Reading/Listening

The student will:

• Identify upper/lower case letters

• Read color, number, sight words

• Demonstrate phonics skills-

-Identify/use consonant sounds

-Identify/use short & long vowel sounds

-Identify/use blends (st, bl), digraphs (sh,th) and endings (ing,s)

• Listen to gain information

• Use strategies to gain meaning (semantic, pictures and phonics)

• Identify story elements (events, characters, setting)

• Predict and draw conclusions

Writing/Speaking

The student will:

• Create illustrations to correspond with written words

• Write a complete sentence using appropriate spacing, capitalization and punctuation

• Write 2-3 sentences on a single topic

• Tell and write a sequenced piece (beginning, middle and end)

• Use learned conventional spelling

• Form and use upper and lower case manuscript letters appropriately (eg raBBit should be rabbit)

The student will:

• Count forward by 1’s,2’s,5’s and 10’s to 100

• Count backwards by 1’s and 10’s from 100

• Write numerals to 100

• Write/count tally marks

• Identify equal parts/halves

• Group objects by 1’s and 10’s

• Add/subtract numbers with sums to 10

• Add/subtract two-digit numbers with manipulatives

• Construct appropriate equations to solve simple written math problems

• Record and interpret information on a graph

• Measure length, weight, and temperature

• Tell time to the hour and half hour

• Identify penny, nickel, dime and quarter

• Demonstrate understanding of coin value and equivalence using pennies, nickels and dimes

The student will:

• Demonstrate responsible behavior as a member of the school community

• Compare and contrast various family, group and community traditions and holidays

• Understand the importance of safety as it relates to home and school

The student will learn the following concepts:

• Properties (characteristics of objects such as shape, size and color)

• States of matter (solid, liquid, gas)

• Life cycles (plants, animals)

• Respect for our environment

• Importance of healthy habits

The student will:

• Observe, identify, classify and record different materials using appropriate tools