First Grade Scope and Sequence

Grade 1 Curriculum Guide Social Studies * Holidays, traditions, and customs * Our American Heritage * Different cultures at different times * Family, school, neighborhood, community * Farm and zoo * Neighborhood helpers * Jobs and careers * Social skills and responsibilities * Basic geography terms * Making and reading a simple neighborhood map Science * Grouping and classification * Living and nonliving things * Animals * Pets * Farm animals * Zoo and circus animals * Woodland animals * Common birds * Plant and animal habitats * Seeds, bulbs, plants, flowers * Weather and seasons * Day and night * Solids, liquids, gases * Air and water * Magnets * Fire and temperature * Sun, moon, stars, planets * Simple machines * Beginning experimentation * Scientific method and scientific inquiry Language Arts * Reading - Phonetic analysis - Structural analysis - Establishing sight vocabulary * Reading informally: names, labels, signs * Simple pantomimes and dramatic play * Creating stories and poems * Telling favorite stories * Organizing ideas and impressions * Enunciation and pronunciation * Presenting information orally, in sequence and with clarity * Book reports and critiques * Discussion skills: taking part in group discussion * Beginning dictionary skills: alphabetizing * Beginning spelling * Beginning grammar: nouns, verbs, adjectives * Introduction to punctuation and capitalization * Manuscript handwriting * Handling books * Using table of contents * Development of a class newspaper Health and Safety * Personal hygiene * Dental health * Good eating habits * Exercise and rest * Diseases * Common cold * Dressing for weather and activity * Safety rules to and from school Mathematics * Counting and writing to 100 * Counting by 2's to 40 * Simple number patterns * Beginning ordinal numbers * Using 10 as a basic unit * Simple properties of zero * Simple properties of sets * Beginning addition and subtraction facts * Number-line use * Place value and numeration * Concepts of quantity and size * Concepts of equality and inequality * Concepts of ordinal and cardinal numbers * Using 1/2 and 1/4 appropriately * Estimation * Geometric patterns and figures * Basic customary and metric measurement * Recognizing time: clock and calendar * Value of penny, nickel, dime, quarter * Solving simple word problems * Basic probability and chance * Basic chart and graph concepts