms)
*44 recognize grade-level words with multiple meanings
45 read compound words
*46 read contractions
*47 read words with inflectional endings (-ing, -ed, -s, and –es)
*48 begin to use dictionary/glossary to determine word meanings
49 sort words into sets with common characteristics
Writing
*42 use new words in oral and written language
51 write in complete sentences
52 identify people, places, things, locations as nouns, identify actions as verbs
53 use personal pronouns (I, me, we, us)
54 use singular possessive pronouns
55 capitalize the pronoun ‘I’, beginning letter of sentences, proper nouns
*56 use correct end punctuation (period, question mark, exclamation mark)
57 write legibly/spacing
*58 use comma in a date, series
*59 use apostrophes in contractions
60 use singular/plural nouns correctly
63 use temporary, age-appropriate spelling
65 begin to use common rules of spelling
*66 use word walls, books, environmental print, and human resources to identify
standard spellings, dictionaries, glossaries
Writing Across All Genres
68 begin to capture the reader’s interest
69 begin to maintain focus
70 begin to develop closure
72 use oral or written prewriting
73 use examples to create group/individual stories
74 describe an experience in writing
77 begins to use organizational structures (beginning, middle, end, sequence of events)
78 write about a personal experience and imaginative story
79 adds details
*Genre: Informational
*76 begin to use a variety of resources to gather information
*81 stay on topic
*82 use details to expand
*83 begin to use organizational structures (steps, chronological)
*84 begin to use graphic features
Reference/Study Skills
*92 alphabetize to first letter
*93 recognize the title page (author, illustrator, title); table of contents
*94 use page numbers to locate parts of a book
*95 use media center and available technology as a source of pleasure and information
Math – AKS #:
Money
27 exchange equivalent quantities of coins by making fair trades involving
combinations of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters and count out a
combination needed to purchase items less than a dollar
28 identify bills ($1, $5, $10, $20) by name and value and exchange equivalent
quantities by making fair trades involving combinations of bills and count out a combiation of bills needed to purchase items less than twenty dollars
Equal Sharing
44 divide collections into equal parts
45 share objects equally between two to five people
47 identify, label and relate fractions (halves, fourths) as equal parts of a whole
Number Sense
21 estimate, compare, order numbers to 100
22 represent #’s less than 100
25 compare small sets (>,<,=)
26 represent ordered sequences on a number line to 100
34 identify one more, one less, ten more, ten less
40 use addition facts to 18 and corresponding subtraction facts
Measurement
55 measure quantitative attributes of concrete objects
56 compare and order the length, weight, or capacity of two or more objects by using direct comparison or a nonstandard unit
57 compare length, weight, capacity of concrete objects
58 estimate and measure using a non-standard unit that is smaller than the object to be measured
59 measure with a “ruled” tool by marking off 10 segments of the repeated single unit
Skills to Maintain
numbers to 100
fact families (+/- fact fluency)
place value
skip counting
telling time
shapes
data
