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 Strategy:
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- 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
- Target Skill:
- 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
- Phonemic Awareness:
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:
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- 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