1st Grade American School Angeles City
First grade is a year of highly visible progress in reading and language arts. The major milestones in first grade reading and language arts are:
- Knowing the names and sounds of all the consonants and vowels
- Understanding phonics concepts such as consonant combinations
- Following along, reading, and summarizing simple stories with pictures
- Developing an understanding of composition
First grade is also a year of exploration and discovery of the numbers in the world around us. Major milestones for 1st grade math include:
- Counting to 100 by 1’s and skip counting
- Knowing the addition math facts
- Adding and subtracting small numbers
- Understanding the value of money
- Knowing the units for measurement, time, and weight