Second Trimester Curriculum Topics – First Grade 2020-2021

Miss Ambroselli

Second Trimester Curriculum Topics

First Grade 2020-2021

Into Reading:

• Target-Academic Vocabulary:

• • Oral Vocabulary
  • Classify and Categorize words
  • Homophones
  • Word endings –ed, -ing, -s
  • Shades of Meaning
  • Suffixes –er, -est , –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

• Fluency and High Frequency Words:

• Fluency Accuracy: 
  • Phrasing: Punctuation
  • Rate
  • Word Recognition
  • Expression
  • Intonation
  • Stress

• Phonemic Awareness/Phonics Fluency and High Frequency Words:

• Phonics: 
  • Base Words and –s, -es, -ed Endings 
  • Digraphs
  • Phonograms
  • 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, oa, ow
  • Compound Words
  • Possessives with ‘s
  • Contractions 

• Spelling:

• Spelling Principle: 
  • Words with -th
  • Words with –tch, -ch
  • Words with –sh, -wh, -ph 
  • Words with long aWords
  • long i
  • words with long o
  • Words with long e
  • Words with ai, ay
  • Words with oa, ow
  • Compound words

• 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 
  • Commands
  • Compound Sentences
  • Names of Months, Days, and Holidays
  • Future Tense
  • Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

• Writing :

• Writing Mode: 
  • Informative: Sentences that Inform
  • Informative: Instructions
  • Informative: Report
  • Narrative: Sentences About Yourself
  • Narrative: Friendly Letter
  • Narrative: Personal Narratives

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:

• Project Based Learning- Plants 
• 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 SoundWinter
  • 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