Grade 1

Teachers:  Gina, Mary

 

Possible Units of Study

 

Reading

Memorizing simple texts
Using picture clues for meaning
Phonetic strategies: first, median and final sounds
Developing a comprehensive sight word vocabulary
Recognizing vowels and vowel patterns
Recognizing consonant “chunks” (ch, sh, dr, sp, etc.)
Recognizing word endings (s, ing, ed)
Recognizing word families (pat, cat, hat, etc.)
Making sense of the context
Interpreting texts: comprehension
 

Writing

Beginning to use exclamation points and question marks

Writes daily on topic chosen independently

Students have opportunities to share finished work with an audience illustrates written work in writing journal

Developing stamina as writers

Learning to edit and revise written work

Appropriately using spacing between words

Uses directionality in writing

Includes capitalization for the names of specific people and places

Begins writing using a combination of phonetic spelling and correctly spelled common words

Learning how to use transition words

Creating a series book to expand meaning

Begins to develop a sense of what makes a good piece of writing through studying various authors.

 

 

Social Studies

Community Study

 

Concepts/Big Ideas
• What is a community?
• Who are the members of the community?
• What goods and services do the places in my neighborhood provide to the community?
• What are the inner workings of a business?
• What do people collaborate as a team?
• How are jobs interconnected?
• Study in 3 phases: research, creation, implementation

 

Activities/Meetings
• Restaurant or Theatre study based on neighborhood walk
• Mapping out the neighborhood
• Researching places within the neighborhood
• Taking on job roles to collaborate as a team to create a running restaurant or Broadway-style musical
• Interview professionals in their area of expertise
• Literature study: Virginia Lee Burton (characters and their roles in the community)
 

 

Investigations in Number, Data and Space

Grade 1 - Sequence of Math Units
How Many of Each
Addition, Subtraction and the Number System

 

Making Shapes and Designing Quilts
2-D Geometry

 

Solving Story Problems
Addition, Subtraction and the Number System-2

 

What Would You Rather Be
Data Analysis

 

Fish Lengths and Animal Jumps
Measurement

 

Number Games and Crayon Puzzles

Addition, Subtraction and the Number System-3

 

Color, Shape and Number Patterns
Patterns and Functions

 

Two’s, Fives, and Tens
Addition, Subtraction and the Number System-4

 

Blocks and Boxes
3-D Geometry