Students will typically develop skills and learn about concepts not addressed on this page. This resource provides one insight into broad aspects of core curriculum.

• Over the course of a school year, students learn much more than can be depicted in one resource.
• Core curriculum is stated as general expectations for all students.
• This page describes what students must know and be able to do at the end of their school year.
• In all cases, instruction must fit each student’s needs.
• Classroom teachers are the best resource for parents wishing to learn more about their children’s education.
• For more information on materials and approaches used in classrooms, contact the building principal.

First grade students will....

• place events of their lives and the lives of others in chronological order
• explain why accounts of the same event differ
• describe how people use the environment to meet human needs and wants
• compare their community and region with others
• describe fair ways for groups to make decisions
• connect economic needs with businesses that meet them
• recognize economic exchanges in which they participate
• pose a question about life in their school or local community
• engage each other in conversations about issues pertaining to school rules
• identify who was involved, what happened and where it happened in stories of the past

First grade students will....

• Identify and explore favorite authors
• read and understand short stories and predict outcomes
• identify and use parts of speech
• recognize and construct complete sentences
• use appropriate punctuation and capitalization
• become good listeners
• present information to groups 
• understand and use word structure to spell correctly
• identify and use multiple resources to research information
• examine word phonetics
• use the writing process to create original pieces
• identify story’s main idea
• appreciate different kinds of reading (poems, fact books, tall tales, etc.)

First grade students will....

• generate questions about the world based on observations
• observe and record evidence of science in their world
• conduct experiments, record and discuss results
• develop strategies and skills for information gathering
• construct charts and graphs
• show how science concepts can be interpreted through creative expression
• develop an awareness of sensitivity to the natural world
• describe basic requirements for all living things
• identify sources of drinking water
• use simple measurement devices, metric and standard

First grade students will....

• explore numbers by applying part/whole concepts
• add and subtract whole numbers to three digits without regrouping
• define and use concepts of equality and inequality 
• tell time using a digital and standard clock
• identify and use coins (pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters)
• write +, - and = story problems
• interpret graphs
• use various hands-on materials to learn mathematical concepts
• understand place value (ones, tens)