RobertB. Turner Elementary School - 1stGrade Curriculum Map
2013 - 2014
Content / AUGUST / SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER / NOVEMBER / DECEMBERLanguage Arts /
Reading Street & Guided Reading
/ (14-23) Assessment & Kindergarten Review(Aug.26-30)1.1 Sam, Come Back
*Puppy Games / (3-6) 1.2 Pig in a Wig
*We are Vets
(9-13) 1.3 The Big Blue Ox
*They Can Help
(16-20) 1.4 A Fox & Kit
*The Zoo in the Park
(24-27) 1.5 Get the Egg
*Help The Birds / (Sept30-Oct4) 1.6 Animal Park
*Animal Poetry
(7-11) 2.1 A Big Fish
*At Home
(14-18) FALL BREAK
(21-25) 2.2 Farmer in the Hat
*Helping Hands at 4-H / (Oct. 28--Nov.1) 2.3 Who Works Here?
*Neighborhood Map
(4-8) 2.4 The Big Circle
*Class Paper
(12-15) 2.5 Life In the Forest
*A Mangrove Forest
(18-22) 2.6 Honey Bees
*The Ants Go Marching
(25-26) Review/Maintenance / (2-6) 3.1 An Egg is an Egg
*Nothing Fits
(9-20)Review/Maintenance
Reading Skills & Targets
/- Character
- Monitor & Fix-up
- Summarizing
- Sequencing
- Realism & Fantasy
- Descriptive words
- Character & Setting
- Visualizing
- Realism & Fantasy
- Synonyms & Antonyms
- Main Idea
- Questioning
- Predictions
- Drawing Conclusions
- Categorizing / Classifying
- Story Structure
- Cause & Effect
- Monitor & Fix-Up
- Main Idea
- Prediction
- Cause & Effect
- Categorizing
- Monitor & Fix-Up
- Sequencing
- Ask Questions
- Author’s Purpose
- Preview
- Cause & Effect
- Compare & Contrast
- Compare & Contrast
- Prediction
- Author’s Purpose
Spelling, Phonics & Word Work /
- Alphabet Review & Readiness
- Short /a/
- Final /-ck/
- Short Vowels: /i/, /o/, /e/,
- Initial Blends
- Plurals: -s
- Inflectional endings: -s, -ing
- Short Vowels: /u/
- Final Blends
- Digraphs: sh- & th-
- Vowel sound in ball
- Long Vowels: /A/
- Soft c /s/ & g /j/
- Long Vowels: /I/, /O/, /U/, /E/
- Contractions (n’t, ‘m, ‘ll)
- Digraphs: wh, ch, tch
- Inflected –ed
- Syllables (vccv)
- Y as a long vowel: /i/ & /e/
High Frequency Words / 1.1the, is, on, my, that, in, / 1.2 a, you, see, three, can, it
1.3and, have, big, blue, help, he
1.4this, too, up, will, eat, his
1.5saw, at, red, yes, are, did / 1.6 we, them, go, of, into, from
2.1 I, said, walk, to, good, no2.2 could, be, play, went, make, she, / 2.3 live, who, like, when, ride, stop
2.4 now, not, here, they, going, down
2.5find, under, has, then, all, black
2.6some, new, for, get, with, take / 3.1 every, come, white, many, green, always
Writing & Grammar /
- Introducing Sentences
- Parts of a Sentence
- Verbs/Predicates
- Word Order
- Declaritive Sentences
- Interrogative Sentences
- Nouns/Subjects
- Proper Nouns
- OPINION PIECE
- Titles (Mr., Mrs., Dr. etc)
- Capitalization of Days, Months, & Holidays
- Plurals
- Alphabetical Order
- Nouns/Subjects
- Action Verbs
Mathematics
(McGraw Hill) /
- Count to 10
- Read and write to 10.
- Counting On
- Place Value (tens and ones):
- Fact Families Commutative property of addition
- Associative property of addition
- Words Problems to 20 with unknown values
- Count to 40
- Read and write to 40
- Place Value (tens and ones):
- Compare and order numbers with <,>,=
- Addition of 3 whole numbers
- Missing Addends
- Counting On, Counting Back
- Words Problems to 20 with unknown values
- Commutative property of addition
- Associative property of addition
- Fact Families
Science / Social Studies Integrated into Reading /
- Being a responsible member of a classroom community
- Rules
/ People in Jobs
People in communities
Communities over time
Transportation
Animal habitat
Adult and baby animals
Animal Adaptations
Animal Needs
Animal Habitats
/ Animal Habitats
Animals in Danger
Family Rules & Responsibilities
Rules at Home
Working together
Belonging to a group
Rules at school
/ Community Resources
Leaders & Laws
Cities, Suburbs, & Farms
Goods / Services
Production, Distribution, &
Consumption
Food Chains
Survival
Adaptations
Living & Non-Living Things
Interdependence
Food Chains
Insects
Living Things
Interdependence
- Election
- Patriotic Symbols
- Landmarks
- Holidays
- Christopher Columbus
- Liberty, Justice, Equality, Rights & Responsibilities
Growth
Change
- Christmas Around the World
- Holidays
- Traditions
- Culture
Content / JANUARY / FEBRUARY / MARCH / APRIL / MAY
Language Arts /
Reading Street & Guided Reading
/ (6-10)Review/Maintenance(13-17) 3.2 Ruby in Her Own Time
*I Am Growing
(21-24) 3.3 Jan’s New Home
*A Letter From Jan
(22-25) 3.4Frog & Toad Together
*Growing Plants
(27-31) 3.5I’m a Caterpillar
*My Computer / (4-7) 3.6 Where Are My Animal Friends?
*Poetry
(10-14) 4.1 Mama’s Birthday Present
*Chinese Surprises
(18-21) 4.2 The Dot
*A Great Artist and his Dots
(224-28) 4.3 Mister Bones: Dinosaur Hunter
*What’s in a Museum / (3-7) 4.4 The Lady in the Moon
*The Fourth of July
(11-14) 4.5 Peter’s Chair
*Peter’s Baby Sister
(17-21) 4.6 Henry & Mudge and Mrs. Hopper’s House
*Poetry
(24-28) 5.1 Tippy-Toe Chick, Go!
*Belling the Cat
(March 31-April 4) SPRING BREAK / (7-11) 5.2 Mole & The Baby Bird
*Dear Dr. Know-It-All
(14-18) 5.3 Dot & Jabber and the Great Acorn Mystery
*Water
(21-25) 5.4 Simple Machines
*Roy’s Wheelchair
(28-May2) 5.5 Alexander Graham Bell
*Inventions / (5-9) 5.6 Benjamin Franklin and His First Kite
*Poetry
(12-21)Review/Maintenance
Reading Skills & Targets /
- Theme
- Monitor & Fix-Up
- Plot
- Visualizing
- Compare & Contrast
- Drawing Conclusions
- Text Structure
- Summarizing
- Sequencing
- Sequencing
- Prior Knowledge
- Drawing Conclusions
- Monitor & Fix-Up
- Cause & Effect
- Theme
- Graphic Organizers
- Author’s Purpose
- Realism & Fantasy
- Monitor & Fix Up
- Character, Setting, Plot
- Story Structure
- Theme
- Cause & Effect
- Sequencing
- Summarizing
- Main Idea
- Summarize
- Compare & Contrast
- Monitor & Fix-Up
- Draw Conclusions
- Text Features
- Main Idea
- Plot
- Theme
- Questioning
- Review Skills
Spelling, Phonics & Word Work /
- Final Blends: –ng & -nk
- Compound Words
- Ending –es & Plural –es
- R-controlled vowels: –or, -ore, -ar, -er, -ir, -ur
- Adding –es, -ed
- Inflected Endings: -ed, -ing
- Contractions with ‘s, ‘ve, ‘re
- Comparative Endings: -er, -est
- Digraph: -dge /j/
- Long A: ai & ay
- Long E: ea
- Long O: oa, ow
- Possessives
- Inflected endings
- Three letter blends
- Long I: ie, igh
- Digraphs: kn /n/, wr /r/
- Compound Words
- Vowels: ew, ue, ui
- Suffixes: -ly, -ful
- Vowels: oo in moon & book
- Syllables: Consonant + le
- Diphthongs: -ow /ou/ & -ou
- Syllables: VCV
- Vowel: oo as in book
- Inflected endings
- Diphthongs: oi, oy
- Suffixes: -or & -er
- Vowels: aw & au
- Short e: -ea
- Prefixes: un & re
- Long Vowels: /i/ & /o/
- Review Skills
High Frequency Words / 3.2 were, any, once, two, after, one
3.3away, our, must, want, there, yellow
3.4again, how, was, by, but, soon
3.5know, am, out, more, many, drink, / 3.6look, where, ate, fly, why, right
4.1give, ran, me, ask, so, do
4.2over, funny, just, for, little, had
4.3came, old, as, what, brown, together / 4.4may, please, pretty, round, say, thank,
4.5down, him, around, would, got,
4.6open, think, her, read, only, about,
5.1an, run, their, today, never, better
5.2let, put, found, made, very, because, / 5.3long, these, first, those
5.4use, kind, goes, pull,
5.5well, work, /
- 5.6keep, before
- Review Skills
Writing /
- Verbs+s
- Singular Verbs
- Past & Present Verbs
- Helping Verbs
- Contractions with n’t
- Adjectives (color, shape, size)
- PERSONAL NARRATIVE
- Adjectives (what kind, how many, comparative)
- Commands/Imperative Sentences
- Exclamatory Sentences
- Beginning Capitalization & Ending Punctuation
- Pronouns
- Personal Pronouns (I & Me)
- INFORMATIVE PIECE
- Pronouns
Mathematics
(McGraw Hill) /
- Understanding Equations with = sign
- Mental Math: Finding 10 more or 10 less
Continue skills from previous month /
- Missing Addend in addition of 3 addends
- Add within 100
Order objects by length
Non-standard Measurement of length
Continue skills from previous month / Attributes of shapes/figures
Compose 2-D & 3-D shapes/figures
Continue skills from previous month /
- Equal Parts/Fractions
Science / Social Studies Integrated into Reading / Time Lines
Changes over time
Respecting Differences
Geography / Maps
Place/Location
Movement (Migration)
Plant Needs
Parts of Plants
Plant Life Cycle
Life Cycles
Adaptations
/ Seasonal Changes
Animal Behavior (Migration & Hibernation)
Weather
Heat & Light from the Sun
Light Reflection & Refraction
Culture & Belief
Customs, Traditions
Celebrations
Economic Resources
Needs & Wants
Goods & Services
Culture & Art
Individual Talents
Rocks & Soil
Fossils
Scientists
African American History
US Presidents / Sun, Moon, Stars, & Clouds
Family’s Roles & Responsibilities
Personal Changes
Community
Citizenship
Responsibility
Problem Solving
Citizenship
Responsibility
/ Plants & Seeds
Solids, Liquids, & Gasses
Evaporation
Scientific Process
Simple Machines
Force & Motion
Inventors & Inventions
Communication
Technology
Sound
Magnets
Electricity & Circuits
/ Historical Figures
Inventiveness
- Review Skills
* Indicates paired reading selection
Specific dates are subject to change based upon student need and unforeseen district calendar changes.