South Carolina Parent Standards for First Grade:
These are the simplified standards of all the First Grade concepts that we will be covering in Language Arts/ Reading and Math.
GRADE 1 LANGUAGE ARTS/READING
The student standards that follow are a condensed version of the South
Carolina Reading/English Language Arts Curriculum Standards for first grade.
They are provided to help you become familiar with what your child should
know and be able to do at the end of first grade so that you can reinforce and
support what your child is learning at school. This version does not include
every standard taught in first grade. If you are interested in the complete South
Carolina Reading/English Language Arts Curriculum Standards, check with
your child’s teacher.
Students should be able to:
Reading/Literature
Read from left to right and top to bottom on a page.
Match spoken words with print.
Identify letters, words and sentences.
Use sound/letter rules (phonetic principles) to figure out words.
Blend sounds in order to recognize and read words.
Use spelling patterns to read words. (Example: if he/she knows "hot," he/she can
read "pot" by substituting a letter.)
Use picture clues and what he/she knows about the topic to help understand a
story.
Reread and correct what was read when words do not make sense.
Read familiar stories aloud easily and with expression.
Make predictions about what he/she thinks will happen in the story.
Ask and answer questions about what is read.
Identify who is in the story and where the story takes place.
Retell stories including the beginning, middle and end of the story.
Know the difference between real and make-believe.
Understand that events in the story are the result of causes and effects.
Point out and discuss times, places and customs in different stories.
Identify and discuss the main ideas and/or themes in stories and compare them to
experiences that he/she has had.
Write about what he/she has read.
Organize information from a story in a chart or diagram.
Read many different kinds of literature such as stories, poems, plays, directories,
newspapers, charts and diagrams.
Read for an extended period of time.
Listening
Follow simple two-step oral directions.
Pay attention to the person speaking.
Listen politely and not interrupt.
Ask questions about what he/she hears.
Speaking
Start conversations with friends and adults.
Follow rules for conversation (listening and asking questions).
Use a quiet voice and ask and answer questions in small groups.
Tell and retell stories in the order in which events happened.
Speak in complete sentences.
Use describing words in speaking.
Begin to ask about the meaning of words and ideas.
Give simple two-step oral directions to someone.
Speak correctly about one or more than one person, place or thing. For example: I
have a dog. I have two dogs.
Use compound words when speaking (example: cowboy or rainbow).
Count sounds in words or word parts.
Add or remove sounds to change words. For example: change toy to boy by
removing the "t" and adding the "b."
Make up rhyming words.
Blend sounds to make word parts and words.
Writing
Think of ideas to write about.
Decide and stay on one subject when writing.
Use describing words when writing about people, places and things.
Edit (correct) writing for grammar, capital letters, punctuation and spelling
(according to what first graders have learned).
Use complete and correct sentences in final copies.
Spell frequently used words correctly and spell difficult words using rules of
phonetics.
Use computers for writing if available.
Print legibly with attention to forming letters correctly while leaving spaces
between words.
Create final copies of writing such as stories, poems, plays, newspapers, etc.,
and share with others.
Write for a period of time each day.
Research
Alphabetize words according to the first letter.
Use a picture dictionary to find meanings of unfamiliar words.
Make a personal dictionary or word list to use when writing.
Talk about and use information from observations, conversations, technology and
books to make oral and written stories and reports.
GRADE 1 MATH
The student standards that follow are a condensed version of the South
Carolina Mathematics Curriculum Standards for first grade. They are provided
to help you become familiar with what your child should know and be able to do
at the end of first grade so that you can reinforce and support what your child is
learning at school. It does not include every first grade standard. If you are
interested in the complete South Carolina Mathematics Standards, check with
your child's teacher.
Students should be able to:
Number and Numeration Systems
Count by 1's, 2's, 5's, and 10's beyond 100.
Count a group of pennies, nickels, or dimes worth up to 100 cents or less.
Count a group of objects (between 1 and 100) and write the correct numeral for
the number of objects.
Identify the value of each digit in a 3-digit number.
For example: In the numeral 376 -- 3 means 300, 7 means 70,
and 6 means 6.
Spell and write number words from 0 to 10 (one, two…).
Identify even and odd numbers.
Identify positions first through twentieth in a collection of objects.
Estimate the number of objects in a group of from 5 to 20 objects.
Understand the meaning of 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, and 1/6.
Compare numbers using greater than, less than, or equal to.
Read a number line from 0 to 180.
Numerical and Algebraic Concepts and Operations
Add and subtract 1-digit and 2-digit numbers.
Solve story problems with one-step solutions using addition and subtraction.
Recall addition and subtraction facts up to 10.
Estimate the answers to addition and subtraction problems.
Patterns, Relationships, and Functions
Recognize, describe, continue, and make growing and repeating patterns using
numbers, shapes or colors.
Sort and classify objects by size, shape, color, and thickness.
Form number patterns by skip counting (for example, count by 2's or count by 3's).
Geometry and Spatial Sense
Recognize, describe, and draw 2-dimensional shapes such as circles, squares,
triangles, and rectangles.
Recognize 3-dimensional shapes such as cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres.
Identify whether objects are near, far, close to, below, up, down, or beside.
Predict the results of combining and dividing geometric shapes.
Draw line(s) of symmetry through shapes to make congruent (same size and
same shape) figures.
Measurement
Tell and write the time to the hour and half-hour on a clock with hour and minute
hands (analog) and on a digital clock.
Estimate and then measure length, weight, capacity, perimeter, area, and
temperature using standard units (inches, grams, liters, etc.) or nonstandard units
(paper clips, pencils, sand, etc.).
Know the days of the week and months of the year in order.
Know how many pennies (cents) it takes to make a nickel, dime, or quarter.
Probability and Statistics
Describe how likely an event is to happen using words like impossible, not likely,
equally likely, more likely, or certain.
Read, explain, and make picture, object, and bar graphs.
Look for math in everyday life.
