First Grade

Language Arts	Phonics and Reading Review of vowels, consonants, blends, one- and two-vowel words, consonant blends Recognition and use of all phonics special sounds in reading Spelling rules: doubling consonants, dropping silent e, changing y to i Oral reading Cursive Writing Review of letter formation Daily seat-work practice in all academic areas	Spelling and Poetry Weekly phonics-based word list Weekly test with phonics Reinforcement activities Eight poems committed to memory Language Capitalization of first word in a sentence, proper names, days of the week, and months of the year Correct punctuation at the ends of sentences Recognition of complete sentences	Words using suffixes, prefixes, syllables, compound words, rhyming words, opposite words, same meaning words, and contractions Alphabetizing of words Writing complete sentences and short stories Creative writing
History and Geography	This Is My America My America’s Flag My America’s Freedoms Symbols of My America Great People of America	My America Grows My America Talks My America Travels My America Is Beautiful My America Sings	This Is My World Mexico, Peru, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, England, the Netherlands, Norway, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Israel, Egypt, Kenya, India, China, Australia, Guam, American Samoa
Science	Health and Human Biology Discovering Myself Energy Discovering My Toys	Animals Discovering Animals Discovering Insects	Plants Discovering Plants Seasons Discovering Seasons
Health, Safety, Manners	Health Eating good foods Exercising Rest Posture Care of body, clothes, home	Safety At home and away from home On streets, playgrounds, water	Manners At home, school, church, public
Arithmetic	Number recognition, counting, and writing 1–1,000 Greatest and least Counting and writing by tens, fives, twos, and threes Number sequences Ordinal numbers Addition facts through 13 and three-digit addition with carrying	Subtraction facts through 13 and two-digit subtraction Story problems Numbers before and after by ones, twos, tens Between numbers Counting and combining coins Telling time to the nearest five minutes Recognizing odd and even numbers English and some metric measures	Place value in ones, tens, and hundreds Unit fractions Reading a thermometer Using a ruler Multiple combinations Concept of multiplication Calendars Reading pictographs and bar graphs Developing listening skills Roman numerals
Bible	Lessons such as Salvation Series, Genesis, Life of Christ, Paul (includes memory verses, hymns /choruses, and Bible doctrine)
Music Arts & Crafts	Traditional, patriotic, fun songs	Development of art techniques in multiple types of media