First Grade Year Long Timeline
NY ELA STANDARDS NY MATH STANDARDS NY SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS GRAMMAR CONVENTIONS
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Building Good Reading Habits Students will develop good reading habits to use before, during, and after reading. These include taking sneak peaks, using phonics skills to solve hard words, working with partnerships, understanding character’s point of view, retelling after reading books. Read Alouds
| Word Detectives Students will learn strategies for using high-frequency words and for decoding. Read Alouds
| Learning About the World Students will develop good habits for decoding unfamiliar words and for working to understand new vocabulary. Students will work on nonfiction comprehension. Students will build fluency. Read Alouds
| Readers Have Big Jobs To Do Students will strengthen their abilities to monitor their reading and take action when they encounter a problem. Students will develop efficient strategies for word solving. Students will continue to build fluency. Read Alouds
| Meeting Characters and Learning Lessons Students will synthesize books, to think about how different parts of the story connect. Students will learn to pay attention to characters’ feelings, dialogue. Students will compare characters in books and across books. Read Alouds
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Grade Writing Units | |||||||||||||||||||
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Small Moments Students will produce small moment stories moving through the writing process: choosing an idea, planning their writing by sketching stories across the pages of a booklet, storytelling, and revising to bring more life to stories. Demonstration Texts
| How-To’s The students will be writing procedural text. They will give instructions on topics that they are experts on utilizing detailed steps. Demonstration Texts
| Non-Fiction Chapter Books Students will be writing informational picture books and informational chapter books that include teaching pictures, how- to stories, introductions, conclusions, and content specific words.
Demonstration Texts
| Writing Reviews Students will write reviews about restaurants, books, toys, movies, etc. They will learn to state an opinion and give supporting reasons for that opinion. | Scenes to Series Students will write realistic fiction picture books and chapter books. Students will write stories that include a character, setting, problem and solution. Demonstration Texts
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1st Grade Phonics Units | |||||||||||||||||||
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C/K When a word has an a, o, or u the /k/ sound is spelled with a letter c. When a word has an i or e the /k/ sound is spelled with a letter k. Qu The sound /kw/ is spelled with a qu. | Long Vowels/Open Syllables An open syllable has one long vowel and is the last letter in the syllable as in me. A closed syllable has one short vowel and ends in a consonant as in pat. Digraphs A digraph consists of two letters that make one sound when speaking and reading. -ch as in chin -sh as in shoe -th voiced as in feather | Digraphs A digraph consists of two letters that make one sound when speaking and reading. -th/ unvoiced as in thumb -wh as in whistle 1-1-1 Rule: ss, ll, ff, zz If a word has one syllable, one short vowel, and ends with one consonant sound made by s, l, f, or z, double the final consonant. | Compound Words Two words that make up one word. Open & Closed Syllables A closed syllable has one short vowel closed in by a consonant. An open syllable has a long vowel that does not have a consonant after it. Two- Consonant Beginning Blends A blend consists of two or more consonants that blend together when speaking and reading.
| Two- Consonant Beginning Blends A blend consists of two or more consonants that blend together when speaking and reading
Ending Blends A blend consists of two or more consonants that blend together when speaking and reading.
| Ending Blends A blend consists of two or more consonants that blend together when speaking and reading
Y as a Vowel (cry) The letter y can be like a chameleon and change its sound. The letter y usually makes the long /i/ sound at the end of a one syllable word. | -ng/-nk Units The letters -ng and -nk always come at the end of words, following the vowels a, i, o, and u, but not e. 1-1-1 Rule: -ck If a word has one syllable, one short vowel, and ends with one consonant sound that says /k/, spell /k/ with -ck. | 1-1-1- Rule: -tch If a word has one syllable, one short vowel, and ends with one consonant sound that says /ch/, spell / ch/ with -tch. 1-1-1 Rule: -dge If a word has one syllable, one short vowel, and ends with one consonant sound that says /j/, spell /j/ with -dge. Magic E A Magic E is when the “e” jumps over one consonant to make the vowel “say its name” (make the long vowel sound). Y as a Vowel (baby) The letter y can be like a chameleon and change its sound. The letter y usually makes the long /e/ sound at the end of a two syllable word. Soft c and g (Gentle Cindy) C says /k/ next to a, o, and u. C says /s/ (soft c) next to e, i, and y. G says /g/ next to a, o, and u. G says /j/ (soft g) next to e, i, and y. | Suffix -ed: /id/, /d/, /t/ The suffix -ed makes three sounds:
Plural Suffixes: -s /s/ or /z/ and -es /iz/ Suffix -s:
Suffix -es:
Vowel Teams ea/ee A vowel team is two, three or four letters that work together to pronounce a vowel sound. The letters ea and ee make the long /e/ sound. Vowel Teams ai/ay A vowel team is two, three or four letters that work together to pronounce a vowel sound. The letters ai and ay make the long /a/ sound. | Vowel Teams oa/oe A vowel team is two, three or four letters that work together to pronounce a vowel sound. The letters oa and oe make the long /o/ sound. Suffix -ing The suffix -ing means the action of a verb, such as playing, or a noun, such as bedding. Contractions with am, is, are, has, not Contractions are words that use an apostrophe to put two words together. When the words are combined, the apostrophe takes the place of a letter or letters.
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Grade Math Units | |||||||||||||||||||
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Tune Up Students will be able to tune up their number sense within 10, add within 5, subtract within 5 fluently complete word problems within 5, add & subtract within 10 and complete word problems within 10. | Add And Subtract to 10 Students will practice addition and subtraction to 10. Students will use ten frames, base ten discs, and base ten blocks. | Teen Numbers 11-20 Students will identify odd and even numbers, model teen numbers visually on static ten frames. Students will use horizontal and vertical picture graphs. Students will use linear models to compare and quantify the difference between 2 groups. | Add to 20 Students will use the make a 10 strategy to add within 20. Students will demonstrate the meaning of the equal sign by comparing the value of one side of an equation with the value of the other side. Students will use arrays and equal groups to create addition equations. | Subtract to 20 Students will use a compare-the-parts place value strategy when the difference is 10 or greater. When subtracting single digit numbers, students will use the make 10 strategy with ten frames and number bonds. Students will demonstrate the meaning of the equal sign while practicing the all-important make 10 subtraction strategy. Students will compare values and show their relationship using a greater than (>), less than (<), or equal to (=) symbol. | Word Problems Students will be able to complete word problems within 20, using taught strategies. Students will compare 2 numbers using the words greater, more, less and fewer. | Fraction Foundations Students will be able to identify equal parts in a whole, and divide shapes into equal parts. | Numbers to 50 and 120 Students will use ten frames, base ten discs, and base ten blocks as concrete models of numbers 20-50. Students will practice expanded form with numbers to 50. Students will learn to move a ten to the one's place to prepare for subtraction with regrouping . | Add And Subtract to 100/120 Students will add 1-digit numbers with and without regrouping. Students will add and subtract multiples of 10 within 100. Students will solve 2-digit plus 2-digit equations and complete comparison word problems. | Geometry and Measurement Students will measure length using informal units. Students will compare lengths. Students will be able to identify shapes and their attributes. Students will tell time to the hour and half hour. Students will learn the names of and values | ||||||||||
Grade Social Studies Units | |||||||||||||||||||
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Building a Classroom Community We will learn about:
| Recess Project - PBL (Engaged Citizenship) Students will Identify recess problems at Bronxville and through research find solutions to the problems. | Economics Students will learn about will learn about:
| Great Americans Students will read biographies about famous Americans from diverse backgrounds. They will discover the qualities that made these Americans great and how these qualities helped these Americans to have a positive impact on our country. They will use their emerging understanding of the qualities of great Americans to help them connect how they can be great Americans as well. Examples of Great American Studied: Helen Keller Abraham Lincoln Ruby Bridges Helen Ochoa Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Albert Einstein Yo Yo Ma Rosa Parks Sonia Sotomayor | We are Family Students will learn about families from the past, present. We will use pictures, books and artifacts to learn about long ago. Students will compare life long ago to life today. Students will see that families in our classes are alike and different. In every family, members have roles and responsibilities. Demonstration Text Life at School Then and Now by Vicki Vates Having Fun Then and Now by Vivki Vates Life at Home Then and Now by Vicki Vates | Geography Students will use geography tools. They will Read and construct. Maps. They will identify where we live (our city, state, and country). | ||||||||||||||