Framingham Public Schools

First Grade Curriculum Outcomes

Language Arts | Math | Science | Social Studies | Art | Music | Physical Education 

Language Arts

 Students in the Framingham Public Schools participate in a balanced literacy program which consists of 8 components:

• read aloud
• guided reading
• shared reading
• modeled writing
• shared writing
• guided writing
• independent reading
• independent writing

Students will...

• learn the skills necessary to participate effectively in class discussions, both as presenters and audience.
• learn and use new vocabulary.
• learn the skills to orally share experiences with peers in a small group or whole class setting.
• recognize that authors use capitalization and punctuation to mark a complete sentence.
• know the corresponding sounds of consonants and vowels.
• recognize, name, and print words within lines.
• recognize and print first and last name.
• apply decoding strategies to unfamiliar words.
• identify nouns and verbs.
• enjoy literature and choosing books.
• know that books have titles, authors, and illustrators.
• recognize story elements: characters, setting, plot, problem, and solution.
• use the following comprehension strategies
• Connecting
• Previewing / Prediction
• Questioning
• Imaging
• Summarizing
• Inferring
• read aloud with phrasing and comprehension.
• retell stories heard.
• be exposed to tall tales.
• listen to, recite, and write poetry.
• understand that nonfiction is true and fiction is not true.
• understand text features (headings, table of contents, key words, captions).
• participate in the writing process: generate ideas, write, revise, edit, and publish.
• use correct spelling of 25 high frequency words.
• practice strategies to increase ability to spell correctly in written work.
• generate questions and search for answers to explore/research a topic.