First Grade Classroom Curriculum

Math:
Houghton Mifflin, Please see Handout which contains the standards for first grade and the contents of our text book.

Some of our primary goals will be for the students to have a strong grasp of place value and to know their facts to 20.

The text is supplemented by seasonal activities and the daily calendar and number line and the integration of math skills into all subject areas.

Click here to view math curriculum in a PDF document.

Religion:
Call to Faith, Harcourt Religion Publishers, “Promises” weekly, Liturgical Calendar, Faith Families. Daily prayers and weekly mass and Community Service.

Language Arts:
Our reading series is Macmillan Mcgraw Hill and we will have weekly differentiated small groups

Writing:
We will incorporate writing into all of our subjects plus we will do a weekly writing program I call “Key Words” (I will need parent volunteers for Key Words!) and the students will keep journals.

Spelling and phonics:
Mcgraw Hill texts, Primary Phonics and McCracken Spelling and the “Word Wall”. Please see the reading vocabulary/spelling list. Poems, songs, drama (not playground!)

Helping at home:
Read everyday! Practice word cards and make sure your child is forming their letters (and #’s!) correctly and that they are using the correct pencil grip.

Science:
Houghton Mifflin Text and “Come with Me” Units, fieldtrip to Safari West

Social Studies:
Houghton Mifflin Text, seasonal holidays and important people (for example: MLK, President’s Day, Cinco de Mayo, etc.) tentative fieldtrips to Mrs. Grossman’s Sticker Factory, the local Fire Station and the Police Station and the grocery store

Homework:
Homework is always assigned on the first school day of the week (usually Monday) and is due on Friday unless specified. Part of the homework assignment is to make word cards and practice the sight words.