TitusvilleAreaSchool District

CURRICULUM SNAPSHOTS

Grade 1

LANGUAGE ARTS

*6 units Approximately 6 weeks spent on each unit

  • Unit 1:“Day by Day”
  • Phonics: Short vowels, digraphs,
  • Comprehension: Using illustrations, sequence of events
  • Unit 2:“Together is Better”
  • Phonics: Short vowels, blends
  • Comprehension: Story elements, main idea/details
  • Unit 3:“Stories to Tell”
  • Phonics: Blends, digraphs, long vowels
  • Comprehension: Story elements, compare and contrast
  • Unit 4:“Let’s Find Out”
  • Phonics: Long vowel
  • Comprehension: Cause and effect, making inferences
  • Unit 5:“Think About It”
  • Phonics: Long vowels
  • Comprehension: Making predictions, drawing conclusions
  • Unit 6:“Many Paths”
  • Phonics: Irregular vowels (oo, ar, ir, ur, oi, oy)
  • Comprehension: Fantasy/reality, Summarize

Textbooks/Materials:

  • Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
  • Guided Reading Leveled Books

Assessments:

  • Macmillan/McGraw-Hill end of selection assessments
  • Spelling Test (weekly)
  • Dibels assessements:
  • Letter Naming Fluency,
  • Phoneme Segmentation,
  • Nonsense Word Fluency,
  • Oral Reading Fluency
  • Developmental Reading Assessment (Fall, spring)
  • Writing Assessment (Fall, winter, spring)

MATHEMATICS

*All concepts are cumulative and reviewed daily

  • Numbers to 1000
  • Ordinal positions
  • Fractions
  • Addition and subtraction basic facts
  • Addition and subtraction with double digits
  • Money
  • Patterns
  • Shapes
  • Symmetry
  • Measurement
  • Data analysis and Graphing
  • Problem Solving

Textbook/Materials

  • Saxon Math and manipulatives

Assessment

  • Cumulative assessments every 5 lessons
  • Fact assessments every 5 lessons

SCIENCE

Module A:Trees and Plants

Module B:Growing Up

Module C:Hearing/Seeing/Sounds/Light

Module D:Weather

Textbook/Materials:

  • Scott Foresman textbook and materials

SOCIAL STUDIES

  • Unit 1 Citizenship
  • Unit 2 Culture
  • Unit 3 Economics
  • Unit 4 Geography
  • Unit 5 History

Textbook/Materials:

McMillan/McGraw-Hill Timelinks

OTHER CURRICULUM PROGRAMS

Art

  • Types of lines
  • Shape
  • Form
  • Elements of Design: Patterns, symmetry
  • Space: Overlapping shapes
  • Color: Primary, secondary
  • Value: Black and white
  • Texture: Natural/man-made
  • Elements of Art

Music

  • Pitch, rhythm, tempo
  • Listening skills
  • Performance etiquette
  • Basic iconic notation
  • Tone, melody
  • Music appreciation
  • Rehearsal of dramatic stories/songs

Physical Education

  • Rules/Safety
  • Integrating senses
  • Motor control
  • Visual Tracking
  • Parachute
  • Outdoor games

Library

  • Library orientation
  • Book care
  • ABC order/Dictionary/Encyclopedia
  • Fiction/Nonfiction
  • Fairy Tales/Nursery Rhymes
  • Story elements
  • Author study
  • Book parts
  • Picture Literature

TECHNOLOGY

Starfall

StudyIsland

Timelinks Online LearningCenter

Special Activities: