First Grade Textbooks and Curriculum

Textbooks

Religion: Voyages – Concordia Publishing House
Reading: Scott Foresman Reading
Phonics: Modern Curriculum Press/Pearson Learning
Math: Harcourt Math
Science: Harcourt Science
Social Studies: Learning Centers & National Geographic Big Books
Penmanship: D’nealian

Curriculum

Bible
Drawing from both the New and Old Testament stories, children are guided in building a warm, personal relationship of trust and faith with the triune God. Knowledge of God and His will are reinforced through weekly scripture memorization and activities.

Reading
Children are taught word decoding techniques through carefully structured phonics activities. These activities are balanced with multiple opportunities to develop comprehension and higher level thinking skills. Vocabulary and sight word skills are also integrated into the reading curriculum. The Accelerated Reading Program and Media Center are used by all students.

Mathematics
The first grade math curriculum includes the following concepts:
Counting by 1′s, 5′s 10′s, writing numbers to 100, (and for enrichment, to 1,000), addition and subtraction facts to 20 using various learning strategies, two-digit addition and subtraction, facts families, concepts of greater and fewer (less), geometry, shapes recognition, beginning place value, measurement, fractions, money value, identifying and counting pennies, nickels and dimes, and symmetry.

Science
Oklahoma Pass objectives are met by teaching units on magnets, the solar system, animal habitats and plants. A science learning center introduces concepts through simple observations and experiments.

Social Studies
Harcourt Social Studies Big Books

Handwriting
Children are taught and practice the correct manuscript form for each letter daily.

English
Concepts taught include punctuation, capitalization, nouns, verbs and adjectives. Creative writing is taught through writing stories. Children learn about informational writing by keeping a writing folder with projects in process.