First Grade

Home Up Mrs. Vonder Haar Homework 1st Mrs. Rhodes

First Grade students will work on these skills during the school year.

READING/LITERATURE
Word reorganization skills                          
  • Phonics                                                                                                     
  • Structural Analysis
  • Contextual Clues

(The  above are used to read and understand vocabulary and word meanings.

  • Reaching conclusions
  • Main idea
  • Sequencing
  • Grouping and classifying like objects
  • Alphabetizing
  • Accelerated Reader
  • Complete 5 levels of oral reading, workbooks and skill books
  • Setting

LANGUAGE ARTS
  • Orally follow directions
  • Recognize and construct a complete sentence using correct grammar, capitalization, and punctuation
  • Determine the difference between reality and fantasy
  • Recognize the main idea of a story or picture
  • Recognize nouns, verbs and adjectives

SPELLING

  • Encode and decode words
  • 138 basic unit words are taught
  • Workbook use:
  • Sentence structure
  • Word meanings
  • Alphabetical order
  • Word Shop (dictionary use)
  • Weekly tests
  • Sentence dictation tests

MATH
Recognize and read numbers from 0-100
Know the place value through the tens
Count to 100 by ones, twos, fives and tens

Use addition and/or subtraction in computation and problem solving skills

Add and subtract two- digit whole numbers
Determine whether to use addition and/or subtraction in word problems
Compute basic addition and subtraction facts to twenty
Find missing addends with sums of ten
Measurements—centimeter and inch; hour and half hour
Money value--penny, nickel, dime,  and quarter
Be able to count to 25 cents
Recognize, name, and construct a circle, triangle, square and rectangle
Divide a circle, square and rectangle into halves and fourths
Read and construct a graph
 
Read a calendar

TECHNOLOGY

Develop keyboard ability
Use different parts of the computer

Perform specific tasks as directed by various programs

Perform Accelerated Reader tasks

SOCIAL STUDIES

  • Discuss concepts related to common holidays

  • Describe community helpers and leaders and their jobs

  • Identify differences in urban and rural living 

  • Understand the family unit and traditions

  • Have an awareness of career choices

  • Develop morals, ethics, acceptable behavior and language, and good citizenship

SCIENCE

  • Understand the needs of plant and animal life

  • Identify the five senses and body parts used for each sense

PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH

  • Relate that basic physical exercise is essential for positive development and health of the human body

  • Understand that both mental and physical development are necessary to a healthy body

  • Understand that consumer health, safety, and environmental health are important

  • Develop an appreciation for basic physical fitness and leisure activities

  • Understand that basic physical fitness and health are essential to a sound body

  • Use basic skills to perform a variety of activities

  • Understand that life saving situations can be controlled by knowledge of basic skills and use of safety precautions

MUSIC

Demonstrate understanding of appropriate rhythm patterns

Understand melodic concepts of up, down, and simple pentatonic scale patterns

Demonstrate understanding of musical phrase

Recognize various instruments

Play pitched and un pitched percussion instruments

Apply musical terms such as tempo, beat, and rhythm

ART

  • Complete seasonal art projects

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  • Learn to produce visual work designs using scissors, glue, color variations, 
    shape, textures, lines, spaces, and form
 
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