Scope and Sequence

This is a general month by month break down of the different topics we will learn about in first grade. In the weekly class newsletter that will be sent home on Mondays you will be able to read in more detail what the students are learning about in the classroom. Below this chart are some key points that will be covered in Riggs and in Math.

Month	Social Studies	Science	Health	Agriculture	Character Development	Poetry	Stories (Fiction)	Sayings and Phrases
September	World Geography Learn Continents, countries, and some states Identify major oceans, learn north, south, east and west Mesopotamia Cradle of Civilization	Matter Solids/Liquids/Gas	Safety	Apples	Kindness	My Shadow Rope Rhyme The Swing	Variations of the Cinderella story from different countries	An apple a day keeps the doctor away Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
October	Ancient Egypt Geography of Egypt, Nile River, Pharaohs, pyramids and mummies	Body Systems Skeletal, Muscular, Digestive, Circulatory, and Nervous Systems	Taking Care of your Body	Pumpkins	Respect	Solomon Grundy Table Manners Wynken, Blynken and Nod	Jack and the Beanstalk Thumbelina Hansel and Gretal	Fish Out of Water Land Of Nod
November	Early Exploration and Settlement Pilgrims, Mayflower, Thanksgiving Day	Science Fair	Healthy foods	Dairy	Thankfulness	Thanksgiving Day	Why the Owl Has Big Eyes Little Red Riding Hood Lon Po Po	The more the merrier
December	Different Religions across the country Judaism Christianity Islam Special Celebration: (History and culture of religions across the World)	Electricity Static electricity, electric circuits, safety rules with electricity	Being smart about medicines		Truthfulness	The Purple Cow Sing a Song of People	Selections from The House at Pooh Corner Rapunzel Sleeping Beauty	Let the cat out of the bag
January		History of the earth Layers of the earth, volcanoes, and geysers, rocks and minerals	Talking/Listening	Wheat/Barley	Dependability	The Owl and the Pussycat	The Frog Prince Puss-in-Boots Rumpelstiltskin	Hit the nail on the head
February	Mayas, Incas, and Aztecs Special Celebration: Harvest Festival		Emotions		Obedience	Hope Washington	The Princess and the Pea Pinocchio	Never leave till tomorrow what you can do today
March	American Revolution Thirteen Colonies, Boston Tea Party, Declaration of Independence, 4^th of July	Astronomy Sun, Moon, planets, stars and the solar system	Being smart about drugs		Patience		The Pied Piper of Hamelin The Tale of Peter Rabbit	Practice makes perfect There’s no place like home
April	Exploring the West Lewis And Clark, Sacajawea and Daniel Boone	Habitats What animal lives in what habitat, the food chain, classifications of animals	Germs	Trees	Attentiveness	I know All the Sounds the Animals Make The Pasture	Aesop’s Fables	Sour Grapes Wolf in Sheeps Clothing
May	Mexico Modern Civilization and Culture Special Celebration: Cinco De Mayo	Continuation of Habitats& Oceans and Undersea Life Living things and their environment	Taking care of your lungs	Corn	Perseverance		Medio Pollito The Boy at the Dike How Anansi Got Stories from the Sky God It Could Always be Worse The Knee-High Man	If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again

Riggs- (some of the topics to be covered)

Review 71 phonograms

Learn some of the rules for spelling, syllabication and plurals

Practice mastering some of the most commonly used words

Write complete sentences using spelling words

Practice capitalization and punctuation

Learn the difference between a noun and a verb

Diagram simple sentences

Complete Riggs charts in Notebooks

Write a paragraph from a Key Word Outline

Learn Editing Marks and transfer a rough draft to final draft

Math- (some of the topics to be covered)

Calendars

Clocks (telling time in five minute increments)

More then and less then

Even and odd numbers

Place value (up to the 100’s column)

Simple graphs and fractions

Master addition and subtraction facts to 10

Money (recognizing coins and being able to add up small amounts of change)

Geometry (shapes)

Reading thermometers

Solving word Problems

Two digit addition and subtraction (with and without carrying & borrowing)

Beginning Multiplication

Scope and Sequence | MITCH Charter School

1st Grade Maclean