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Dear Parents:
The Lakeland Joint School District defines
curriculum as what students should know and be able to do at the end
of the school year. Teachers throughout the district have
worked to design the curriculum in all subject areas. We
believe student success is greatly enhanced when students, parents,
and teachers have a clear understanding of the skills students are
expected to master at each grade level. t is important to note that the school district
curriculum is aligned with state standards. The Lakeland Joint
School District is committed to making sure all of its students are
prepared at graduation time for postsecondary education and/or the
world or work. We hope this brochure will provide you with a
snapshot of the important concepts our teachers will be working on
in the classroom during the school year. If you have any
questions about district curriculum, please contact the district
office or anyone of our individual school offices at your earliest
convenience.
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of Lakeland Joint School District is to provide a
quality education, empowering all students to achieve success.
VISION STATEMENT
A community committed to academic excellence and dedicated to
student success!
CORE BELIEFS
- All students can learn and each is a valued individual with
unique physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs.
- Student learning, in core academic curriculum, is the
priority of Lakeland Schools.
- Schools develop confident, self-directed, lifelong learners
who will become responsible citizens in tomorrow's workforce and
community.
- Schools teach to, and model a universal set of basic values:
honesty, self-discipline, responsibility, respect, and a strong
work ethic.
- Schools provide a safe, positive, organized setting with
clearly defined behavior expectations.
- Parents are the first and primary teachers. They are
responsible for their children's basic needs and values.
- All Lakeland employees are educational professionals,
respected for their skills and committed to student learning.
They are essential to the achievement of the district's mission.
- The community and the schools are reflected in each other.
Mutual support, participation, and partnering are necessary.
The focus of first grade is learning to read
fluently. Parents can help at home by reading with their child
daily.
The student will: Reading
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Use a variety of strategies to determine
unknown words (i.e. picture cues, initial sounds, sight words,
phonics)
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Practice reading strategies such as using
prior knowledge, predicting, previewing, using context clues,
and questioning
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Read fluently using strategies that include
phrasing, pacing, using reflection, and noting punctuation marks
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Automatically read the words included on the
first grade sight word list
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Read a passage of 60+ words correctly in one
minute
Phonics/Word Analysis/Decoding
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Recognize the relationship between letters
and sounds
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Recognize word patterns and families
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Stretch out words into sounds
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Read short vowel words
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Read long vowel words
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Use phonics to sound out words
Spelling
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Spell the first grade
no excuse high
frequency words correctly in written work
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Spell new words from familiar word patterns
Writing
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Use the writing process (pre-write, first
draft, revise, final draft, publish)
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Write about experiences and ideas
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Write using complete sentences
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Begin to use ending punctuation
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Capitalize names and the first word of a
sentence
Handwriting
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Form upper and lowercase letters correctly
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Write neatly and fluently
In first grade the focus in math is to understand
and work with numbers. Parents can help by focusing on how
numbers are used in real life situations.
The student will:
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Solve problems using a variety of strategies
including look for a pattern and act it out.
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Talk and write about math using appropriate
vocabulary and symbols
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Use ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd,
10th)
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Compare and order numbers to 100, using the
words more and less
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Develop fluency with addition and subtraction
facts
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Determine time to the nearest half hour
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Match coins to the value
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Explore and apply concepts of length,
temperature, weight, and capacity
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Identify the five basic shapes (circle,
square, rectangle, triangle, and oval)
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Interpret simple graphs
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Science, Health, Social
Studies and Fine Arts
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Science, health, social studies, and fine arts
are primarily integrated within the language arts and math
curriculum. Parents can help by discussing and using the
vocabulary related to:
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Seasons
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Weather
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Natural resources
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Plants and animals
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Forces, motion, and magnetism
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Solar system
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Good health habits
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Refusal and decision-making skills
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Responsibility of citizens
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Cultural diversity
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History
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Maps, globes, geography
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Transportation American symbols and holidays
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