First Trimester Curriculum Topics – First Grade 2021-2022

Diane Ambroselli

First Grade 

First Trimester 2021-2022

ELA: Into Reading 

• Selections: (Genre)
  • Informational Text 
  • Poetry 
  • Realistic Fiction
  • Fiction 
  • Fable
  • Biography

• Text-Based Comprehension:
  • Target Strategy: 
    • Summarize 
    • Infer/Predict
    • Monitor/Clarify
    • Question 
    • Analyze and Evaluate 
    • Visualize 

• • Target Skill:
    • Understanding Characters
    • Sequence of Events 
    • Text and Graphic Features
    • Story Structure 
    • Main Idea and Details 
    • Text and Graphic Features
    • Dialogue
    • Author’s Word Choice
    • Story Message
• Phonemic Awareness/Phonics Fluency and High Frequency Words:
  • Phonemic Awareness: 
    • Beginning Sound/ Blend Phonemes 
    • Final Sound; Segment Phonemes
    • Segment Phonemes Blend Phonemes
    • Segment Phonemes; Middle Sound

Phonics: 

• Short a- Consonants n, d- Consonants p, f 
• Short I, Consonants r, h /z/s , Consonants b, g, Phonogram –it
• Short o Consonants l, x Inflection –s
• Short e;  Consonants y, w ; Consonants k, v, j;  Phonogram –et
• Short u; Consonants qu, z
• Short a;  Double Final Consonants; and ck Phonogram –ack
• Short i Clusters with r ; Phonogram –ip
• Clusters with l Phonogram -ock ; Blends with s
• Review Short u Final Blends Phonogram –ump

• Fluency and High Frequency Words:

• Fluency Accuracy: 

• Words Connected in Text 
• Intonation
• Self-Correct 
• Phrasing
• Punctuation 
• Expression 
• Rate
• Word Recognition 
• Stress

• Speaking and Listening:

• Speaking and Listening Skill:
• How to Have a Good Discussion 
• Ask and Answer Questions 
• Using Visuals 
• Ask and Answer Questions About Stories 
• Discuss Informational Text: Compare and Contrast 
• Discuss Sensory Words and Words About Feelings

• Target-Academic Vocabulary:

• • Classify and Categorize Words
• Context Clues
• Multiple-Meaning Word
• Alphabetical Order
• Synonyms
• Shades of Meaning
• Using a Glossary
• Antonyms
• Synonyms

• Spelling:
• Spelling Principle: 

• Words with Short a 
• Words with Short i 
• Words with Short o 
• Words with Short e 
• Words with Short u

• Language:

• Grammar Skill: 

• Nouns
• Possessives
• Action Verbs  & Present Tense
• Adjectives (size and shape)
• Adjectives (color and number)
• Complete Sentences
• Commas in a Series
• Singular and Plural Nouns
• Using a, an, and the

• Writing :

• Focus Trait: 

• Ideas
• Word Choice
• Organization

• Writing Mode: 

• Narrative Writing 
• Informative Writing

• Writing Form:

•  Labels
• Captions
• Sentences
•  Class Story
• Sentences That Describe
• Poetry 
• Description 

Math:  

• Review of Kindergarten topics
• Chapter 1 – Number, Number Words, and Ordinals
• Chapter 2 – Addition Strategies and facts to 12
• Chapter 3- Subtraction Strategies and facts to 12
• Chapter 6 – Extended Addition and Subtraction facts  

Religion:  

• Chapter 1- God is our Father 
• Chapter 2- We believe in the Blessed Trinity 
• Chapter 3- Jesus grew up in a family 
• Chapter 4- Jesus works among the people 
• Chapter 5- Jesus teaches us about love 
• Chapter 13- Advent 
• Chapter 12- Christmas 

Science:

• What Scientist Do
• Bats and Birds
• Apples
• Pumpkins
• Plant Life
• Night Sky
• Reindeer

 Social Studies: 

• School Rules/Being Good Citizens
• Schools  Long Ago and Today
• Social Development 
• Fire Safety 
• Veterans Day
• Thanksgiving
• Winter Holidays