Grade 1 - Term 1: Planning Guide

Week #

English

Math

Date
#1

Get to know girls!

Aug 28-Sept 1
#2

School Rules, Routines, and Procedures

School Rules, Routines, and Procedures

Sept 4 -8

*Begin Baselines

* Math Baseline

#3

*Continue Baselines

* Continue Math Baseline

Sept 11-15

Eid Holidays
11-13
#4
Sept 18-22
#5
Sept 25-29

Science

I am special! book

* Running Records
* ATLs

Eid

Baseline

Baseline

Letter Ss

Big Cat: Wheres the Wind? (vol. D)

NWN1 use the forwards number

LCP1 use print & pictures to convey

meaning
LCP2 uses directionality left to right,

ES1 describe how weather varies from

season to season
S3 make observations using senses and

sequence from 1-100 to count by 1s from

any starting point

appropriate equipment

Reading A-Z RA: Fall (C)

top to bottom and leaves space between

words when writing

#6
Oct 2-6

Islamic New
Year -2/10

Letter Aa

Big Cat: Percy the Rabbit (vol. E)

LPA2 listen to and identify phonemes

(sounds) in a word in sequence

NWN2 use the backwards number

sequence from 1-100 to count by 1s from

any starting point

NWN4 count groups of up to 100
objects using 1:1 correspondence &

Continue ES1
Continue S3

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SLC1 display respect for the

recognize that the last number said when

contributions of others in conversation

counting identifies how many without

recounting

day-5/10
#7
Oct 9-13

Letter Tt

Big Cat: Around the World (vol. E)

SLT1 follow multiple step directions

SLT2 establish and engage actively in

MDM3 describe how temperature and

temperature change relate to aspects of

everyday life
NWN3 estimate and represent

ES2 describe the ways in which

weather influences the clothes that

people wear & shelters that they build

S4 record observations with support

Continue ES2
Continue S4

quantities from 1-100 using concrete

classroom routines

materials & visual representations

#8
Oct 16-20

Letter Ii

Big Cat: Goats Coat (vol. C)

SGD1 identify and describe simple 2D

shapes (rectangle, square, circle,
triangle)

LK1 recognize ones name in isolation

and within text

RRM1 demonstrate comprehension of

* Weather Assessment

* Assessment #1

PA1 recognize, read, & describe

text by identifying the main idea and

some details
* Humpty Dumpty Assessment

#9
Oct 23-27

Letter Pp
Big Cat: A Day Out (vol. A)

patterns in a range of familiar

ES3 classify features of the natural

and built environments

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SLC2 describe features of a familiar

object with detail

WP1 generate & expand ideas through

environments
PA2 copy, continue, & create simple

predictions about familiar objects and

repeating patterns

illustration, drawings, visuals, & regalia

S1 respond to, ask questions and make

events

Reading A-Z RA: I Love the Earth (B)

during prewriting

#10
Oct30 Nov 3

Letter Nn

Big Cat: A Night at the Gallery (vol. A)

NWN5 identify familiar and patterned

arrangements for 1-10 and recognize

Continue ES3
Continue S1

these arrangements by sight for 1-5

Reading A-Z RA: The School (AA)

WC1 write simple sentences with

correctly formed letters and correct

* Natural Features Assessment

ending punctuation
WC2 form upper & lowercase letters

* Natural/Built Assessment

proportionately in print

#11
Nov 6-10

Letter CK

Big Cat: Bot on the Moon (vol. C)

SGD2 sort and compare simple 2D

system
S2 follow the steps in a simple
procedure

LP1 generate beginning consonant

sounds in words & match sounds to a

ES4 describe components of the solar

shapes by color, size, texture, or sides

using concrete materials

* Assessment #2
Reading A-Z RA: Space (C)

letter when reading writing

LSP1 recognize & use common short
vowel patterns with a or e when writing

#12

Letter Ee

MDT1 order and describe a familiar

Continue ES4

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Nov 13-17

Big Cat: Cont. Bot on the Moon (vol. C)

sequence of events using everyday

Continue S2

language (before, after, first, next, then,

LK2 state the alphabetical order

correctly
LK4 use efficient and consistent motion

to form letters
WC3 use a capital letter for the first

last)

* Solar System Project

NWN11 use ordinal numbers to

ES5 explain how particular animals,

including humans, respond to night & day

S5 state what has changes when

word of a sentence & when writing names

#13
Nov 20-24

Letter Hh

Big Cat: Best Bird (vol. B)

describe the order of objects, people, &

events

LPA1 listen to and recognize rhyming

words
LSP2 recognize and use at, -an

observing objects, living things, or events

Reading A-Z RA: When is Nighttime?

phonograms

#14
Nov 27-Dec -1

National Day

Letter Rr
Big Cat: Big Red Bus (vol. A)

NWN6 skip count forwards &

backwards up to 20 by 2s and 5s, and up

Continue ES5
Continue S5

to 100 by 10s

WP2 write a draft with ideas and

Reading A-Z RA: Night Animals

content about a topic

WP3 edit & proofread for conventions

* Day/Night Assessment

using tools such as word walls & personal

word lists to check spelling

WP4 publish a final draft that exhibits
best piece of writing and share it with a
familiar audience

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#15
Dec 4-8

Letter Mm
Big Cat: Cont. Big Red Bus (vol. A)

NWN7 read and write numbers from 020 in numerals and words

WTT1 write a recount in a logical

sequence to present an idea with details

* Big Red Bus Writing Assessment

#16
Dec 11-15

Letter Review and/or Catch-Up

Big Cat: Review and/or Catch-Up
* Assessment #3

LP2 recognize and use beginning and

ending consonant sounds in words and

match them to a letter

RRT1 use letter sound knowledge &
blending to read texts

Review and/or catch up