Expectations for 1st Grade
To be successful in first grade at North Hills Preparatory, an incoming student should:
Learning Habits:
· Be able to pay attention for 10-15 minutes of direct instruction at a time
· Be able to follow one step directions accurately
Homework Habits:
· Read 15 minutes nightly
· Complete a reading log assignment 3 times a week
· Complete an integration assignment 1 time a week related to our weekly theme
· Other subject homework may be sent home periodically as needed
· Complete homework themselves and is not written by the parent
Writing, Language, and Spelling:
· Identify all upper and lower case letters
· Know the sounds for all consonants and short vowels
· Slide sounds together to read two to three letter words
· Read basic sight words / heart words since we should know these by heart (words on the Dolch word list)
· Hold pencil correctly
· Make correct letter formations
· Copy words from the board and reproduce word like sequences
· Write full name correctly
· Understand basic use of when to use capital or lower case letters
Math:
· Count in sequential order up to fifty
· Count backwards from twenty
· Identify numbers between 0 and 20
· Have one to one correspondence with up to twenty objects
· Can use manipulatives to do simple addition or subtraction problems
· Identify a square, circle, rectangle, and triangle
· Know the days of the week and months of the year
Reading:
· Able to read CVC words – consonant vowel consonant
· Know at least 100 basic sight words from the Dolch list
· Able to slide sounds together to read non-sense words
· Identify characters, setting and problems and answer “w” questions in a story read aloud – who, what, where, where, why
· Independently read/look at a book for 15 minutes