1st Grade

First grade is a BIG year for reading! Through a 90 minute literacy block featuring Reader's Workshop and an hour of Writer's Workshop, students are expected to reach a Guided Reading Level of B-I by the end of first grade. Students also participate in Math Investigations, Science, and Social Studies. Click below on the curriculum links for standards, pathfinders, and activities for each subject.

Readers and Writer's Workshop

Math Investigations

Science

Social Studies

All Primary Grades History Geography Civics & Government Economics
  • communication
  • transportation
  • commemorative holidays
  • American symbols, buildings, monuments
  • art in cultures
  • character education
  • family history
  • calendar time
  • folk tales, fairy tales, fables

 

  • distance (feet, yards, meters, miles, kilometers)
  • 4 hemispheres
  • 4 cardinal directions
  • communities (city, town, farm)
  • responsibilities of authority figures
  • community responsibilities
  • major elected officials (president, governor)

 

  • community jobs
  • goods/services and cost/benefits