Second Trimester Curriculum Topics – First Grade 2018-2019
Miss Ambroselli
Second Trimester Curriculum Topics
First Grade 2018 – 2019
Journeys Reading: (Units 3 and 4- Lessons 11- 20)
- Selections: (Genre)
- Informational Text
- Poetry
- Realistic Fiction
- Fiction
- Folktales
- Fable
- Biography
- Target-Academic Vocabulary:
- Oral Vocabulary
- Classify and Categorize words
- Homophones
- Word endings –ed, -ing, -s
- Shades of Meaning
- Suffixes –er, -est
- Suffixes –y, -ful
- Define Words
- Multiple Meaning Words
- Synonyms
- Compound Words
- Text-Based Comprehension:
- Target Skill:
- Authors Purpose
- Sequence of Events
- Cause and Effect
- Conclusions
- Compare and Contrast
- Main Idea and Details
- Target Strategy:
- Analyze and Evaluate
- Question
- Visualize
- Infer and Predict
- Monitor and Clarify
- Summarize
- Target Skill:
- Fluency and High Frequency Words:
- Fluency Accuracy:
- Phrasing: Punctuation
- Rate
- Word Recognition
- Expression
- Intonation
- Stress
- Fluency Accuracy:
- Phonemic Awareness/Phonics Fluency and High Frequency Words:
- Phonics:
- Digraph th; Base Words and –s, -es, -ed Endings
- Digraph –ch, -tch
- Digraphs –sh. –wh, -ph
- Digraphs kn, wr, gn ,mb
- Phonogram –atch
- Phonogram –ac
- Phonogram –ake
- Phonograms –ine, -ite
- Phonogram –ink
- Phonograms –ay, -ain
- Phonograms –ow, -oat
- Long a (CVCe)
- Long I (CVce)
- Long o (CV, CVCe)
- Long u (CVCe)
- Long e (ea, e, e_e, ee)
- Soft c, g, dge
- Short Vowels /e/ea
- Words ending with ng, nk
- Words with ai, ay
- Words with oa, ow
- Compound Words
- Possessives with ‘s
- Contractions with ‘s, n’t
- Contractions ‘ll, ‘d
- Contractions with ‘ve, ‘re
- Phonics:
- Spelling:
- Spelling Principle:
- Words with -th
- Words with –tch, -ch
- Words with –sh, -wh, -ph
- Words with long a
- Words with long i
- words with long o
- Words with long e
- Words with ai, ay
- Words with oa, ow
- Compound words
- Spelling Principle:
- Language:
- Grammar Skill:
- Proper Nouns
- Commands
- Articles- Using a, an, and the
- Commas in a Series
- Subjects and Verbs
- Verbs and Time
- The Verb be
- Questions
- Compound Sentences
- Names of Months, Days, and Holidays
- Future Tense
- Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
- Grammar Skill:
- Writing :
- Writing Mode:
- Informative: Sentences that Inform
- Informative: Instructions
- Informative: Report
- Narrative: Sentences About Yourself
- Narrative: Friendly Letter
- Narrative: Personal Narratives
- Writing Mode:
Religion:
- Advent
- Christmas
- We Belong to a Parish
- We Celebrate the Sacraments
- The Church Welcomes New Members
- We are Followers of Jesus
- We Celebrate God’s Forgiveness
- Lent
- The Three Days
- Easter
Science:
- Science Fair Projects
- Scholastic News Topics:
- Hibernation
- Winter Animals
- Dental Health
- Weather
- Nutrition
- Earth Day
- Spring Animals
- Plants and Soil
- Pushes and Pulls
- How Things are Made
- Habitats
Social Studies:
- Scholastic News Topics:
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- New Year’s Traditions
- The Science of Sound
- Winter in Our Community
- Read Across America (Dr. Seuss)
- Patriotic Symbols
- Presidents’ Day
- Black History Month
- Saint Patrick’s Day/Ireland
- Our World: Oceans and Continents
- Caring for our Natural Resources
- Needs and Wants
- Spending and Saving
- Being Good Citizens
Math:
- Place Value to 100
- Extending Addition and Subtraction Facts
- Addition: Two- Digit Numbers with and without regrouping
- Subtraction: Two- Digit Numbers with and without regrouping
- Geometry
- Data and Graphs: Using Operations
- Problem Solving
Pattern Words
http://storage.cloversites.com/faithevlutheranchurch/documents/First%20Grade%20Spelling%202016.pdf
Memory Words:
http://urskindergarten.yolasite.com/resources/dolch%20words%20in%20superkids.pdf
Handwriting