By the end of 1st grade, students are expected to be within the Early level on the continuum of skills and competencies. At the Early level, students will be able to:

Reading

• Fluently blend and segment words and is developing in deletion/substitution

• Apply all letter/sound relations.

• Recognize long and short vowels within words.

• Recognize blends and digraphs within words.

• Automatically recognize frequently-encountered words in isolation and in context.

• Use a variety of strategies to decode words such as applying phonemic knowledge, using picture clues and recognizing word patterns.

• Identify text features including headings, titles, labeled photographs and illustrations.

• Apply comprehension strategies.

• Analyze information within and about the text and infer meaning.

• Read grade level text fluently.

• Self-correct errors that interfere with meaning.

• Demonstrate appropriate reading behaviors.

Writing

• Write opinion pieces stating an opinion and supplying a reason.

• Write supporting details to develop the topic and provide a sense of closure.

• Write informational pieces using headings, titles, labels, and illustrations.

• Write personal narratives using illustrations, sequence and descriptions.

• Use correct punctuation, capitalization and spacing.

• Form upper and lower case letters correctly.

• Begin to apply spelling patterns in everyday writing.

• Demonstrate appropriate writing behaviors.

• Use technology to produce writing with guidance and support.

Speaking, Listening and Viewing

• Demonstrate appropriate listening behavior (wait turn, look at speaker and ask appropriate questions) to gain knowledge.

• Actively engage in collaborative conversations.

In each of the following areas, students will: 

History 

• Discover that people, families, neighborhoods and schools are continually evolving but are still connected to the past. 

• Recognize that history can be learned through stories of the past told by parents and grandparents. 

• Learn about individuals from the past who made important contributions to our country. 

Geography 

• Create maps of their school and learn how its areas can be divided into regions based on physical and human features. 

• Identify important places in the immediate environment. 

• Describe how people use the environment to meet human needs and wants. 

Civics and Government 

• Identify important symbols of the United States. 

• Develop and understanding of rules and a respect for enforcing them at home and in school. 

• Describe responsibilities that people have at home and at school. 

• Know what makes a good citizen. 

• Know how to solve conflicts appropriately. 

Economics 

• Identify goods and services they use on a daily basis. 

• Understand that people work to make money to buy what they need or want. 

• Learn about different kinds of jobs and how people can work together to get jobs done well. 

• Distinguish between producers and consumers. 

Public Discourse/Decision Making/Citizen Involvement 

• Identify issues of concern at school and share a viewpoint on that issue. 

• Participate in projects to help or inform others.

Students will learn about the following science strands:

Waves: Light & Sound

• Vibrating materials can make sound and sound can make materials vibrate.

• Light must be present in order to view objects.

• Light interacts differently with different materials.

Structure, Function, and Information Processing

• Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
• Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
• Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.

Space Systems: Patterns and Cycles

• Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
• Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.