Listening/Speaking.  Students:

• listen to gather information, solve problems, and enjoy and appreciate literature
• participate in group discussions
• present dramatic interpretations of experiences, stories, poems, and plays
• make announcements, give directions, and make introductions appropriately

Reading.  Students:

• recognize the conventions of print (e.g. understand that print moves left to right, involves upper and lower case letters, and represents spoken language)
• manipulate sounds in spoken words (phonemic awareness) and understand that letters represent sounds (phonics)
• read and comprehend first-grade level text fluently
• use graphs, charts, signs, and captions to acquire information
• find and connect ideas and themes in different books and other printed resources
• draw conclusions from information gathered
• self-select books and stories by drawing on personal interest, relying on knowledge of authors or types of text

Writing.  Students:

• write their own name and each letter of the alphabet
• gain increasing control of penmanship and punctuation
• compose questions, ideas, stories
• write for different purposes, such as composing lists, letters, stories, and poems
• engage in the writing process by generating ideas before writing and developing and polishing drafts
• record or dictate questions for investigations

In first grade mathematics, your child will learn:

Number, Operation, and Quantitative Reasoning.  Students:

• compare and order whole numbers up to 99
• create sets of tens and ones using concrete objects
• describe values of coins and their relationships
• read and write numbers to 99
• separate a whole into parts and describe the parts of a set
• describe the parts of a set of objects
• model and write addition and subtraction sentences
• learn and apply addition facts

Patterns, Relationships, and Algebraic Thinking.  Students:

• find patterns such as odd and even
• use place value to compare and order whole numbers
• identify fact families for addition and subtraction
• identify, describe, and extend patterns to solve problems
• skip count by twos, fives, and tens

Geometry and Spatial Reasoning.  Students:

• sort objects by attributes using informal language
• identify shapes and solids
• combine shapes to make a new shape

Measurement.  Students:

• estimate and measure using nonstandard units
• relate the unit to size of object
• recognize reasonable temperatures
• describe time on a clock (hours, half hours)
• order events by length of time

Probability and Statistics.  Students:

• collect and sort data
• construct graphs (real, picture, and bar)
• draw conclusions from graphs
• identify events as certain or impossible

Problem Solving.  Students:

• identify mathematics in everyday situations
• use a problem-solving model, with guidance as needed
• select or develop an appropriate problem-solving strategy
• use tools to solve problems
• explain and record observations using objects, words, pictures, numbers, and technology
• relate informal language to mathematical language and symbols
• reason and support their thinking using objects, words, pictures, numbers, and technology

In first grade science, your child will learn:

Scientific Investigations.  Students:

• demonstrate safe practices during classroom and field investigations
• learn how to use and conserve resources

Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking.  Students:

• ask questions about organisms, objects, and events
• construct reasonable explanations using information
• explain a problem in their own words and propose a solution
• use tools, including hand lenses, clocks, computers, thermometers, and balances

Properties, Patterns, and Systems.  Students:

• identify, predict, and create patterns, including those in charts, graphs, and numbers
• know that systems have parts and are composed of organisms and objects
• observe and describe the parts of plants and animals
• manipulate objects so that the parts are separated from the whole, which may result in the part or the whole not working

Change.  Students:

• measure changes in size, mass, color, position, quantity, sound, and movement
• observe and record weather changes from day to day and over seasons
• observe stages in the life cycles of organisms in their natural environment

Living Organisms and Non-Living Objects.  Students:

• group and compare living organisms and nonliving objects 

Basic Needs of Organisms.  Students:

• identify characteristics of organisms that allow their basic needs to be met
• compare the ways living organisms depend on each other

Processes of the Natural World.  Students:

• describe natural sources of water, including streams, lakes, and oceans
• observe and describe differences in rocks and soil samples
• identify how rocks, soil, and water are used and how they can be recycled

In first grade social studies, your child will learn:

History.  Students:

• identify contributions of people, such as Sam Houston and Thomas Edison
• describe the origins of holidays, such as Veterans Day
• identify anthems and mottoes of the state and nation
• distinguish among past, present, and future

Geography.  Students:

• locate places using cardinal directions
• create and use simple maps
• locate community, state, and nation on maps and globes
• describe physical and human characteristics of places
• identify natural resources and how they are used

Economics.  Students:

• identify examples of goods and services, ways people exchange them, and the role of markets in the exchange
• identify reasons for making economic choices
• describe how specialized jobs contribute to production of goods and services

Government.  Students:

• explain the need for and give examples of rules and laws
• identify and describe the roles of leaders in the community, state, and nation

Citizenship.  Students:

• identify characteristics of good citizenship and identify historic figures and ordinary people who exemplify good citizenship
• explain patriotic symbols, such as the Liberty Bell
• recite and explain the Pledge of Allegiance and the Pledge to the Texas Flag

Culture.  Students:

• describe ways that families meet basic human needs
• retell stories from folktales and legends

Science, Technology, and Society.  Students:

• describe how technology has changed how families live and how people work

Social Studies Skills.  Students:

• sequence and categorize information
• identify main ideas
• express ideas orally and visually
• use problem-solving and decision-making processes