First Grade – 1^st Nine Week Plans

2012-2013

English Oral Language

SOL	Description The students will:
1.1a	Listen and respond to a variety of electronic media and other age-appropriate materials.
1.1c	Participate in a variety of oral language activities, including choral speaking and reciting short poems, rhymes, songs, and stories with repeated patterns.
1.1e	Express ideas orally in complete sentences.
1.2a	Increase listening and speaking vocabularies.
1.3a	Initiate conversation with peers and adults.
1.3d	Follow simple two-step oral directions.
1.4a	Create rhyming words.
1.4c	Blend sounds to make one-syllable words.
1.4d	Segment one-syllable words into individual speech sounds (phonemes).

Reading

1.5a	Read from left to right and from top to bottom.
1.5b	Match spoken words with print.
1.5c	Identify letters, words, sentences, and ending punctuation.
1.6a	Use beginning and ending consonants to decode and spell single-syllable words.
1.6h	Read and spell commonly used sight words.
1.7a	Uses words, phrases, and sentences.
1.7b	Uses titles and pictures.
1.8b	Develop vocabulary by listening to and reading a variety of texts.
1.9a	Preview the selection.
1.9b	Set a purpose for reading.
1.9c	Relate previous experience to what is read.

Writing

1.12a	Form letters accurately.
1.12b	Space words within sentences.
1.12c	Use the alphabetic code to write unknown words phonetically.
1.13a	Generate ideas.
1.13f	Use correct spelling for commonly used sight words and phonetically regular words in final copies.
1.13g	Share writing with others.

Math

SOL	Description The students will:
1.1a	Count from 0 to 100 and write the corresponding numerals.
1.1b	Group a collection of up to 100 objects into 10s and 1s and write the corresponding numeral to develop an understanding of place value.
1.2	Count forward by ones, twos, fives, and tens to 100 and backward by ones from 30.
1.11	Use calendar language appropriately (names of months, today, yesterday, next week, last week).
1.14	Investigate, identify, and describe various forms of data collection using tables, picture graphs, and object graphs.
1.15	Interpret information displayed in a picture or object graph using the vocabulary more, less, fewer, greater than, less than, and equal to.
1.16	Classify concrete objects according to one or more attributes including color, size, shape, and thickness.
1.17	Recognize, describe, extend, and create a wide variety of repeating and growing patterns.

Science

SOL	Description The students will:
1.1	Conduct investigations.
1.5	Investigate and understand that animals, including humans, have basic needs and certain distinguishing characteristics.
1.6a	Understand that sun is a source of energy and light that warms the land, air, and water.
1.6b	Understand the sun’s relative position in the morning is east and in the late afternoon is west.
1.4	Investigate and understand that plants have basic life needs and functional parts and can be classified according to certain characteristics.
1.7	Investigate and understand weather and seasonal changes.

Social Studies

SOL	Description The students will:
1.4a	Develop map skills by recognizing basic map symbols, including references to land, water, cities, and roads.
1.4b	Develop map skills by using cardinal directions on maps.
1.4c	Develop map skills by identifying the shapes of the U.S. and VA on maps and globes.
1.5	Construct a simple map of a familiar area, using basic map symbols in the map legend.
1.10a	Apply the traits of a good citizen by focusing on fair play, exhibiting good citizenship, helping others, and treating others with respect. (The 3 R’s).
1.10b	Apply the traits of a good citizen by recognizing the purpose of rules and practicing self-control.

Health

SOL	Description The students will:
1.3a-f	Understand and explain rules for bus, auto, playground, home, and fire safety.
1.6	Demonstrate responsible personal and social behaviors in the school and community.