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Helen Keller Elementary School > 1st Grade Pages > Mrs. Cahill's Class

Standards
The Curriculum of the Franklin Public Schools is based on the standards from the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks

The Curriculum of the Franklin Public Schools is based on the standards from the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. Here are the major topics covered in first grade in each content area. Please check back for more details on curriculum frameworks.

 

Language Arts

Mathematics
  • Shares ideas orally
  • Contributes to class discussion
  • Sounds out words
  • Reads orally with fluency
  • Reads with comprehension
  • Reads with comprehension
  • Uses strategies to read unknown words
  • Recognizes common sight words
  • Retells a story's beginning, middle, and end
  • Identifies characters and setting
  • Restates facts from non-fiction text heard or read
  • Uses capitalization and punctuation appropriately
  • Writes in logical order
  • Prints upper and lower case letters and numbers legibly
  • Names and writes numbers to 100
  • Knows addition facts to 10
  • Knows subtraction facts to 10
  • Adds and subtracts 2-digit numbers without regrouping
  • Identifies common fractions as parts of a whole (1/2, 1/4)
  • Identifies, extends, and creates repeating patterns
  • Trades coins accurately
  • Writes number sentences
  • Describes attributes of 2- and 3-dimensional shapes
  • Tells time to the hour and half hour
  • Measures using inches
  • Knows names and values of coins
  • Interprets graphs, charts, and tables
  • Applies problem solving strategies
  • Communicates mathematical reasoning effectively

Science

Social Studies

Topics covered in Science:

  • Living Things
  • The Senses
  • Weather/Changes

Topics covered in Social Studies:

  • US Leaders, Symbols, Events, Holidays
  • Individuals, Families & Communities

 

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