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English Language Arts
Fundations Scope and Sequence- Level 1
Unit 1
Letter-Keyword-Sound for consonants
Letter-Keyword-Sound for short vowels
Letter Formation for lower-case letters
Alphabetical order
Sound recognition for consonants and short vowels
Unit 2
Phonemic awareness skills: sound manipulation (initial, final, medial)
Blending and reading three-sound short vowel words
Segmenting and spelling three-sound short vowel sounds
Sentence dictation procedures: capitalization, punctuation (period) and proofreading procedures
Story retelling in detail and sequence
High frequency trick words: the, a, and, is, his, of
Sample words: map, lit, job, fix, quit
Unit 3
Phoneme segmentation
Concept of consonant diagraph, keywords, and sounds: wh, ch, sh, th, ck
Spelling of ck at end of words
Punctuation (question mark)
Narrative story form: character, setting, main events
Reading with accuracy and prosody
Retelling with picture notes and visualization
High frequency trick words: as, has, to, into, we, he, she, be, me, for, or
Sample words: wish, chop, sock
Unit 4
Bonus letter spelling rule; ff, ll, ss, and sometimes zz
Glued sounds: all
Narrative story form: character, setting, main events
Punctuation: exclamation point, quotation marks
Reading with accuracy and prosody
High frequency trick words: you, your, I, they, was, one, said
Sample words: hill, puff, bill, miss, call
Unit 5
Glued sounds: am, an
Reading with accuracy and prosody
Proofreading
High frequency trick words: from, have, do, does
Sample words: ham, can, fan
Unit 6
Baseword and suffix with the suffix –s
Pluralization
Narrative fiction vs. informational books
Reading with accuracy and prosody
High frequency trick words: were, are, who, what, when, where, there, here
Sample words: hills, bugs, chills
Unit 7
Glued sounds: ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk
Blending and reading words with ng or nk
Segmenting and spelling words with ng or nk
Narrative fiction vs. informational books
Reading with accuracy and prosody
High frequency trick words: why, by, my, try, put, two, too, very, also, some, come
Sample words: bang, bank, pink, chunks
Unit 8
Consonant blends and diagraph blends
Blending and reading words with up to four sounds
Segmenting and spelling words with up to four sounds
Suffix –s added to words with up to four sounds
R-controlled vowel sounds: ar, or, er, ir, ur
Reading with accuracy and prosody
High frequency trick words: would, could, should, her, over, number
Sample words: bump, stash, bled, past, pinch, shrug, steps
Unit 9
Closed syllable concept with short vowels
Closed syllable vs. open syllable
Vowel team sounds for: ai, ay, ea, ee, ey, oi, oy
Narrative fiction vs. informational books
Reading with accuracy and prosody
High frequency trick words: say, says, see, between, each
Sample words: click, chunk, sniffs
Unit 10
Segmenting and blending up to five sounds
Suffix –s added to words with five sounds
Suffixes –ed, -ing added to unchanging basewords with closed syllables
Vowel team sounds for: oa, oe, ow, ou, oo, ue, ew, au, aw
Narrative fiction vs. informational books
Reading with accuracy and prosody
High frequency trick words: any, many, how, now, down, out, about, our
Sample words: stump, clasp, strap, slashing, blended
Unit 11
Vowel-consonant-e syllable in one-syllable words
Long vowel sounds
Narrative fiction vs. informational books
Reading with accuracy and prosody
High frequency trick words: friend, other, another, none, nothing
Sample words: stove, hope, caves
Unit 12
Concept of syllable in multisyllabic words
Compound words
Syllable division rules
Reading and spelling words with two closed syllables or closed and v-e syllables
Reading with accuracy and prosody
Paragraph structure
High frequency trick words: people, month, little, been, own, want, Mr. ,Mrs.
Sample words: sunset, finish, reptile
Unit 13
Suffix –s, -ing, -ed added to multisyllabic words
Suffixes –es added to basewords with closed syllables
Reading with accuracy and prosody
High frequency trick words: work, word, write, being, their, first, look, good, new
Sample words: trombones, picnics, boxes, finishes
Unit 14
Review of word structure and concepts
Review of sentence construction and proofreading
Review narrative vs. informational text
High frequency trick words: water, called, day, may, way
Sample words: blinks, slashing, blended, disrupted, insisting, disputes
Good Habits, Great Readers is based on the following seven units of study:
Unit 1-Great Readers See Themselves as Readers-
This unit teaches students to care for books, choose books that match their reading level and interests, and build reading stamina.
Unit 2-Great Readers Make Sense of Text-
This unit teaches students to make predictions and ask questions, while reading. Students are taught to summarize and retell what they have read. They also work on problem-solving unfamiliar words.
Unit 3-Great Readers Use What They Know-
In this unit students begin to make connections, activate background knowledge, build vocabulary, and make inferences.
Unit 4-Great Readers Understand How Stories Work-
In this unit students will begin to understand story grammar, identify literary devices, and use text features.
Unit 5-Great Readers Read to Learn-
In this unit students will learn essential skills for reading and learning from nonfiction. They will begin to identify text features and structures for nonfiction books.
Unit 6-Great Readers Monitor and Organize Ideas and Information-
In this unit students will learn essential skills for keeping track of information. They will learn how to take notes in order to monitor and organize the ideas presented in fiction, and nonfiction. They will also learn how the strategy of visualizing can increase their understanding of the text.
Unit 7-Great Readers Think Critically About Books-
In this unit students will use a variety of skills to evaluate both fiction and nonfiction.
Social Studies
Big Ideas and Content:
Unit 1: School Days
-Students learn many new things in their classrooms
-School workers and students have important jobs in school
-Students help each other at school
-Working together and following directions get the job done
-Breaking rules lead to consequences
-Schools today are different from long ago
-Key Vocabulary: teacher, school, rule, group, map
Unit 2: At Home with My Family
-All families grow and change, ways families change
-Similarities between families today and long ago
-Families work together to meet their needs and wants
-Families have unlimited wants but limited resources to satisfy their needs
-Key Vocabulary: family, change, money, choice, holiday
Unit 3: Holidays and Cultural Celebrations
-Different cultures have common characteristics
-Personal identity is shaped by one's culture, by groups, and by institutions
-Children in other countries celebrate in some ways that are similar and different from our own
-Communication helps people get along
-Know key traditions and symbols of holidays
Unit 4: In and Around the Land
-People shape the physical environment
-Different kinds of land and water
-Ways that people conserve natural resources
-People depend on land and water
-Resources are changed into consumer goods
-Key Vocabulary: resource, farm, recycle
Unit 5: My Country, My Heroes
-Heroes inspire us to take actions to make our dreams come true, the characteristics of a hero
-George Washington as an American hero and the country's first president
-Voters in America have a lot of power (and responsibility), the voting procedure, how the process of voting and elections impacts their lives
-Where you live shapes who you are
-Difference between a country and a state, the name of our country and state
-There are fifty states in the US
-Key Vocabulary: flag, country, state, history, President, law
Unit 6: My World Near and Far
-Different cultures have common characteristics, children in other countries live, play, and work much as we do
-Personal identity is shaped by one's culture
-The world has many different and interesting people
-We trade goods with people around the world
-Communication helps people solve problems and get along
-Key Vocabulary: world, globe, continent, language
Math
First Grade Math
Module 1: Sums and Differences to 10
Module 2: Introduction to Place Value through Addition and Subtraction
Module 3: Ordering and Comparing Length Measurements as Numbers
Module 4: Place Value, Comparison, Addition and Subtraction to 40
Module 5: Identifying, Composing, and Partitioning Shapes
Module 6: Place Value, Comparison, Addition and Subtraction to 100
Science
First Grade Science
Unit 1: Insects
Unit 2: Balance & Motion
Unit 3: Pebbles Sand & Silt
