1st Grade -
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"What should my child know and be able to do at the end of 1st grade?"
Importance of
Communication and Math Skills
No subjects in school are more important to a student’s future
success than reading, writing, and mathematics. Without these skills,
students will have a more difficult time learning in the next grade.
They must know how to use reading, writing, and math in all their school
subjects, including art, music, science, social studies, health, and physical
education. Our district has identified the most important for success in
the next grade.
This page describes what we want your child to learn in
reading, writing, and math by the end of the year. It may give you some
ideas about specific skills you would like to help your child practice.
As you will see, our expectations are high. There may be content, such
as geometry, that you would not have expected so early in your child’s
education. There may also be terms which are unfamiliar to you.
If there are parts you are unsure of, please ask your child’s teacher for more
information.
One of our goals as a school district is to have as many
children as possible reach these expectations – or learn even more – by the end
of each school year.
Communication Skills –
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By the end of 1st grade, a student should know the following:
Develop word knowledge and reading strategies
- Know the names and sounds of all
letters, as well as common consonant and vowel blends.
- Read between 300-500 sight words and
easily sound out words.
- Read grade-level books out loud with
appropriate phrasing and speed.
Understand the meaning of what is read
- Retell events or stories with some
detail and in the correct order.
- Recognize the beginning, middle, and
end of a story.
- Know about the characters; identify
time and place where the story takes place.
- Understand the difference between
stories and reading for information.
- Recognize the title and table of
contents.
- Connect reading to personal
experience.
Build habits of a thoughtful reader
- Explore a variety of books,
including informational and story books.
- Share favorite reading materials
with others.
- Write and draw about what is read.
Write clearly and effectively
- Write for a variety of purposes,
such as explanations, friendly letters, personal experiences, and poems.
- Use some transition words in stories,
such as first, next, then.
- Spell some words correctly; will
invent spelling of others.
- Use capital letters at the beginning
of a sentence.
- Place a period or question mark at
the end of a sentence.
- Make spaces between words; form
legible letters.
- Write complete sentences.
Use processes and habits of a thoughtful writer
- Recognize that writing is usually
for an audience.
- Draft writing with others or alone.
- Practice beginning computer skills.
- Check for spelling and punctuation.
- Share writing with others to revise,
to share ideas, and/or for enjoyment.
Math Concepts and Skills
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By the end of 1st grade, a student should know the following:
Number Sense and Computation
- Count up to 100 objects.
- Put whole numbers in order and know
which are larger and which are smaller (up to and including 20).
- Write numerals up to 50.
- Show understanding of number
concepts by breaking apart numbers up to and including 7 (6+1, 5+2, 4+3).
Measurement
- Measure length, area, and
volume/capacity.
- Mentally estimate length and area.
- Count the value of an assortment of
pennies, nickels, and dimes (totaling 30 cents or less).
Geometric Sense
- Compare and describe shapes (triangle,
square, rectangle, and circle) by telling at least one way they are alike and
one way they are different.
- Recognize the attributes of color,
shape, size, and height (or depth) of objects; sort objects by any three of
these attributes.
learn this skill
- Name common two-dimensional shapes (hexagon, oval, rhombus).
- Use common language, such as under, over next to, to describe
the location of objects. Mentally
estimate length and area.