Grade One

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Following is a brief overview of some of the academic skills that will be covered in first grade:

Language Arts Framework - Reading Skills
Reality/fantasy
Identifying problems and solutions
Making predictions
Making inferences
Drawing conclusions
Compare/contrast
Cause/effect
Sequencing
Analyzing viewpoint
Identifying relationships
Classification
Alphabetizing
Use of glossary and dictionary
Syllabication
Rhyming patterns (e.g. _at, _ink, _ate, _out)
Word endings (s, er, ing, er)
Prefixes, suffixes
Word parts (e.g. -ture, -ough, -tion)
Vowel variants
Contractions
Compound words
Synonyms, antonyms
Homophones, homographs

Math Skills
Addition
- concept
- facts
- small and large numbers
Subtraction
- concept
- facts
- small and large numbers
Place value
- reading/writing
- - 1-6 digit numbers
- rounding
Time
Money
Customary measurement
- distance
- weight
- capacity
- temperature
Metric measurement
- distance
- weight
- capacity
- temperature
Multiplication
- concept
- facts
Division
- concept
- facts
Geometry
- shapes
- angles
- symmetry
- congruence
- parallel
- coordinate geometry
Fractions and decimals
- concept
- comparing
- adding
- subtracting

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