First Grade

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READING

1.0  WORD ANALYSIS, FLUENCY AND SYSTEMATIC VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT

 

CONCEPTS ABOUT PRINT

 

1-1.1  Match oral words to printed words

 

1-1.Identify the title and author of a reading selection

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1-1.3  Identify letters, words and sentences

PHONEMIC AWARENESS

 

1-1.4  Distinguish initial, medial, and final sounds in single-syllable words

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Teach phonic letter sounds and blends

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Sassy Seals

Little Fingers Beginning sounds

Picture match

AlphaTrain

Missing Letter Quiz

 

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1-1.Distinguish long-and short-vowel sounds in orally stated single-syllable words.  (e.g., bit/bite)

 

 

1-1.Create and state a series of rhyming words, including consonant blends

 

1-1.Add, delete, or change target sounds to change words (e.g., change cow to how, pan to an)

 

1-1.Blend two to four phonemes into recognizable words (e.g., /c/ a/t/ = cat; /f/ l/ a/ t/ = flat

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match initial sounds of words

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Alien scavanger hunt

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1-1.Segment single syllable words into their components (e.g., /c/ a/ t/ = cat; /s/ p/ l/ a/ t/ = splat; /r/ i/ ch/ = rich

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DECODING AND WORD RECOGNITION

 

1-1.10  Generate the sounds from all the letters and letter patterns,

including consanent blends and long and short-vowel patterns

(i.e. phonograms) and blend these sounds into regular words

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1-1.11  Read common, irregular sight words (e.g. the, have, said, come.give, of)

 

 

1-1.12  Use knowledge of vowel digraphs and r-controlled letter-sound associations to read words

 

1-1.13  Read compound words and contractions

1-1.14  Read inflectional forms (e.g., -s, -ed, -ing) and root words (e.g., look, looked, looking)

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1-1.15  Read common word families

1-1.16  Read aloud with fluency in a manner that sounds like natural speech

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VOCABULARY AND CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

 

1-1.17  Identify and sort common words in basic categories (colors, shapes, foods)

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2.0  READING COMPREHENSION

COMPREHENSION AND ANALYSIS OF

GRADE-LEVEL-APPROPRIATE TEXT

 

1-2.1 Identify text that uses sequence or other logical order.

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1-2.2  Respond to who, what, when, where, and how questions.

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TIger Aki animated storybooks and games

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K2.3  Follow one-step written instructions.

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K2.4  Use context to resolve ambiguities about word and sentence meanings.

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1-2.5  Confirm predictions about what will happen next in a text by identifyingkey words (i.e., signpost words).

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K2.6 Relate prior knowledge to textual information.

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1-2.7  Retell the central ideas of simple expository or narrative passages.

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3.0  LITERARY RESPONSE AND ANALYSIS

 

NARRATIVE ANALYSIS OF GRADE-LEVEL APPROPRIATE TEXT

 

1-3.1  Identify and describe the elements of plot, setting, and character(s) in a story, as well as the story's beginning, middle, and ending.

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1-3.2  Describe the roles of authors and illustrators and their contributions to print materials.

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1-3.3  Recollect, talk, and write about books read during the school year.

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Language Writing and Speaking

 

Organization and Focus

 

1-1.1  Select a focus when writing.

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1-1.Use descriptive words when writing.

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Penmanship

 

1-1.1  Print legibly and space letters, words, and sentences appropriately.

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2.0 Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)

 

1-2.1  Write brief narratives (e.g., fictional, autobiographical) describing an experience.

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1-2. Write brief expository descriptions of a real object, person, place, or event,

using sensory details.

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1.0  Written and Oral English Language Conventions

 

 

 

Sentence Structure

 

1-1.1  Write and speak in complete, coherent sentences

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Letter Blends

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Grammar

 

1-1.2  Identify and correctly use singular and plural nouns.

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Letter Blends

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1-1.Identify and correctly use contractions (e.g., isn't, aren't, can't, won't) and singular possessive pronouns (e.g., my/ mine, his/ her, hers, your/s) in writing and speaking.

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Punctuation

 

1-1.4  Distinguish between declarative, exclamatory, and interrogative sentences.

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1-1.5  Use a period, exclamation point, or question mark at the end of sentences.

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1-1.6  Use knowledge of the basic rules of punctuation and capitalization when writing.

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Capitalization

1-1.Capitalize the first word of a sentence, names of people, and the pronoun I.

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Spelling

 

1-1.Spell three-and four-letter short-vowel words and grade-level-appropriate

sight words correctly.

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1.0  Listening and Speaking

 

1-1.Listen attentively.

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1-1.Ask questions for clarification and understanding.

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1-1.3  Give, restate, and follow simple two-step directions.

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1-1.4  Stay on the topic when speaking.

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1-1.Use descriptive words when speaking about people, places, things, and events.

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2.0  Speaking Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)

 

 

1-2.1  Recite poems, rhymes, songs, and stories.

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1-2.Retell stories using basic story grammar and relating the sequence of

story events by answering who, what, when, where, why, and how questions.

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1-2.Relate an important life event or personal experience in a simple sequence.

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1-2.4  Provide descriptions with careful attention to sensory detail.

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MATH

 

 

Number Sense

1.0 Students understand and use numbers up to 100:

 

1-1.1  Count, read, and write whole numbers to 100.

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1-1.Compare and order whole numbers to 100 by using the symbols for less than,

equal to, or greater than (<, =, >).

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K1.3  Represent equivalent forms of the same number through the use of

physical models, diagrams, and number expressions (to 20) (e.g., 8

may be represented as 4 + 4, 5 + 3, 2 + 2 + 2 + 2, 10 -2, 11 -3).

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1-1.4  Count and group object in ones and tens (e.g., three groups

of 10 and 4 equals 34, or 30 + 4).

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K1.5  Identify and know the value of coins and show different combinations

of coins that equal the same value.

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2.0 Students demonstrate the meaning of addition and subtraction and use

these operations to solve problems:

1-2.1  Know the addition facts (sums to 20) and the corresponding

subtraction facts and commit them to memory.

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1-2.2  Use the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction to solve problems.

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1-2.3  Identify one more than, one less than, 10 more than, and 10 less than a given number.

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1-2.4  Count by 2s, 5s, and 10s to 100.

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1-2.5  Show the meaning of addition (putting together, increasing) and subtraction

(taking away, comparing, finding the difference).

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1-2.6  Solve addition and subtraction problems with one-and two-digit numbers

(e.g., 5 + 58 = __).

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1-2.7  Find the sum of three one-digit numbers.

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3.0 Students use estimation strategies in computation and problem solving

that involve numbers that use the ones, tens, and hundreds places:

1-3.1  Make reasonable estimates when comparing larger or smaller numbers.

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Algebra and Functions

 

1.0 Students use number sentences with operational symbols

and expressions to solve problems:

 

1-1.Write and solve number sentences from problem situations that express

relationships involving addition and subtraction.

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1-1.2 Understand the meaning of the symbols +, -, =.

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1-1.3  Create problem situations that might lead to given number sentences involving

addition and subtraction.

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Measurement and Geometry

1.0 Students use direct comparison and nonstandard units to

describe the measurements of objects:

 

1-1.1  Compare the length, weight, and volume of two or more objects by using

direct comparison or a nonstandard unit.

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1-1.Tell time to the nearest half hour and relate time to events

(e.g., before/after, shorter/longer).

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2.0 Students identify common geometric figures, classify them by

common attributes, and describe their relative position or their location in space:

1-2.1  Identify, describe, and compare triangles, rectangles, squares, and circles,

including the faces of three-dimensional objects.

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1-2.2  Classify familiar plane and solid objects by common attributes, such as color,

position, shape, size, roundness, or number of corners, and explain which attributes

are being used for classification.

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1-2.Give and follow directions about location.

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1-2.Arrange and describe objects in space by proximity, position, and direction

(e.g., near, far, below, above, up, down, behind, in front of, next to, left or right of).

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Statistics, Data Analysis, and Probability

1.0 Students organize, represent, and compare data by category on

simple graphs and charts:

1-1.Sort objects and data by common attributes and describe the categories.

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K1.2  Represent and compare data (e.g., largest, smallest, most often, least often)

by using pictures, bar graphs, tally charts, and picture graphs.

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2.0  Students sort objects and create and describe patterns by numbers, shapes,

sizes, rhythms, or colors:

1-2.Describe, extend, and explain ways to get to a next element in

simple repeating patterns (e.g., rhythmic, numeric, color, and shape).

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Mathematical Reasoning

1.0 Students make decisions about how to set up a problem:

1-1.Determine the approach, materials, and strategies to be used.

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K1.2  Use tools, such as manipulatives or sketches, to model problems.

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2.0 Students solve problems and justify their reasoning:

1-2.Explain the reasoning used and justify the procedures selected.

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1-2.2  Make precise calculations and check the validity of the results from the

context of the problem.

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3.0 Students note connections between one problem and another.