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Curriculum

Math (Think Mathematics): 
 
Quarter 1
Unit 1 Numbers 0 to 10
Unit 2 Number Bonds
Unit 3 Addition
 
Quarter 2
Unit 4 Subtraction
Unit 6 Numbers to 20
 
Quarter 3
Unit 7 Shapes
Unit 8 Length
Unit 11 Comparing Numbers
Unit 12 Graphs
 
Quarter 4
Unit 13 Numbers to 40
Unit 16 Halves and Fourths (fractions)
Unit 17 Time
Unit 18 Numbers to 100
 
**  some units in the program are skipped because they do not align with the Common Core State Standards for grade 1
Language Arts (Wonders):
 
Unit 1 - Getting to Know Us (What makes you special?)
Strategies:
**  Visualize
**  Ask and Answer Questions
Skills:
**  Key Details
**  Author's Purpose
**  Cause and Effect
 
Unit 2 - Our Community (What makes a community?
Strategies:
**  Make and Confirm Predictions
**  Reread
Skills:
**  Character, Setting, Events
**  Main Topic and Key Details
 
Unit 3 - Changes Over Time (What can happen over time?)
Strategies:
**  Make and Confirm Predictions
**  Reread
Skills:
** Character, Setting, Plot
** Plot: Sequence
** Cause and Effect
** Connections Within Text: Compare and Contrast
** Connections Within Text: Sequence
 
Unit 4 - Animals Everywhere (What animals do you know about? How are they alike?)
Strategies:
**  Ask and Answer Questions
**  Visualize
Skills:
**  Plot: Sequence
**  Main Idea and Key Details
**  Point of View
** Connections Within Text: Sequence
 
Unit 5 - Figure It Out (How can we make sense of the world around us?)
Strategies:
**  Make and Confirm Predictions
**  Ask and Answer Questions
Skills:
**  Point of View
**  Plot: Cause and Effect
**  Connections Within Text: Problem and Solution
**  Plot: Problem and Solution
 
Unit 6 - Together We Can (How does teamwork help us?)
Strategies:
**  Reread
**  Visualize
Skills:
**  Theme
**  Author's Purpose
**  Cause and Effect
 
Science:
 
Quarter 1
Physical Science: Sound, Vibration, Matter
Life Science: Parts, functions and survival of plants and animals
 
Quarter 2
Life Science: Parents/offspring of plants and animals
Earth and Space Science: Patterns of sun, moon and starts
 
Quarter 3
Physical Science: Illuminate, shadow, light beam
 
Quarter 4
Physical Science: Communication, devices, distance
Life Science: Traits of plants and animals, similarities and differences
Social Studies: 
 
Quarter 1

Theme: Our Community

Standard: 

  • Explain shared democratic values
  • Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and listen attentively to others 
  • Use maps and map features to describe places 

Topic: 

  • Principles and Values of Democracy
  • Civic Participation
  • Spatial Representation
 
Quarter 2

Theme: Our Past

Standard: 

  • Investigate historically significant events, people, and observances in history
  • Compare fact and opinion in stories and narratives from the past
  • Compare life in the past to life today

Topic:

  • Historical Inquiry 
  • Historical Perspectives and Interpretations
  • Chronological Thinking
 
Quarter 3

Theme: Our Blue Earth

Standard: 

  • Explain how scarcity is a result of limited resources
  • Describe some physical features of continents and oceans in the world 
  • Investigate cultural and environmental characteristics of your community
  • Describe the ways climate, weather, and natural disasters affect your community
  • Explain how people improve their communities and the environment  

Topic:

  • Limited Resources 
  • Land and Water
  • Interactions and Impact 
  • Principles and Values of Democracy
 
Quarter 4

Theme: Making Choices

Standard: 

  • Compare differences between goods and services
  • Identify different ways of acquiring what you need and want 
  • Explain causes and effects of an event in your life or in your family’s life

Topic:

  • Role and Functions of Markets
  • Cause and Effect
Dolphin of the Quarter
Quarter 1 (usually or consistently on your child's report card for the following General Learner Outcomes)
GLO # 1 Self-Directed Learner
GLO # 2 Community Contributor
 
Quarter 2 (usually or consistently rating on your child's report card for the following General Learner Outcomes)
GLO # 1 Self-Directed Learner
GLO # 5 Effective Communicator
 
Quarter 3 (usually or consistently rating on your child's report card for the following General Learner Outcomes)
GLO # 1 Self-Directed Learner
GLO # 3 Complex Thinker
 
Quarter 4 (usually or consistently rating on your child's report card for the following General Learner Outcomes)
GLO # 1 Self-Directed Learner
GLO # 4 Quality Producer
 
 
Dolphin of the Semester
Semester 1 (consistently rating  on your child's report card for the following General Learner Outcomes)
GLO # 1 Self-Directed Learner
GLO # 2 Community Contributor
GLO # 5 Effective Communicator
 
Semester 2 (consistently rating on your child's report card for the following General Learner Outcomes)
GLO # 1 Self-Directed Learner
GLO # 3 Complex Thinker
GLO # 4 Quality Producer
 
Dolphin of the Year 
GLOs # 1 - 5:  consistently rating on your child's 4th quarter report card