First Grade

Uses prior knowledge, illustrations and text to predict meaning.
Recognizes high-frequency sight words in various contexts.
Uses letters and sounds together to decode words.
Uses a variety of strategies to construct meaning.
Retells a story in sequence.
Identifies the main idea and supporting details of a story.
Uses prior knowledge and personal experiences to construct meaning and to respond to a text.
Reads for information to perform a task.
Recognizes and identifies story elements.
Develops a purpose and plan for writing that includes a main idea.
Composes simple sentences and stories.
Writes independently on a variety of topics.
Writes observations about familiar topics or experiences.
Writes simple informational text.
Applies simple capitalization skills Uses end punctuation and spacing between words.
Uses legible handwriting.
Gives personal information (name, age, address, telephone number).
Uses conventional patterns of language.
Uses pictures to enhance written text.
Retells specific details of information heard.
Asks questions to find answers.
Speaks clearly in complete sentences.
Reads aloud with fluency and expression from developmentally appropriate material.

Creates models of addition and subtraction situations.
Identifies, describes and applies addition and subtraction as inverse operations.
Creates and uses strategies and proper-ties to add whole numbers.
Uses counting strategies, number pat-terns, and models to solve basic addition and subtraction problems.
Compares and orders whole numbers at least to 100.
Represents two-digit numbers by tens and ones.
Orders and compares numbers and rep-resent numbers on a number line.
Creates two-dimensional and three-dimensional geometric shapes.
Uses appropriate vocabulary to classify, compare and sort shapes according to attributes.
Identifies, describes, and extends repeating and growing patterns.
Measures objects by using non-standard units such as cubes or rods.
Compares and orders objects according to length, weight, and capacity.
Solves two-digit addition and subtraction problems by acting them out, using manipulatives and drawing diagrams

Observes that there are more stars in the sky that anyone can count, and they are not scattered evenly.
Demonstrates that Earth’s gravity pulls any object on or near Earth toward it.
Investigates how magnifiers make things appear bigger.
Identifies the beneficial and harmful proper-ties of the Sun.
Recognizes that Earth materials (water, air, and soil) provide many of the resources that living things use.
Recognizes that some things in the world around us happen fast and some happen slowly.
Sorts objects by observable properties, such as size, shape, color, temperature, weight, texture, and whether the objects sink or float.
Demonstrates and describes that objects move in many ways, such as zigzag, straight line, fast and slow.
Demonstrates that the way to change the motion of an object is by applying a push or pull.
Makes observations of living things and their environment using the five senses.
Identifies that the major parts of plants include, stem, roots, leaves, and flowers.
Differentiates between living and nonliving things..
Makes observations that plants and animals closely resemble their parents.
Recognizes that all plants and animals need the basic necessities of air, water, food and space.
Uses a variety of tools to obtain information.
Keeps records of information through observation, recording and sharing ideas.

Understands how to use the media center/other sources to find answers to questions about a historical topic.
Understands history tells the story of people and events of other times and places.
Distinguishes between historical fact and fiction using various materials.
Creates a timeline based on the student’s life or school events, using primary sources.
Uses physical and political/cultural maps to locate places in Florida.
Identifies key elements (compass rose, cardinal directions, title and key/legend with symbols) of maps and globes.
Recognizes that money is a method of exchanging goods and services.
Distinguishes between examples of goods and services.
Explains the purpose of rules and laws in the school and community.
Gives examples of people who have the power and authority to make and en-force rules and laws in the school and community.
Explains rights and responsibilities of students; describes the characteristics of responsible citizenship in the school and community.
Explains how decisions can be made or how conflicts might be resolved in fair and just ways.
Develops an understanding of a primary source.
Identifies that people need to make choices because of scarce resources.

Orange County Public Schools Wetherbee Elementary School