Curriculum+Expectations


 * __ First Grade Essentials __ **

=**By the end of first grade, your child should be able to do or know the following in Math:**=

Identify, read, write and sequence numbers up to 120. Count accurately a set of 40-50 objects. Solve addition and subtraction story problems. Use geometric language to describe and identify important features of familiar 2-D shapes Identify and describe different kinds of triangles. Compose and decompose shapes. Represent numbers by using equivalent expressions. Find at least five combinations of two addends for a number up to 15 (e.g., 7 is 4 and 3, 5 and 2, 1 and 6, 0 and 7, 3 and 4). Sort a group of objects according to a given attribute. Describe a set of data, including how many are in each group, which group is greater, and how many people responded to the survey. Demonstrate accurate measuring techniques when measuring a distance with nonstandard or standard units. These techniques include starting at the beginning, ending at the end, leaving no gaps or overlaps, measuring in a straight line, and keeping track of the number of units. Know at least one way of describing a measurement that falls between two whole numbers. Understand that the same results should be obtained when the same object is measured twice or when two different people measure the same object (using the same unit). Understand that measuring with different-sized units will result in different numbers. Identify halves and fourths of objects. Identify the unit of a repeating pattern for patterns with the structure AB or ABC. <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">Describe how various AB or ABC patterns are alike (e.g., how is a red-blue pattern like a yellow-green pattern?). <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">Determine what comes several steps beyond the visible part of an AB, ABC, AAB, or ABB repeating pattern. <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">Construct, extend, and describe a pattern that has a constant increase for the sequences 1, 3, 5, ...; 2, 4, 6, ...; 1, 4, 7, ...; 2, 5, 8, ...; and 3, 6, 9, ... through counting and building. <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">Use a number to represent a set of objects organized in 10s and 1s. <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">Add 10 to any two-digit number and subtract 10 from any two-digit number <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">. <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Attend to features of 3-D shapes, such as overall size and shape, the number and shape of faces, and the number of corners. Match a 2-D representation to a 3-D shape or structure.


 * Students are expected to do the following at school:**

Listen attentively

Contribute to group discussions

Speak in complete sentences

Articulate feelings and handle frustrations in a positive way

Take responsibility for actions and belongings

Share and take turns

Complete tasks within a time frame

Keep hands and feet to themselves

Walk quietly in the hallways

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Fill out monthly reading calendar and return it at the beginning of the next month

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Help your child remember to return 4 books in bag every Tuesday and library book every Wednesday **


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Supervise Math homework **


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Help your child complete Second Step Life Skills homework. It's green. **


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Help your child go over sorts and practice sight word flashcards **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Dress your child for the weather (EVERY FIRST GRADER WILL NEED BOOTS AND SNOWPANTS WHEN WE HAVE SNOW ON THE GROUND)

 * __ Kindergarten Essentials __**

=By the end of the kindergarten, your child should be able to do or know the following in Math:=

Count to 100

Recite numbers 10-0 in accurate sequence

Count objects 1-20

Name numerals 0-10

Write the numbers to 10

Construct sets of objects 0-10

Assign a number to match a set of objects 0-10

Write a numeral to match a set of objects 0-10

Put numbers in order 1-10

Count on a number line 0-20

Name shapes such as triangle, circle, square, rectangle, oval, rhombus, trapezoid, hexagon, star and heart

Describe how shapes are same and different

Sort a set of objects according to attitudes

Describe the overall size, shape, function, and or features of familiar 2-D and 3-D objects

Construct 2-D and 3-D shapes by combining shapes

Make 2-D and 3-D shapes by combining shapes

Decide which of two objects is longer

Measure the length of an object by lining up multiple units

Compare 2 quantities up to 10 to see which is greater

Figure out what is one more or one fewer than a number

Copy simple repeating patterns such as AB, ABC

Construct simple repeating patterns such as AB, ABC

Extend simple repeating patterns such as AB, ABC

Begin to identify the unit of a repeating pattern

Represent a set of data

Explain a graph using the terms, “more” “most”, “less”, “least”, “same” and “equal”

Use data to solve a problem

Combine and separate two small quantities

Recognize and use the symbols +, - & =

Explain the purpose of a calendar

Know the days of the week and seasons

Estimate a group of objects


 * By the end of kindergarten, your child should be able to do or know the following in Language Arts:**

Read and understand at a K.3 reading level

Point under each word as it is read

Recognize all capital and lowercase letters (including a and ** g **)

Say the correct sound that each letter makes

Recognize the following sight words:

a, am, an, and, are, at, can,

come, do, for, get, go, have,

he, here, I, in, is, it, like, look,

me, my, no, on, play, said,

see, she, some, the, to, was,

we, up & you

Identify rhyming words

Use some correct sounds in his/her writing

Use some sight words in his/her writing

Draw a picture to match a story he/she has written

Tell about the beginning, middle and end of a story that he/she read or listened to

Identify characters, setting, problem and solution

Identify a period, question mark, comma and quotation marks