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In First Grade I will Learn...
Reading and Writing Skills
• Print uppercase and lowercase letters accurately
• Print from left to right and to work from the top to
the bottom of a page
• Print her first and last name, with correct
capitalization
• Write clear and coherent sentences and
paragraphs that develop an idea
• Use adjectives when writing a sentence. ("The big
brown dog chased my mom's car.")
• Write several sentences about a specific
experience, such as the best thing that happened to
her over the weekend
• Read about 100 words, especially common ones
such as "have," "go," "said," "give," and "the"
• Ask questions about something she's read
• Recognize the difference between singular and
plural nouns
• Sound out unfamiliar words
• Understand the difference between words,
sentences, and paragraphs
• Add, remove, or change sounds to change
words — for example, changing "sun" to "run" and
"cat" to "bat"
• Read contractions, such as "don't," and some
compound words, such as "rowboat"
• Respond to "who," "what," "where," and "how"
questions
• Follow one-step written instructions
• Figure out what unfamiliar words mean by
thinking about the story in which it appears or the
words around it
• Use basic punctuation — for example, writing a
sentence with the first letter of the first word
capitalized and a period, exclamation point, or
question mark at the end
• Pronounce all the consonant and vowel sounds
• Sound out consonant blends, such as cl and br,
and digraphs like sh, ch, and th. (These skills will
develop toward the end of the school year.)
• Predict the subject of a book based on the cover
illustration
• Identify the main character, setting, and events
after reading or hearing a story
• Distinguish between truth and make-believe in a
story
• Read and explain her own writing and drawing
• Read different types of literature such as fiction,
nonfiction, and poetry
• Identify ways in which stories she reads relate to
her own life
Social Studies Skills
• Historical events such as the American Revolution
• People who shaped our country such as George
Washington and Martin Luther King, Jr
• The people and events honored on holidays
such as Thanksgiving, Independence Day, and
Memorial Day
• The ways in which climate and region affect the
lives of people around the world in terms of what
they eat and wear, the kind of houses they live in, the
work they do, and so on
• Holidays that people around the world celebrate,
including Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Chinese New Year
Math skills
• Understand the meaning of the symbols +, -, and
=
• Solve problems expressed as sentences. ("If you
were on the bus with three friends and one got off,
how many would be left?")
• Count to one hundred by ones, twos, fives, and
tens.
• Write numbers up to one hundred
• Add and subtract numbers to and from ten
• Understand the value of coins and show how
different combinations of coins add up to the same
value. For example, two dimes and one nickel are
equal to a quarter.
• Tell time to the nearest half-hour
• Use comparison words such as "bigger," "smaller,"
"more," "less," "equal," "higher," and "lower"
• Identify the fractions one-half and one-fourth,
and show how they can make up a whole — for
instance, by putting four quarters of a pie together to
make a whole pie
• Perform simple tasks that involve counting, such
as setting four places at the dinner table
• Understand that numbers can be used for
identification. ("My classroom is room number 4")
• Use different units of measurement accurately —
for example, minutes and hours to measure time, pints
and gallons to measure liquids, ounces and pounds to
measure weight
• Group animals as reptiles, fish, birds, mammals,
and amphibians, according to their similar
characteristics
• Understand the changing seasons by keeping a
graph of temperature and moisture changes and
charting the differences of each season
Social Skills
• Express anger and frustration without tears
• Work independently
• Cooperate with a group of peers
• Own up to her mistakes
• Be eager to please, especially her teachers
• Help any peers who need it
• Solve minor problems, such as asking that a book
or ball be returned after another child has taken it