Child's Goodnight Book
Good Night, Owl!
Pele's New Suit
The Animal
The Important Book
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
To Market, To Market
Poetry

Spelling
Increased knowledge of phonetics
Comprehension techniques: keywords and titles
word grouping Verb conjugations: present and past tense, regular, statement, question and not forms
Vocabulary building
Compound words
Understanding and correct usage of parts of speech
Contractions, nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives
Poetry

Establishment of the Carden Vowel Chart
Phonics
Vocabulary building

Sentences
Introduction to paragraph writing
Printing
Cursive

Number Understanding:
Students understand and demonstrate the use of numbers up to 100
The houses
Addition and subtraction
Multiplication – 2 and 3 (introduction to 5)
Fractions (i.e. ½, ¼)
Modern Math Terms
Word Problems
Addition, Subtraction
Number Needed
Regrouping
Algebraic Functions:
Symbol use
Understanding number sentences
Create number sentence problems
Measurement and Geometry:
Measurement of inches and centimeters
Introduction to length, weight, and volume
Tell time to the ½ hour
Money
Probability, Date Analysis, Statistics:
Graph and Chart Work
Comparison Organization
Mathematical Reasoning:
Problem Solving
Setting up problems
Comparing problems

General History
Presidents
Historical Persons
Current Events

Study of Living Things
Magnets
Weather and Seasons
Nutrition
Earth (Land and Water)

With the basic knowledge of the 5 elements of shape, first graders are ready for duplication, matching, and mirror image exercises. First graders are now learning to use tools more effectively and efficiently. Now that they have a grasp on shapes and color, projects become more complex and analytical. By using different papers, paints, pencils, markers, oil pastels and crayons the first graders are learning techniques that will help them “see” better and gain better focus.

Early Music Awareness – singing, movement, rhythm, solfeggio (do, re, mi), instruments, theory
Mozart (the child)
Rote singing
Songs

Classes are held every day for 20 minutes.
Each student has a picture book, French for Elementary Schools.
Directions are given in French and demonstrated.
Each page adds new vocabulary and reviews words from Kindergarten.
Students learn to repeat simple sentences and most learning is oral.
Children now count up to 30.
Sounds; diphthongs

Improving Locomotor Skills: Students will refine and improve the following skills: running, skipping, hopping, sliding, jumping, galloping, and leaping.

Improving Manipulative Skills: Here students will refine and improve the following movement patterns: kicking, punting, dribbling with the feet (soccer dribble), overhand throwing, catching, and dribbling with hands (basketball dribble), and striking with a hockey stick.
Demonstrate full range of motion in leg swings and stretches, basic locomotor skills, and good posture.
Practice safe use of playground equipment. They will also participate in physical activities and demonstrate good sportsmanship.

Learn to open and close programs without assistance.
Continue to learn to locate and use letters and numbers on the keyboard as well as capitals and special characters.
Begin to learn touch-typing with a program called Read, Write and Type.
Learn how to enter and delete text in Microsoft Word. They will continue to develop skill in using the mouse..
Write short 2-3 sentence paragraphs in Microsoft Word using correct punctuation.
Create original artwork on the computer using Kid Pix.

Visiting the Web site www.cybersmart.com, children will:
Go on a virtual field trip and learn that they should always take an adult with them when traveling in cyberspace.
Discuss the purpose of advertisements and practice differentiating ads from content on Web sites.
Programs:
Kid Keys
Read, Write and Type
Kid Pix
Microsoft Word
Various Educational Programs