First Grade Overview (by month) Academics August God Created the World The Blessed Trinity Jesus is Human Review of phonics skills learned in Kindergarten Assessment and placement of reading skills/groups Journal writing Review of Math Skills learned in Kindergarten All about Me (I am Special) Caring for God’s Creation September Jesus Among the People Jesus Teaches Us to Love The Church Year Blends Short Vowels Sentence Structure Addition Apples The Flag October Jesus Teaches Us to Pray The Holy Spirit Blends Short Vowels Context Clues Main Idea Inflectional Endings Addition and Subtraction Life Cycle of a Pumpkin Bats Columbus November The Church Serves The Parish Family Short vowels Blends Proper nouns Verbs Possessives Present tense Addition Subtraction Indian life Pilgrim life December Advent Using Diagrams Compare/contrast Blends Using is and are Long vowels Contractions Subtraction Doubles in addition Problem solving Matter Christmas Around the World January The Sacraments Learning to forgive Long Vowels Using was and were Using have and has Using see and saw Commas Using charts Inflectional endings Making inferences Fact families Using models to solve problems Place value Subtraction Martin Luther King, Jr. Penguin Habitats February Saints Lent (?) Long Vowels Inflectional endings Contractions Adjective Cause and Effect Predictions Place Value Skip counting Money Rainforest Snow Black History Fire Prevention Lincoln and Washington March Lent (?) Stations of the Cross Context clues Long vowels Drawing conclusions Adjectives Syllable awareness Synonyms Antonyms Using –ing Money Time Problems solving Estimating Rocks Helpers in our School April Jesus and the Eucharist The Mass Blends Diagraphs Fantasy and Reality Inflectional Endings Subjects/Predicates Pronouns Varient vowels Using I and Me Sentence Structure Geometry Bar Graphs Fractions Insects Plants Magnets May Mary God’s Creation The Rosary Summarizing Inflectional endings Review short/long vowels Diagraph Blends Combining sentences ABC order Estimation Logical Reasoning Adding Tens and Ones Adding Money Subtracting Tens and Ones Subtracting Money Measurement Frogs Toads Ongoing Through out the Year Genre Comprehension Predictions Handwriting Partner reading Plot Author studies Main idea Map skills Context clues Character Cause/effect Special Events/Trips/Service Projects Apple Day Fall Fun Day Columbus Ships Thanksgiving Feast Flowers to the Nursing Home Mike’s Farm Festival of Trees Carriage Ride Poplar Grove Plantation Theater Valentine’s Cookies to the Nursing Home Leprechaun Traps Lenten Packets Trauma Roo from NHRMC Hats for the Homeless Strawberry Farm 100th Day of School Projects Party for the Rising First Graders