1^st Grade Curriculum & links

Religion

• Know the relationship between God the Father and Jesus.
• Know the story of the Fall and the story of God’s fulfillment of the promise of a Savior.
• Know the two great laws of love and that Jesus forgives us when we break His laws.
• Know the Paschal Mystery of Jesus.
• Know we are called to be active members of the Church.

Language Arts

• Be able to read, write, speak and listen for many purposes.
• Be able to read and understand the meaning of simple words.
• Be able to read for meaning (main idea, sequence) and be able to read aloud fluently.
• Be able to communicate with legible and complete sentences.
• Discuss what is read.
• Listen to a story or information article and summarize main ideas in sequence.
• Correctly spell the first thirty basic sight words.

Math

• Be able to read, write, and compare numbers 100 to 999 and understand up to the hundredths place value.
• Regroups to the tens place.
• Easily recall addition and subtraction facts and processes to 18.
• Be able to use standard linear measurement.
• Be able to use instruments for measuring temperature and weight.
• Recognize and label fractions in halves, thirds, and fourths.
• Recognize all coin values
• Count money up to one dollar value.
• Tell time to the five minute interval.

Science

• Understand differences and similarities between living and non-living things.
• Group animals by size, shape, body coverings, and movement.
• Describe different body parts and systems.
• Understand how simple machines work.
• Understand the properties of soils and rocks and how water move.

Social Studies

• Know about families.
• Understand the difference between needs and wants.
• Understand the essentials of fire safety.        
• Understand the meaning of elections.
• Be introduced to United States history.        
• Be exposed to a variety of Christmas traditions.
• Learn about special Americans.
• Understand our country’s holidays and symbols.
• Know about places we live.
• Be exposed to other cultures.

Technology

• Understand and be able to properly use the keyboard.
• Understand basic computer operations.
• Be able to use hardware and software safely and properly.
• Be able to use a computer as an educational tool.

Art

• Be able to use the elements of art, especially color and line, to make things.
• Be able to use the principles of art, especially variety and repetition, to make things.
• Make many kinds of art and useful things.
• Enjoy and learn about art made by other cultures.

Music

• Show the difference between loud and soft and between fast and slow.
• Be able to hear high from low and other kinds of sounds.
• Know that music is a series of sounds called notes.
• Hear and make steady, strong, and silent beats.
• Play accompaniment.
• Respond to different kinds of music.
• Take care of instruments.
• Be a good audience.