First Grade

1st Grade Curriculum

Math 

We use Saxon Math. Topics include: number sense (counting, number order, missing numbers), patterns, graphing, money (counting mixed change), telling time to the hour and half hour, reading a thermometer, addition and subtraction facts, weighing objects, comparing weights of objects, odd and even and using a calendar. 

 Reading 

Each week we concentrate on a story and investigate the phonetic sounds and patterns, sight words, vocabulary words, and comprehension skills in that story. We also compare stories, learn about many different genres, and do book reports.  Spelling is incorporated with the phonetic skills we learn in reading. 

 Grammar

We learn about nouns, verbs, adjectives, and pronouns 

Writing

We write statements, questions, exclamations, and paragraphs.  

Religion

We learn that God is our Father, God sent His Son as our Savior, The Rosary, Saints, Lent, Advent, Jesus’ Miracles, Jesus' life of earth, the mass, and many other topics 

 Science

Sound, Light, The Sky, The Weather and Seasons, Living and nonliving things, Habitats, Life Cycles 

 Social Studies

Rules and laws, right and responsibilities, symbols and traditions of the United States, life today and long ago, cultures, celebrations and traditions, immigrants, communities, maps and globes, working in communities, needs and wants, goods and services.