FIRST GRADE

Term 1 (6 weeks: Jul. 12, 19, 26, Aug. 2, 9, 16)

HISTORY

A L I T T L E H I S T O RY O F T H E W O R L D B Y E. H . G O M B R I C H

F I R S T T I M E L I N E B Y M A R Y D A LY

S UP P LE ME N T S *(AUDI O ) ** LI B R ARY REQUE ST

 I. Once Upon a Time* WEEK 1

o Adam and Eve
 The Genesis of it All
 Story of Creation for Golden Bible
 II. The Greatest Inventors of All Time*
o Chauvet
 The Usborne Story of Painting**

o Noah
 Tales from the Old Testament “Noah”*
 Golden Book “Noah”
 Usborne Book “Noah”
o Si Ling-Chi
o Harappa

 III. The Land by the Nile* WEEK 2

o Nefertiti
 Egyptian Treasures: Mummies and Myths (7)*
 IV. Sunday, Monday…*

 V. The One and Only God* WEEK 3

o Abraham
 Tales From the Old Testament*
o Ruth
 Tales From the Old Testament*
o King David
 Tales From the Old Testament*
 Great Men of the Old Testament (Jude Winkler)
 David’s Songs: His Songs and Their Story

 VII. Heroes and Their Weapons* WEEK 4

o Greek Alphabet
  Greek Myths*
 The Odyssey (Pope Osbourne)*(**)
 VII. Heroes and Their Weapons*
o Greek Alphabet
 Greek Myths*
 The Odyssey (Pope Osbourne)*(**)

 VI. I C-A-N R-E-A-D* WEEK 5

o Phoenician Alphabet
 The Story of Writing (Donoughue)**
 VIII. An Unequal Struggle*
 Jewish Holiday Stories*

 IX. Two Small Cities In One Land* WEEK 6

o Archimedes

F I F T Y FA M O U S S T O R I E S R E T O L D *

 The Blind Men and the Elephant - - - - 600s BC

 The Brave Three Hundred - - - - Leonidas King of Sparta, Thermopylae 480 BC*
 The Sword of Damocles; Damon and Pythias - - - - (Greek) Dionysius I of Syracuse, 432-367 BC*
 A Laconic Answer- - - - (Greek)
 The Ungrateful Guest- - - - (Greek)
 Alexander and Bucephalus- - - - (Greek)
 Diogenes the Wise Man - - - - (Greek)

RELIGION
Saint Stories (once or twice weekly)
ONCE UPON A TIME SAINTS

 Alice
 Ambrose
 Anne
 Barbara
 Barnaby of Compiegne
 Benedict of San Fradello
 Christopher
 Clement
 Comgall
Catechism (twice weekly)
A N I L LU S T R AT E D C AT E C H I S M
AN GE L FOOD FOR BOY S AN D GI RLS
1  who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
 THE APOSTLES’ CREED
 “Three Farms” (I, p.5)
 “Football Johnny” (I, p. 9)
 “The Boy Who Weighed an Elephant” (II, p.
9)
 Jesus Sends His Disciples to Proclaim the
Gospel
 The Teachers of Faith—the Apostles
 I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
 “Football Johnny” (I, p. 9)
 “The Devil at the Door” (I, p. 1)
 “The Dog That Didn’t Want a Vacation” (I, p.
13)
 “The Orphan’s Plea” (II, p. 13)
2
 The Wooden Pony” (II, p. 92)
 “A Little Girl’s Prayer” (II, p. 16)
 “The Voice at the Window” (IV, p. 7)
 “God’s Secret” (IV, p. 3)
 “The Open Door” (IV, p. 53)
 Creator of heaven and earth,
 “123, 456 Mosquitoes” (I, p. 17)
 “Peanuts and Watermelon” (I, p. 21)
 “The Devil at Coney Island” (II, p. 19)
 “The Boy Who Dusted the Devil’s Trail” (II,
p. 23)
 “The Little Devil with the Long Tail” (IV, p.
18)
3
 “The Last Flight” (IV, p. 22)
 “The World’s Best Flag” (IV, p. 25)
 and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our
Lord,
born of the Virgin Mary,
 “The Angel With Silver Wings” (I, p. 29)
 “A Mother for Easter” (I, p. 34)
 “A Box of Hail Marys” (I, p. 38)
 “The Smallest Gift” (II, p. 40)
 “The Ten Little Fairies” (III, p. 103)
 “Peter, The Soldier” (IV, p. 28)
 “The Soldier’s Greeting” (IV, p. 32)
4
 suffered under Pontius Pilate, was
crucified, died…
 …and was buried. He descended into
hell.
 The third day He rose again from the
dead.
 He ascended into heaven,
 and sits at the right hand of God, the
Father Almighty.
 from thence He shall come to judge the
living and the dead.
 “Five Precious Diamonds” (IV, p. 39)
 I believe in the Holy Spririt,
 “The Penny Man” (I, p. 46)
 “Two Bags of Peanuts” (I, p. 42)
 “A Pair of Slippers” (II, p. 44)
5
 “A Jigsaw Puzzle” (III, p. 4)
 “A Piece of White Ribbon” (III, p. 23)
 “The Saturday Morning Special” (I, p. 63)
 “Toby Goes to a Party” (II, p. 36)
 “Is God Very Big?” (III, p. 20)
 the holy Catholic Church,
  “Thirty-five Cakes” (I, p. 50)  “Six Red Roses” (II, p. 48)
 the communion of Saints,  “An Elephant Never Forgets” (III, p. 108)
 the forgiveness of sins,  “The Grave Stops Perot” (IV, p. 120)
 “The Dog That Didn’t Want a Vacation” (I, p.  the resurrection of the body,
13)  and life everlasting. Amen.
 “Chippy” (I, p. 55)  “Marty’s First Mass” (I, p. 59)
 “The Boy Who Weighed An Elephant” (II, p.
6 9)
 “The Orphan’s Plea” (II, p. 13)  “The Most Beautiful Picture in the World”
 “Eggs” (II, p. 28) (IV, p. 35)
 “The Wooden Pony” (II, p. 92)  “The Angel With the Horn” (IV, p. 116)

MATH
Mathematics (three lessons weekly)
R I G H T S TA R T L E V E L B

 Lesson 1* Quantities 1 to 3  Lesson 10* Solving Problems

 Lesson 2* Quantities 1 to 5  Lesson 11* Partitioning Numbers 2
 Lesson 3* Quantities 1 to 6 and the to 5
Abacus  Lesson 12* Mastering Partitioning 5
 Lesson 4* Quantities 1 to 7, Taps,  Lesson 13* Nickels and Pennies
and Writing Numbers  Lesson 14* Simple Money Problems
 Lesson 5* Quantities 1 to 8  Lesson 15 Partitioning 10
 Lesson 6* Quantities 9 and 10  Lesson 16 (2 or 3 days) Practicing
 Lesson 7* Building the Stairs the Tens Combinations
 Lesson 8 (2 or 3 days) The Place-  Lesson 17* Quantities Arranged by
Value Cards and Translations Twos
 Lesson 9* Part-Whole Circles  Lesson 18* Evens and Odd

SCIENCE
Science (four times weekly)
B U I L D I N G F O U N DAT I O N S O F S C I E N T I F I C U N D E R S TA N D I N G

 D-1 Gravity I: The Earth’s Gravity: Horizontal and Vertical

__Recognize and use the following words in their proper context: GRAVITY, HORIZONTAL,
VERTICAL.
__State that things tend to fall down because of a force we call gravity.
__Describe how and why people anywhere on Earth experience gravity in the same way.
__Measure and express weight as gravity’s pull on the given object.
__Show what is meant by vertical and horizontal and how these “angles” relate to gravity.
 Describe how all heavenly bodies )sun, moon, other planets, etc.) have their own gravity
depending on their size/mass.
__Describe how the orbits of heavenly bodies and satellites result from a balance between
the pull of gravity and the motion of the body.
 Forces Make Things Move**
 Gravity Is a Mystery**
 I Fall Down**
 D-2 Day and Night and the Earth’s Rotation
__Use a globe to explain how the Earth rotates on its axis.
__Model and explain how our experience of the passage of day and night is due to the
Earth’s rotation.
__Describe sunrises and sunsets in terms of the Earth’s rotation.
__Point out how sunrises and sunsets occur at opposite horizons and tell why.
 Sun Up, Sun Down**
 What Makes Day and Night**
 Night Light: A Book About the Moon**
 Hot and Bright: A Book About the Sun**
 Phases of the Moon**
 D-5 Time and the Earth’s Turning
__Describe and show how shadows shift with the passing of time.
__Use a globe to model and describe how shifting of shadows are caused by the Earth
turning on its axis.
__Tell how one full day (day-night cycle) equates to one turn of the Earth on its axis.
__Explain how we divide the time of the Earth’s turning into 25 parts, hours, and tell time
accordingly.
__Tell how clocks are set according to the sun.
__Explain why and how we diviede the country and the world into time zones.
__Tell what does and doesn’t happen with daylight savings time.
__Make a sundial, calibrate it, and use it to tell the time of day.
__Explain the discrepancies between solar noon, clock noon, and daylight savings time.
__Cite and explain the reason for the discrepancy between the length of one day (24 hours)
and the time it takes the Earth to make one eact turn on its axis (11 hours 56 minutes).
 What Makes a Shadow**
 Me and My shadow**
 Somewhere in the World Right Now**
 Me Counting Time: From Seconds to Centuries**
 A-2 & A-3 Solids, Liquids and Gases & Air is a Substance
__Understand and use the following words in their proper context: GAS, LIQUID, SOLID,
MATTER, STATES OF MATTER
__Identiify gases, liquids, and solids as they are encountered in everyday life.
 __Describe the key attributes of gases, liquids, and solids as different STATES OF MATTER.
__Tell how water and other substances may change between solid, liquid, and gas
depending on temperature.
__Tell how many things, especially living things, are complex combinations of solids, liquids,
and gases.
__Show/tell how we can demonstrate that air occupies space.
__Show/tell how we can demonstrate that air has weight.
__Cite facts that show that air is a real substance.
__Despite their many differences, solids and liquids share two attributes in common.
Explain what these two attributes are.
__Explain why gases, including air, are one of the categories of matter. Tell what attributes
gases share with solids and liquids.
 Air Is All Around You**
 I Face the Wind**
 Feel the Wind**
 A-4 Matter I: Its Particulate Nature
__Demonstrate and explain how any gas, liquid, or solid may be divided again and again
into smaller and smaller bits or PARTICLES.
__Tell how a third attribute of all matter is its particulate nature, the individual particles
being much too small to see with the unaided eye.
__Describe and/or demonstrate with models how the distinction between solids, liquids,
and gases comes from the degree to which their particles attract and hold together.
 Touch It!: Materials, Matter, and You**
 A-5 Distinguishing Materials
__In addition to words they already know, recognize and use the following words is their
proper context: METAL, PLASTIC, RUBBER, CERAMIC, TEXTILES, FIBER, FABRIC, TEXTURE,
ELASTIC, BRITTLE, FLEXIBLE, MOLDABLE, TRANSPARENT, TRANSLUCENT, OPAQUE
__Identify a the material from which various items or parts of items are made.
__Discuss how they identify various materials, i.e., by look, feel, relative weight, sound, etc.
__Describe the characteristics of various materials, e.g., light, heavy, hard, soft, brittle,
strong, flexible, elastic, etc.
__Separate items according to the material from which they are made and tell how they
distinguish one material from another.
__Discuss why certain materials are used for given functions.

MUSIC
Music
M A K I N G M U S I C P R AY I N G T W I C E C D S
CLASSICA L KIDS CDS (ONE PER TERM)*
LITURGICAL HYMNS
A L F R E D ’ S B A S I C P I A N O L I B R A R Y P R E P C O U R S E ( weekly lessons, daily practice)

 Lesson One
 One  Two  Three  Four  Five
 Lesson Two
 One  Two  Three  Four  Five
 Lesson Three
 One  Two  Three  Four  Five
 Lesson Four
 One  Two  Three  Four  Five
 Lesson Five
 One  Two  Three  Four  Five
 Lesson Six
 One  Two  Three  Four  Five

Art (one picture study and project per week…or so)

MAST E R P I ECE S U P CLOSE
H O W T O TA L K W I T H C H I L D R E N A B O U T A R T
D I S C O V E R I N G G R E AT A R T I S T S

 Creation of Adam (detail) Sistine Chapel ceiling ( M I C H E L A N G E L O B U O N A R T I )

Coordinate with Story of Creation
 http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html
 The Persistence of Memory (S A LVA D O R D A L I )
Coordinate with Science Lesson on “Time and the Earth’s Turning”
 David With the Head of Goliath ( C A R AVA G G I O )
Coordinate with Study of David
 Book of Days (L I M B O U R G H B R O T H E R S )
 http://www.art-made-easy.com/limbourg-brothers.html

Poetry
A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES

Handwriting
PA L M E R M E T H O D

Reading
MONTESSORI PINK SERIES
EX P LODE T H E CODE
LI T T LE A N GE L RE ADE R S