Curriculum

1st Grade Academic Curriculum

Forest Hills Public School --> Curriculum Overview
Forest Hills Public School --> Official K-8 ELA Curriculum
For more information on detailed standards and objectives, please see ---> Common Core

End of Year Grade Expectations (as seen on progress reports and report cards)

Social Emotional Learning

Knapp Forest’s Social Emotional Monthly Themes (Mrs Reynolds Building Scope and Sequence aligned with Classroom Read Alouds)
September- Be Positive / Growth Mindset

Thanks for Sharing, Tommy
Are You Scared, Jacob?
My Happy Day
Don’t Give Up
Dylan’s Questions

October- Be Brave- Do What is Right

Be Patient, Maddie
Don’t Worry, Mason
I Will Find A Way

November- Be Grateful

I Am A Star
I Can Be Mindful

December- Be Generous / Helpful

We Can Work Together
We Can Solve Problems

January- Be Kind / Empathetic

I Can Be Kind
I Take Turns
The New Teacher
How Do You Feel, Ella?

February- Be Respectful

I Show Respect
That’s Not Fair!
Are You Listening, Jack?
I Can Follow The Rules
Move Over, Please
Ricky Follows the Routine
Say “Please” and “Thank You”

March- Be Responsible

Charlie is Responsible
I Can Make A Plan
Let’s Get It Started
Clean Up, Everybody
Slow Down, Aliyah

April- Be Honest / Integrity

Good Choice, Jenny

May-Be Humble- Help Others Succeed

Jealous of Josie
Come Play, Omar
Ask For Help, Please

Kindergarten Academic Curriculum

Knapp Forest's Kindergarten Parent Curriculum Book ---> Curriculum Overview
Forest Hills Public School --> Official K-8 ELA Curriculum
For more information on detailed standards and objectives, please see ---> Common Core

End of Year Grade Expectations
(as seen on progress reports and report cards)

Successful Learning Behaviors

Demonstrates responsible behavior
Demonstrates ability to problem solve
Works well with others
Demonstrates respect
Communicates experiences and ideas effectively
Sustains whole body listening
Follows directions
Organizes self and belongings
Uses time constructively to complete tasks
Demonstrates appropriate fine motor development (scissors, pencils, etc.)

Mathematics

Counting forwards by 1s to 110
Counting by 10s to 110
Counting backwards from 20
Reading numbers to 30
Writing numbers to 30 (individual backward number is ok, but must be in correct place value location)
Counting objects to 20
Addition using tools within 10
Subtraction using tools within 10
Fluency in addition and subtraction within 5
Composing and decomposing numbers 11-19 using drawings or objects
Names of 2D shapes

Technology

Explores digital tools

Language Arts

Supplies letter names
Supplies consonant sounds
Supplies vowel sounds
Supplies rhyming words
Demonstrates an understanding of the concepts of print
Engages in reading activities
Reads high-frequency words (snap words)
With prompting and support, identifies the main topic of informational text
With prompting and support, retells familiar stories
Expresses own ideas through pictures and writing
Uses letter sounds to write words (beginning, middle, and end sounds)

Science

Motion: pushes and pulls
Plants and animals live here
Weather and climate
The needs of a healthy body

Social Studies

Yesterday, today, tomorrow: how people learn about the past
Maps and gloves: environmental directions and positional words
U.S. symbols
Rights and responsibilities of being a community member
Wants and needs

Literacy: Lucy Calkins - Reading, Writing, and Phonics

Phonics: Ietter name recognition, sound/symbol correlation, beginning, middle, ending sounds of words
ChoraI reading
One-to-one finger print match
Reading Helpers
Fiction/non-fiction literature
Listening to literature, music, poetry
Nursery rhymes, fairy tales, fables, poems
Social listening
Constructing visual images while listening
OraI communication skiIIs
RoIe play/sequencing of events
Following and giving directions

Paraphrasing and summarizing
Organizing ideas
Experience stories
Relating events and experiences using complete sentences
Listening for correct speech habits and word usage
Beginning writing process: Capital letter to st.art the sentence, spacing between words' sentences that "make sense", neat handwriting, no capital letters throughout the sentence .
Handwriting (correct pencil grip), correct formation of letters: start at top- to bottom, left to right

About the Kindergarten Reading Units
"In kindergarten, your students begin to establish their identities as readers while they build the foundational skills for reading. In the first unit, We Are Readers, children will develop concepts of print, phonemic awareness, phonics, and the knowledge necessary to use story language to support their approximations of reading. The second unit, Super Powers: Reading with Print Strategies and Sight Word Power, glories in children’s love of play as they learn “super power” strategies that help them search for meaning, use picture clues, work on fluency, and communicate meaning. In the third unit, Bigger Books, Bigger Reading Muscles, children attempt more difficult books with greater independence and use reading strategies to read with more accuracy, fluency, and comprehension. The last kindergarten unit, Becoming Avid Readers, helps youngsters role-play their way into being the readers you want them to become. They pay close attention to characters, setting, and plot while reading fictional stories, become experts in nonfiction topics as they read together in clubs, and play with rhyme and rhythm while reading poetry." - Heinemann

About the Kindergarten Writing Units
"The kindergarten units begin with Lucy and her colleagues helping children approximate writing by drawing and labeling first in all-about books and then in stories. The first unit, Launching the Writing Workshop, acknowledges that most children will be labeling their drawings—and the letters in those labels will include squiggles and diamonds. The second unit, Writing for Readers, helps children write true stories—but does so fully aware that the hard part will be writing read-able words. Growth in kindergarten is spectacular, and by the later kindergarten units, children are invited to use their new-found powers to live writerly lives. In How-To Books: Writing to Teach Others, Unit 3, students write informational how-to texts on a procedure familiar to them. In Persuasive Writing of All Kinds: Using Words to Make a Change, the fourth and final unit in the kindergarten series, students craft petitions, persuasive letters, and signs that rally people to address problems in the classroom, the school, and the world." - Heinemann

Math: Everyday Mathematics

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Counting forward and backward to and from 20 (end goal up to 110, by 1's; 110 by 10's)
One-to-one relationship
Concepts of more, less than, same/equal
Sequence of events
Patterning
Correspondence of quantities
Ordinal-cardinal- relationship
Number-numeraI relationship

Reading and writing numbers to 30
Recognition of basic sets/collections
Solves basic addition and subtraction within 0-10
Introduction to number line
Estimation/prediction
Elementary geometry (shapes)
Calendar (yesterday, today, tomorrow)
Basic problem-solving strategies
Basic chart and graph concepts

Social Studies

Map and globes; environmental directional and positional words
U. S. symbols
Wants and needs
Yesterday, today, tomorrow- how people learn about the past
Rights and responsibilities of being a responsible community member

Science

The needs of a healthy body
Basic needs
Earth's Materials: rocks, soil, sand and water
Five Senses in our world
Motion- pushes and pulls/engineering