A Quick Overview of the 1st Grade Curriculum
Language Arts
•Write sentences
independently
•Comprehend and analyze grade level text
•Knows the names
and sounds of all the consonants and vowels
•Understand
phonics concepts such as consonant combinations, silent e, blends, and
rhymes
•Follow along, reading, and summarizing simple stories with
pictures
•Use a variety of different writing
genres
•Read sight words
Math
•Count to 100 by 1’s, skip
count, and counting backwards
•Understand place value and use it when
comparing numbers
•Add and subtract small numbers (within
20)
•Understand the value of money
•Know the units for measurement,
time, and weight
•Interpret data
• Critical thinking and word
problems
• Compose and Decompose numbers
Social Studies
•Citizenship
and community
•Symbols and Traditions
•Compare and Contrast Long Ago vs.
Today
• Goods and Services
Science
•Solids, liquids and
gases
•Plants, animals and habitats
•Weather and seasons
•Makes hypotheses, records observations and interprets data
A more in depth view at the 1st grade standards can be seen at the link below:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/cf/documents/glcfirstgradecurriculum.pdf
Language Arts
•Write sentences
independently
•Comprehend and analyze grade level text
•Knows the names
and sounds of all the consonants and vowels
•Understand
phonics concepts such as consonant combinations, silent e, blends, and
rhymes
•Follow along, reading, and summarizing simple stories with
pictures
•Use a variety of different writing
genres
•Read sight words
Math
•Count to 100 by 1’s, skip
count, and counting backwards
•Understand place value and use it when
comparing numbers
•Add and subtract small numbers (within
20)
•Understand the value of money
•Know the units for measurement,
time, and weight
•Interpret data
• Critical thinking and word
problems
• Compose and Decompose numbers
Social Studies
•Citizenship
and community
•Symbols and Traditions
•Compare and Contrast Long Ago vs.
Today
• Goods and Services
Science
•Solids, liquids and
gases
•Plants, animals and habitats
•Weather and seasons
•Makes hypotheses, records observations and interprets data
A more in depth view at the 1st grade standards can be seen at the link below:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/cf/documents/glcfirstgradecurriculum.pdf
