In Reading our first grade students will:

• Use phonics, syllabication, and word parts to read fluently
• Use pictures, phonics, and context clues to gain meaning
• Identify title and author
• Recognize sight words
• Sequence and predict stories
• Follow one-step written directions
• Retell the central idea
• Answer who, what, when, where, and how questions
• Listen to a story and answer comprehension questions
• Identify plot, setting, and characters, as well as beginning, middle, and ending
• Read independently
• Use technology to support phonics instruction and reading

In Writing our first grade students will:

• Pre-write/draft/revise/edit/publish
• Write clear sentences and paragraphs with a main idea
• Use descriptive words
• Write legibly with correct spacing, punctuation, and capitalization for grade level
• Write compositions, narratives, and descriptions of familiar people, objects, events
• Identify and correctly use singular and plural nouns, singular and possessive pronouns, and contractions
• Spell grade level sight words correctly
• Use inventive spelling for unknown words
• Use technology to support writing

In Listening/Speaking our first grade students will:

• Listen attentively and critically, respond appropriately, and question for clarification
• Give, restate, and follow two-step directions
• Stay on topic when speaking
• Retell story or life event in sequence by answering who, what, when, where, and how
• Recite poems, rhymes, songs, and stories
  

First grade Sight Words are common, high-frequency words we see in all the sentences we read. Sight words can not be decoded and must be learned by "sight". If your child is having difficulty learning these sight words, you can help by making practice fun. Eight sets of words in alphabetical order are listed below. You may print out the sets in card form and use them in a variety of fun ways for practice with your child:

• Search, listen, and find - Your child is looking and listening for the word as you read a book, poem, paragraph, etc.
• Keep it if you know it - Show your child the word. If they know it, they keep the word. If they miss it, put the word back in the review stack. The object is for the child to keep as many cards as he/she can in his/her pile.
• Memory - Make a second set of word cards and play memory with your child. Begin with twelve cards (6 sets of two words) face down on a table. Turn over two cards at a time. If they match, the child keeps the cards. If the word cards don't match, turn them face down on the table. The object is to get the most matches.
• Use it in a sentence - Say the word and try to independently use it in a sentence orally.
• Come up with your own, new creative way to use the words at home to help your child become familiar with the word as well as have fun.

Set 1 - Red
Set 2 - Blue
Set 3 - Green
Set 4 - Purple

Set 5 - Orange
Set 6 - Pink
Set 7 - Turquoise
Set 8 - Black

Scott Foresman California Math is written specifically to meet the California Content Standards in Mathematics. Key content standards for each chapter lesson can be found on the Grade 1 chart. The table below displays the twelve chapters and the area of mathematics each chapter addresses. It also offers suggestions for home activities and literature selections to coordinate with each chapter. Please visit Mrs. Marland's page for additional information and internet links for homework help.