1^st marking period

Reading

*can read appropriate sight words

*listens to stories and can retell the story orally

*can draw pictures  to retell a story

*can identify rhyming words

*uses pictures for clues

Phonics

*recognizes all letters of the alphabet (uppercase and lowercase)

*identifies consonant sounds at the beginning and the ending of words

*learning short vowel sounds

*understands the spelling pattern of short vowel “word families”

Writing

*forms letters correctly on lined paper

*writes name correctly (1^st letter capital, all others lowercase)

*uses invented spelling to write words

*understands that writing has meaning

*can write a sentence (a complete thought)

Math

*counts sets of objects

*recognizes number words to 10

*can add 2 numbers to 10

*can subtract from 10

Science/Social Studies

*apples

*pumpkins

*animal habitats

*fire safety

*personal safety

*continents and oceans

2^nd marking period

Reading

*can read appropriate sight words

*can read orally at a preprimer level

*can draw pictures to sequence a story

*begins to use a variety of strategies to figure out an unknown word

*makes predictions

*identifies main characters

*identifies setting

Phonics

*identifies short vowels sounds in words

*can sound out short vowel words

*uses invented spelling to spell unknown words

Writing

*has good spacing between letters and words

*can write several  sentences about a topic (still using invented spelling)

      Math

*add to 12

*subtract from 10

*measures using nonstandard methods

*measures with a ruler

*ordinal numbers to 10

*estimates

Science/Social Studies

*Pilgrims

*1^st Thanksgiving

*Christmas traditions around the world

*mammals

3^rd marking period

Reading

*can read at a 1^st grade level

*reads independently to find information

*can recognize all Dolch words

*can summarize text

*uses a variety of strategies to figure out an unknown word

*self-corrects own reading

*sustained silent reading – 10-15 minutes

Phonics

*Learning long vowels sounds

*consonant blends

*consonant digraphs

*base words

*plurals

*contractions

*compound words

*endings – ed, ing, s

*uses standard spelling to spell high-frequency words

*uses spelling patterns to spell words

Writing

*aware of basic punctuation and capitalization

*can write a story with a beginning, middle, and end

*writes a friendly letter

*begins to use standard spelling when writing

      Math

*recognizes numbers to 100

*puts numbers in order to 100

*counts by 2’s

*counts by 5’s

*counts by 10”s

*recognizes penny, nickel, dime, quarter

*knows the value of coins

**can count money using a combination of coins

*tells time to hour

*tells time to half hour

*measures weight with a balance

*adds 3 1-digit numbers

*subtracts from 12

*Memorizes basic math facts

Science/Social Studies

*hibernation

*space

*dental health

*presidents

*map skills

*famous Americans

*Black History

4^th marking period

Reading

*can read at a 1^st grade level

*reads independently to answer questions

*summarizes stories

*recognizes plot of story

*recognizes problem and solution in a story

*selects a wide variety of books to read

*sustained silent reading – 20 minutes

*reads with expression

Phonics

*applies vowel rules to sound out words

*antonyms

*synonyms

*homophones

*subject/verb agreement

*spells high-frequency words correctly

Writing

 *uses capitalization for proper nouns

*uses periods at the end of the sentence

*writes a story with a beginning, middle, and end

*uses standard spelling for 1st grade sight words

       Math

*adds to 19

*subtracts from 19

*adds 2-digit number to 1-digit number

*adds and subtracts  2 2-digit numbers

*understands fractions

Science/Social Studies

*weather

*insects

*recycling/pollution

*plants

*ocean life