Many things will be taught during this school year in English/Language Arts and Mathematics, but the standards listed below constitute a summary of the most important concepts your child will be expected to master in first grade.
ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS
Oral Language
1.3 The student will adapt or change oral language to fit the situation.
a) Initiate conversation with peers and adults
b) Follow rules for conversation
Reading
1.6 The student will apply phonetic principles to read and spell.
e) Blend beginning, middle, and ending sounds to recognize and read words
h) Read and spell common, high-frequency sight words, including; the, said, and come
1.7 The student will use meaning clues and language structure to expand vocabulary when reading.
b) Use knowledge of the story and topic to read words
c) Use knowledge of sentence structure
1.9 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of fiction and non-fiction.
e) Ask and answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions about what is read
f) Identify characters, setting, and important events
g) Retell stories and events, using beginning, middle, and end
Writing
1.12 The student will write to communicate ideas.
b) Focus on one topic
d) Use complete sentences in final copies
e) Begin each sentence with a capital letter and use ending punctuation in final copies
f) Use correct spelling for high-frequency sight words and phonetically regular words in final copies
MATHEMATICS
Number and Number Sense
1.1/1.4 The student will count objects to 100 and write the corresponding numeral.
1.3 The student will county by fives and tens to 100.
The student will demonstrate and apply knowledge of the relationships of 5 and 10 to the numbers 0 to 12.
The student will identify two more than and two less than for numbers through 20.
Computation and Estimation
1.8 The student will recall basic addition facts (sums to 10) and the corresponding subtraction facts.
Measurement
1.10 The student will identify the number of pennies equivalent to a nickle, a dime, and a quarter.
The student will determine the value of a collection of pennies, nickles and dimes whose total value is 100 cents or less.
1.11 The student will tell time to the half hour.
1.12-1.13 The student will use nonstandard units to measure length and volume and will compare the weights of two objects using a balance scale.
Geometry
1.16-1.17 The student will draw, describe, and sort triangles, squares, rectangles, and circles according to the number of sides, corners, and square corners.
The students will identify plane shapes in an environmental context.
Probability and Statistics
1.18-1.19 The student will collect, display, and interpret data from daily life using tables, picture graphs, and object graphs.
Patterns, Functions, and Algebra
1.21 The student will recognize, describe, extend, and create repeating patterns, including rhythmic, color, shape, and numerical patterns.
