First Grade

Curriculum Overviews

Shelby County Schools offers educational opportunities without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex or disability.

The first nine weeks grading period of First Grade is a transitional period for your child.

In order to give your child time to make the transition from a kindergarten setting to the routine and work load of First Grade, no grades will be given until the fourth week of school.

After that, the grading system will be as follows:

Math, English, Reading, Spelling, Science, Social Studies:

A	93-100	Excellent
B	85-92	Good
C	75-84	Average
D	70-74	Poor
F	Below 70	Failing

Conduct & Handwriting:
E - Excellent
G - Good
S - Satisfactory
N - Needs Improvement
U - Unsatisfactory

Some of the skills and topics we will cover include:

-Identifying color words, rhyming words and pictures

-Identifying numbers and number words

-Reviewing basic sight words

-Identifying initial and final consonant sounds

-Arranging pictures in sequential order

-Identifying and reproducing shapes and patterns

-Demonstrating beginning of school safety procedures

-Learning ways people are alike and different

-Five senses, living things, fire safety

-Character Education: Respect and Responsibility

-All about me, Johnny Appleseed, Columbus, Goods and Services

Multicultural:
Compare families with those in other cultures.

Computer:
Learning basic skills of finding an application and using the keyboard or mouse to work through an application.

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Second Nine Weeks

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Third Nine Weeks

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Fourth Nine Weeks

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