Corvian

Elementary

School

First Grade

First Grade Curriculum

Purpose:

At Corvian, while we teach isolated skills, we strive to continuously give students meaningful and purposeful opportunities to use those newly learned skills. All students at all grade levels are always participating in multi-disciplinary, integrated units of study that allow the students to participate in meaningful, purposeful, and relevant studies. Rather than memorizing isolated facts, students will ponder and reflect upon big ideas that truly matter in the larger picture of life. For every unit, there are one or two of the core commonalities studied as threads that tie our learning together. We adhere to the brain research that supports helping students find connections across all learning.

Theme: Relationships

We explore our relationships with other individuals and groups as we focus on harmony, respect, appreciation and resolving conflict.

Integrated Thematic Studies

Community Helpers

New friends and New responsibilities

Building Classroom Community- Routines and Procedures

Famous American Heroes

Neil Armstrong, Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Jr., Helen Keller, and The Wright Brothers

Sports-Balance, Motion and Weight

Track and Field, Football, Basketball, Baseball, and Golf

The Artist in Me

Picasso, Matisse, Degas, Pollock, and Seurat

The Author in Me

Kevin Henkes, Helen Lester, Ezra Jack Keats, and Leo Lionni

Rainforest Biome

Conservation, Interdependence of living things, and Needs of living things

Field Trips

Children’s Theater Plays, Reedy Creek Nature Preserve, Dan Nicholas Park, Service Learning

For detailed NC Standards information, please visit www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/