Grade 1 Curriculum
Curriculum Overview
Religion
Curricular Goals
Students in 1st Grade will:
- Introduce the Old Testament Salvation History
- Explore the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ
- Define the Mystery of the Holy Spirit
- Learn about the history of the Church
- Discover the tradition of honoring Mary our Mother
Text and Materials
- Our Heavenly Father, Faith and Life series (Ignatius Press)
- Catholic Bible for Children (Catholic Book Publishing Corp.)
- Saints and Religious Figures Mini Books
Reading
Curricular Goals
Students in 1st Grade will:
- Introduce daily opportunities to express and share thoughts, feelings, and ideas through writing
- Introduce and reinforce strategies for phonics and decoding
- Reinforce recognition of sight words
- Build connections with new vocabulary words
- Explore informational text, particularly within the content areas of science and social studies
- Generate enthusiasm and appreciation for reading
Text and Materials
- Reading A-Z leveled books
- F.A.S.T. Boards
- Raz-Kids
Language
Curricular Goals
Students in 1st Grade will:
- Introduce concepts of spelling
- Form letters correctly
- Write various types of texts
- Produce and distribute a variety of writing
- Research to build and present knowledge
- Present oral and visual ideas
Text and Materials
- Wordsmith: Connecting Spelling and Writing to Word Study
- Writing Our Catholic Faith
- Daily Writing Journal
Mathematics
Curricular Goals
Students in 1st Grade will:
- Reinforce number sense (reading, counting, writing, sequencing)
- Develop addition and subtraction strategies
- Introduce whole number relationships, including place value and grouping by tens and ones
- Introduce attributes of geometric shapes
- Introduce linear measurements and practice measuring lengths
- Introduce time as a unit of measurement and practice telling time
- Explore the concept of money
- Interpret data using graphs
Text and Materials
- enVisionMath, Pearson Realize Edition (Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley)
- XtraMath
- ReflexMath
- BrainPop
Science
Curricular Goals
Students in 1st Grade will:
- Understand the inquiry process, inquiry analysis and communication, reflection, and social implications
- Recognize the physical properties of matter with a focus on water
- Observe the interaction between magnetic and non-magnetic materials
- Investigate the life cycles of various animals and insects
- Discern what characteristics are passed on from parents to their young through heredity
- Discover the importance of the sun in providing the warmth and light necessary for plant and animal life, and how plant and animal life are dependent on a variety of Earth materials
- Identify various types of weather and examine how weather changes from day-to-day and over the seasons
- Review the engineering design process
Text and Materials
- A World In Motion; Engineering Inspired by Nature
- BrainPop Jr.
- Scholastic Knowledge Quest program
Social Studies
Curricular Goals
Students in 1st Grade will:
- Understand the past through historical narratives, artifacts, and timelines
- Recognize that maps and globes represent places
- Realize the effects of human-environment interactions
- Discern values and principles of American constitutional democracy and the role of a citizen
- Comprehend economic activity in a market economy by distinguishing between wants and needs vs. goods and services
Text and Materials
- Studies Weekly magazines
- BrainPop Jr.
Specials
Students is 1st Grade are enrolled in the following specials classes.
- Art
- Computers
- Music
- Physical Education
- Spanish
Events and Experiences