1st Grade Year-Long Plan First Nine Weeks Language Arts Math Social Studies Science Art The Human Body (1.1A) Elements of Art: INVESTIGATIONS Community (1.1A) Body systems and functions: Color, Line, Shape, Texture 1.1A Stories: Skeletal, muscular, digestive, Pinocchio 41 lessons • Purpose of rules: school and bus safety rules circulatory, and nervous systems by Carlo Lorenzini Compare body parts between Explore and use art materials 1.1B • Manners and citizenship Sleeping Beauty Unit 1: How Many humans and animals by Trina Hyman • Rules for families Preventing illnesses: of Each?) Create artwork 1.1C The Pied Piper • Laws for the community, germs and diseases, vaccinations, Inv 1 (4 lessons) city government and personal health care by Robert Holden Art Appreciation--Portraits: Winnie the Pooh Inv 2 (7 lessons) • Community helpers Biographies: Mona Lisa by A. A. Milne • Various cultures within the Inv 3 (7 lessons) Edward Jenner--smallpox vaccine by Leonardo da Vinci 1.2A Anansi stories Inv 4 (7 lessons) community Louis Pasteur--rabies vaccine and Self-Portrait by Eric Kimmel pasteurization Days of the Week by Vincent van Gogh 1.2A Unit 2: Making Sayings: Months of the Year Health and sanitation careers Arrangement in Black and Gray( or An apple a day keeps Shapes and Seasons "Whistler's Mother) Journey into Science Kit: the doctor away. Designing Quilts by James A. McNeill Whistler 1.5A Healthy Science-Students learn the If at first you don't succeed, Inv 1 (7 lessons) Basic purpose for government Edward VI as a Child byHans (1.1B) basics of staying healthy including try, try again. Inv 2 (5 lessons) exercise, good food, being safe, and Holbein • How decisions are made, Never leave ‘til tomorrow Inv 3 (4 lessons) staying well. They create mini-folding Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de that which you can do NM governor, local, state books that become part of their Healthy Zuniga by Francisco Goya 1.2ª and tribal leaders Me! Box. today. Supplement with math Triple Self-Portrait by Norman Practice makes perfect. activities in HMS Core Basic map skills (1.1C) Matter (1.1B) Rockwell -atoms Knowledge Resource maps, globes, directions • -solids, liquids, and gases Fable: Guide. Music The Dog in the Manger -classification of objects by physical US historical events (1.1D) properties • Columbus Day, his voyage -interactions of matter and energy Poetry: -gravity -energy produces change “The Purple Cow” America's early exploration by Gelett Burgess (1.1E) Folk: Journey into Science Kit: “Rope Rhyme” • Lost Colony: Sir Walter States of Matter-Students explore Make New Friends 1.2A by Eloise Greenfield Raleigh, Virginia Dare the properties of solids, liquids, and Dry Bones 1.3A

• Virginia: Jamestown, gases as they develop an understanding Captain John Smith, of the properties of each state of matter. Three take home mini-books provide (See Dance Curriculum for performing (See Theatre Arts Curriculum Pocahontas, Powhatan additional reinforcement. arts integration ideas) for performing arts integration • Slavery: plantations in ideas) Southern colonies Electricity (1.1C) -static electricity Add historical events to class -conductive and nonconductive timeline materials -simple, complete electrical circuits -safety rules Biography: Thomas Edison

Refer to HMS Grade Level Curriculum for an in-depth listing of skills to be taught throughout the year. July 2009 1st Grade Year-Long Plan Second Nine Weeks Language Arts Math Social Studies Science Art The Solar System (1.2A) Stories: INVESTIGATIONS US historical events (1.2A) -sun Elements of Art: -stars and constellations Rumplestiltskin 38 lessons • Thanksgiving: Pilgrims, Color, Line, Shape, Texture 1.1A Mayflower, Massachusetts -moon and its phases by Paul Zelinsky -nine planets Bay Colony, Puritans Hansel and Gretel Unit 3: Solving -Planet Earth is our home Explore and use art materials 1.1B by Paul Zelinsky • Native Americans, -Earth's one year revolution Rapunzel Story Problems • Veterans Day (1.2A) - 24-hour rotation: day and night by Alex Berenzy Inv 1 (9 lessons) • Christmas -sunrise and sunset Create artwork 1.1C Puss-in-Boots -gravity Inv 2 (3 lessons) by Charles Perrault Inv 3 (5 lessons) Basic Geography (1.2B) Journey into Science Kit: Art Appreciation: Inv 4 (8 lessons) • Map skills, globe Sky-Students make and use Native American masks Sayings: • North America, US, Mexico, several weather watching tools and Sour grapes Canada learn to use a thermometer as they Apples and Oranges (still life) There's no place like home. Unit 4: What Would • Landmarks—natural and start to keep track of what’s by Paul Cezanne 1.5B happening outside. The night sky Let the cat out of the bag. Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer You Rather Be? man-made is explored as children learn that The more the merrier. Inv 1 (4 lessons) • Oceans, continents, Equator, the Sun isn’t the only thing that by Edgar Degas 1.6A Wolf in sheep’s clothing Inv 2 (5 lessons) Northern Hemisphere, moves across the sky. (Nov.2l- Parade Southern Hemisphere Jan. 22) Inv 3 (4 lessons) by Jacob Lawrence 1.5B • North & South Poles Fables: Geography of the Earth The Fox and the Grapes • Earth-sun relationship (1.2B) Music The Boy Who Cried Wolf Supplement with math • Geographic terms -geographical features: The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing activities in HMS Core oceans, mountains, rivers, lakes Knowledge Resource Man-made and natural -shape of the earth Classical: Poetry: Guide. environments (1.2C) -continents: land -North and South Poles Peter and the Wolf "The Swing" • Natural resources in - Equator by Sergei Prokofiev 1.4A by Robert L. Stevenson community, state, nation "Solomon Grundy" • Use of resources in daily life Geology (1.2C) Nutcracke’s Suiter "Thanksgiving Day" • Use of physical environment -layers of the earth: by Tchaikovsky 1.8C crust, mantle, and core by Lydia Maria Child • Human characteristics of -characteristics of rocks: igneous, Hansel and Gretel "Table Manners" places metamorphic, and sedimentary “Brother, Come Dance with Me” by Gelett Burgess -minerals “I Am the Little Sandman” Add historical events to class -volcanoes and geysers “Children’s Prayer” (See Theatre Arts Curriculum timeline Journey into Science Kit: for performing arts integration Physics of Movement--Students start by Englebert Humperdinck 1.6A ideas) studying movement by moving themselves and then find out what it takes to start moving, stop moving, and Folk: (1 V D) change direction. Next, students are Michael Row Your Boat Ashore 1.4B challenged to design and build a toy Frere Jacques 1.1A vehicle that can roll down a ramp. Finally, they explore gravity and On Top of Old Smokey 1.6A design a toy that keeps gravity from winning – for a while. . (Nov.2l-Jan. (See Dance Curriculum for performing 22) arts integration ideas)

Refer to HMS Grade Level Curriculum for an in-depth listing of skills to be taught throughout the year. July 2009 1st Grade Year-Long Plan Third Nine Weeks Language Arts Math Social Studies Science Art Stories: US historical events (1.3A) Scientific Method (1.3A) One-Inch Boy - Japan American Revolution -Introduce the scientific method INVESTIGATIONS • 13 colonies Elements of Art: Thumbelina by Erik Haugaard and use with various topics 39 lessons • Boston Tea Party through through-out the year to Color, Line, Shape, Texture 1.1A Tom Thumb - England • Paul Revere, Minutemen and help students learn about their Knee-High Man Redcoats world. Explore and use art materials 1.1B by Julius Lester Unit 5: Fish • Thomas Jefferson -Use math to analyze data. Little Finger of the Watermelon Lengths and • Benjamin Franklin • General Washington -Relationships between objects Create artwork 1.1C

Patch - Vietnam Animal Jumps • Liberty Bell Technology (1.3B) Jack and the Beanstalk Inv 1 (3 lessons) • Legend of the Flag: Betsy Ross Art Appreciation: by John Howe Martin Luther King, Jr. (1.3B) -changes to the world due to Lon Po Po Inv 2 (5 lessons) American Patriotism (1.3C) technology The Swan -scientific tools—helpful/harmful by Ed Young • President's Day by Henri Matisse 1.5A • US Flag, Pledge of Allegiance, Bald -various careers in technology Little Red Riding Hood Unit 6: Number Eagle -simple tools to measure Stone City, Iowa The Frog Prince Games and Crayon • Current President, White House weather conditions by Grant Wood 1.5A by Edith Tarcov • 4th of July Puzzles Geography of the Earth— Tulips in Holland The Princess and the Pea • Character traits of heroes Oceans (1.3 D) by Hans C. Andersen Inv 1 (3 lessons) • Patriotic songs by Claude Monet 1.6A New Mexico (1.3D) -locate and identify oceans by name The Boy at the Dike Inv 2 (5 lessons) Irises (still life) by Vincent van • Symbols: flag, zia symbol, -most of earth covered by water by Lenny Hort Inv 3 (8 lessons) roadrunner, black bear, Pinon pine -salt water//fresh water Gogh 1.5A Compare to Apples nd It Could Always be Worse • Common attributes of NM citizens -coast, shore, waves, the Gulf and Oranges in 2 9 Weeks. by Margot Zemach Unit 7: Color, • Map skills: location of NM, Hobbs, Stream, high tides and low tides Shell paintings Why the Owl Has Big Eyes Santa Fe, Rio Grande River -landscape: mountain peaks, valleys Shape, and Number • Tribal and local folklore -diversity of ocean and sea life by Georgia O’Keeffe 1.5A (Native American Legend) Early American West (1.3E) -damaging effects of Patterns • Daniel Boone, Wilderness Rd. Music Sayings: Inv 1 (8 lessons) • Louisiana Purchase: Lewis and over-fishing, pollution, etc. Classical: A.M. - P.M. Inv 2 (7 lessons) Clark, Sacagawea Botany (1.3C) • Map skills: Rocky Mountains, A Little Night Music 1.4A Fish out of water -basic parts of a plant: root, stem, Appalachian Mts., Mississippi River by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Hit the nail on the head Chart historical events on timeline branch, leaves, flower, seed Economics (1.3F) -light, air, soil, and water as basic Folk: (1 V D) Supplement with math Fables: • Needs and wants needs for plant growth Yankee Doodle 1.8C activities in HMS Core -plants make their own food The Goose and the Golden Eggs • Goods and services For He's Jolly Good Fellow 1.5A The Maid and the Milk Pail Knowledge Resource • Limited resources -plants and seeds as food Guide. • Value of work -plant life in variety of habitats Billy Boy 1.5A Poetry: • Barter system -plants have predictable life cycles America the Beautiful 1.8C "Washington" by Nancy Turner -differences between mature and immature plants: trees/seedlings She'll Be Comin' Round the "Hope" by Langston Hughes "My Shadow" Journey into Science Kit Mountain 1.5B by Robert L. Stevenson Animals and Plants-Children There's a Hole in the Bucket 1.3C "The Pasture" begin by exploring what grows and Oh! Susanna 1.5C by Robert Frost what doesn’t. Then they design simple experiments to find out what Oh, Dear, What Can the Matter "The Owl and the Pussycat" Be? 1.5C by Edward Lear plants need to be able to grow. Pets are studied as students learn what

animals need to stay alive, their (See Theatre Arts Curriculum for (See Dance Curriculum for performing performing arts integration ideas) body parts, baby animals and where arts integration ideas) animals live. (Feb. 8 – April 17)

Refer to HMS Grade Level Curriculum for an in-depth listing of skills to be taught throughout the year. July 2009 1st Grade Year-Long Plan Fourth Nine Weeks Language Arts Math Social Studies Science Art

Stories: INVESTIGATIONS World Civilizations (1.4A) Zoology (1.4A) Elements of Art: Variations on Cinderella story: 34 lessons • Mesopotamia -animal habitats:: forests, Color, Line, Shape, Texture 1.1A Egyptian Cinderella • Ancient Egypt meadows, prairie, desert, Explore and use art materials 1.1B by Shirley Climo underground, and water as Unit 8: Twos, Fives, Create artwork 1.1C Moss Gown, Nomads and Hunters (1.4B) suited to particular animals Rough-Face Girl and Tens -external features Early civilizations Talking Eggs Inv 1 (4 lessons) Mexico's Early Civilizations -herbivores, carnivores, and Cave paintings Yeh Shen omnivores Inv 2 (8 lessons) (1.4B) The Great Sphinx Mufaro's Beautiful Daughter Inv 3 (6 lessons) -extinct and endangered Little Gold Star Mayas, Incas, and Aztecs animals by David Roberts 1.3B by Joe Hayes (1.13 B) -food chains to meet needs King Tutankhamen’s sarcophagus1.3B The Tale of Peter Rabbit Unit 9: Blocks and Conquistadors (1.4B) -predictable life cycles by Beatrix Potter. Boxes -similarities/differences Queen Nefertiti 1.35 Tales of Br'er Rabbit Inv 1 (8 lessons) Modern Mexico (1.4B) between plants and animals Young Hare by Julius Lester -differences between living and by Albrecht Durer 1.6A Medio Pollito Inv 2 (8 lessons) non-living things Compare US with Mexico and The History of Medicine in Mexico by Alma Ada Canada (1.4C) -differences between mature and by Diego Rivera Supplement with math immature animals activities in HMS Core Sayings: Modern Mexico Do unto others as you would Knowledge Resource Journey into Science Kit The Pinata have them do unto you. Guide. Animals and Plants Land of Nod (Feb. 8 – April 17) by Diego Rivera 1.6ª

Ecology (1.4B) Music

Environmental Change Poetry: -habitat destruction Jazz: “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" (Review) Animal Habitats: When the Saints Go Marching In by Eugene Field forests, meadows, prairie, "Sing a Song of People" by Louis Armstrong 1.4B desert, underground, and by Lois Lenski water “I Know All the Sounds the -effects of litter and air pollution Folk: Animals Make” -conservation of energy and Take Me Out to the Ball Game by Jack Prelutsky natural resources 1.3A

- recycling and reusing (See Theatre Arts Curriculum Oh, John the Rabbit 1.5 -ecology (S.S. 1.6) for performing arts integration Skip to My Lou; 1.1C ideas) Biography: La Cucaracha 1.3B

Rachel Carson Classical: The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Paul Dukas 1.7A

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Refer to HMS Grade Level Curriculum for an in-depth listing of skills to be taught throughout the year. July 2009