Handwriting

1. To identify the basic stroke of the letters.

2. To form numerals correctly.

3. To use handwriting for practical purpose.

4. To form upper case letters in manuscript form.

5. To form lower case letters in manuscript form.

6. To space letters and words correctly.

7. To stress the importance of correct posture for handwriting.

8. To identify a sequence pattern when given a symbol sequence.

9. To be able to write the different punctuation marks.

10. To be able to copy sentences from the chalkboard.

 

HEALTH

1. To study the Five Senses.

2. To be aware of eating well-balanced meals.

3. To develop good dental and physical hygiene.

4. To recotnize the benefits of physical exercise.

5. To become aware of the importance of safety on the bus, playground, street
and at home.

6. To develop the awaraeness of harmful and beneficial drugs.

7. To develop positive, mental, emotional and social health.

8. To become aware of community helpers, such as police and firefighters.

9. To become aware of appropriate and inappropriate touches.

10. To become aware of benefits of reusing, recycling and reducing.

Language

1. To differentiate between letters, words and sentences.

2. To identify sentences as questions or statements.

3. To recognize and correctly use periods and question marks.

4. To capitalize proper names and the pronoun "I."

5. To react to poetry through pantomime or drawing.

6. To identify singular and plural forms.

7. To develop better oral communication.

8. To develop better listening skills.

9. To identify the writing process and use it regularly in the classroom.

10. To respond through writing when given a prompt.

MATH

1. To identify and extend simple patterns.

2. To compare, order and identify groups of objects and numbers 0-10.

3. To add and subtract facts in a horizontal and vertical format.

4. To add and subtract facts using the count on and count back strategy.

5. To solve equations involving addition with sums up to 18.
To solve subtraction problems without regrouping

6. To add three addends with sums of 10 and explore the associative property.

7. To understand the zero property.

8. To use concrete objects to explore probability.

9. To identify plane and solid figures.

10. To identify, count, compare and order numbers to 99.

11. To identify ordinal numbers first to tenth.

12. To skip count by twos, fives and tens.

13. To estimate and measure length using customary, metric and non-
standard units.

14. To estimate weight, capacity and temperature.

15. To identify equal parts, halves, third and fourths of a region or groups of objects.

16. To tell time to the hour and half hour.

17. To read a calendar.

18. To find the value of a group of coins (pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters).

19. To understand the concept of tens and ones.

Reading

1. To identify lower and upper case letters.

2. To identify and discriminate between initial, final and medial consonant sounds.

3. To form new words using consonant substitutions.

4. To identify short and long vowel names and sounds.

5. To blend sounds into words.

6. To develop sight word vocabulary and to realize the use of "s" at the end
of nouns shows the plural form.

7. To develop oral reading skills.

8. To develop literal and inferential comprehension.

9. To identify blends and digraphs such as "sh" and "ch."

10. To develop critical thinking skills such as predicting, sequencing events,
drawing conclusions and inferring.

11. To identify inflected forms of nouns and verbs with and without spelling
changes, such as adding "ed" "ing" and "s."

12. To identify contractions and compound words

SCIENCE

1. To recognize the features and behaviors that enable animals to
survive in their environment.

2. To compare animals and classify animals into groups of mammals,
fish, insects, birds and reptiles.

3. To describe the characteristics of the sun, moon and stars.

4. To demonstrate the way the earth moves around the sun.

5. To demonstrate and identify the earth's rotation.

6. To recognize and name various constellations.

7. To understand that living things interact with one another and their
environment.

8. To understand that plants have structures (roots, stems and leaves) that enable them to survive in their environment.

9. To understand that the living things in a garden need soil.

10. To understand that animals need air, water, food and a place to live.
Gardens provide habitats and food for some animals, including people.

11. To understand that people can pull and push objects to make them move.

12. To understand that wind and water can make objects move.

13. To demonstrate that magnets can pull objects that contain iron.

14. To identify gravity as the force that affects the way objects move.

15. To understand that some objects move because of energy provided by coiled springs, batteries or electricity.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. To better understand school and its functions.

2. To better understand the role of families.

3. To better understand needs and wants (shelter, food and clothing).

4. To better understand types of work (goods and services).

5. To identify and understand neighborhoods and communities.

6. To better understand our country (location, leaders, symbols and
natural resources).

7. To become aware of the history of our country through the study of
holidays and famous people.

8. To increase the understanding of map and globe skills.

SPELLING  

1. To be able to spell first and last name.

2. To be able to associate sounds with their symbols.

3. To be able to distinguish like and unlike sounds.

4. To be able to spell word families through consonant substitution.

5. To be able to hear and give rhyming words.

6. To be able to identify the vowel sound in words.

7. To be able to name the vowels and their sounds.

8. To be able to spell short vowel words.

9. To be able to spell long vowel words.

10. To be able to put spelling words in a sentence.