First Grade Units of Study
| Reading |
Writing |
Science |
Social Studies |
- Building Good Reading Habits
- Word Detectives Use All They Know to Solve Words
- Learning About the World: Reading Nonfiction
- Readers Get to Know the Characters by Performing Their Books
- Reading and Role Playing: Folk Tales and Fairy Tales/Readers Have Big Jobs to Do
- Reading Series Books to Develop Stronger Partner Talk: Book Clubs
- Reading Nonfiction Cover to Cover: Nonfiction Book Clubs
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- Small Moments: Writing with Focus, Detail, and Dialogue
- Writing How-to Books
- Nonfiction Chapter Books
- Writing Reviews
- Poetry and Songs
- From Scenes to Series: Writing Fiction
- Social Studies Research: Writing Projects
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- Inquiry and Process Skills
- All About Animals
- Environments for Living Things
- Measuring Weather
- Seasons
- Objects in the Sky
- Heat, Light & Sound
- All About Matter
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- Families are Important
- Families, Now and Long Ago
- Families in Communities
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| Math |
- Building a Mathematical Community
- Mathematicians study numbers and shapes by taking them apart and putting them back together
- Mathematicians learn about number relationships and how to use them: Doubling Unit
- Mathematicians study shapes by taking them apart putting them back together: Quilt Squares+Triangles
- Mathematicians gather data and use data to solve problems: Data & Comparison Story Problems
- Mathematicians develop strategies & models for addition and subtraction: Double Decker Bus
- Mathematicians unitize and understand patterns in our number system: Taking Inventory
- Mathematicians can measure to communicate about quantity: King’s Foot
- Mathematicians use place value understanding & number line models to develop strategies for Addition within 100
- Mathematicians apply understandings of 2D attributes to study and classify 3d objects: 3D Geometry
- Mathematicians study attributes to classify their world and reason with them: Attribute Investigation
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