Curriculum Edit 3 … Our curriculum for first grade students is driven by the National Common Core Standards for Mathematics and Language Arts, and the North Carolina Essential Standards for Science and Social Studies. By following these standards, students should learn the following major concepts:
Mathematics
Mathematics
- Operations and Algebraic Thinking
- Number and Operations in Base Ten
- Measurement and Data
- Geometry
- http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_Math%20Standards.pdf
- Reading Literature
- Reading Informational Text
- Reading Foundational Skills
- Writing
- Speaking and Listening
- Language
- http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf
- Science inquiry skills
- Forces and Motion
- Earth in the Universe
- Earth Systems, Structures and Process
- Ecosystems
- Molecular Biology
- http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/docs/acre/standards/new-standards/science/k-2.pdf
- History
- Geography and Environmental Literacy
- Economic and Financial Literacy
- Civics and Governance
- Culture
- http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/standards/new-standards/social-studies/k-2.pdf