​Mrs. Jessica Ohime
johime@stmarkindy.org
317-786-4013 ext. 205
 

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Mrs. Lisa Turner
Instructional Assistant
 317-786-4013 ext. 205
 lturner@stmarkindy.org
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 First Grade Fun!

Below is a listing of topics and lessons
that students will cover in
                     Mrs. Ohime's first-grade class at                       
St. Mark Catholic School

Classroom Expectations
First graders will develop and use characteristics of the Fruits of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control).  Students will be guided to act like Jesus and show the Fruits of the Spirit in everything they say and do as they grow closer to God, make lasting friendships and become life long learners.  

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Religion



• Students will learn that God is our Father and the Creator of all
• Students will learn and participate in the Catholic tradition of prayer
• Students will celebrate the liturgical seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter
• Students will attend Mass once a week with the school community

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Reading

• Students will identify the elements of plot, character and setting
• Students will comprehend nonfiction and fiction literature that is grade level appropriate
• Students will identify the main idea of a story and restate key details
• Students will participate in the Daily 5 structure for learning that focuses on Read to Self, Read to Someone, Work on Writing, Word work, and Listening to Reading.  
  
• Students will work in small groups at their current Guided Reading Level 
  

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Phonics

• Students will blend sounds to produce single and multi-syllable words​
• ​​Students will decode one-syllable words in the major syllable patterns ​
• Students will recognize common and irregularly spelled high-frequency words​
• Students will read words in common word families​
• Students will become familiar with root words, affixes, compound words and contractions

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 Language Arts 

• Students will recognize the components of a sentence (capitals, punctuation, etc.)
• Students will identify nouns, verbs, and adjectives
• Students will correctly spell words with common word patterns
• Students will write for a variety of purposes including-narrative, procedural, informational, and persuasive
  

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Math

• Students will demonstrate fluency with addition and subtraction facts within 20
• Students will use place value understanding to compare two two-digit numbers
• Students will solve real-world problems involving addition and subtraction
• Students will add within 100 using two-digit numbers
• Students will tell and write time to the nearest half-hour
• Students will define shapes as two or three-dimensional and classify their attributes
• Students will organize and interpret data

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Science

• Students will characterize materials as solid or liquid and investigate their properties
  
• Students will observe living organisms closely over time
  
• Students will classify living organisms according to their physical features
  
• Students will observe  basic needs for growth and survival (water, food, air, etc.)
  
  

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Social Studies

• Students will identify people and events observed in national celebrations and holidays
• Students will define rules and laws and the characteristics of a good citizen
• Students will identify the cardinal directions
• Students will discern between goods and services and consumers and producers

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Classroom Management

First grade will be using Fruits of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control) in conjunction with a whole class positive behavior jar for our behavior management this year. The behavior jar allows students to win points for good behavior as individuals and an entire class.  The behavior jar allows us to encourage those Fruit of the Spirit positive behaviors like self-control and kindness, to create a Christ-centered learning environment.  For any undesirable behaviors (not being kind, lacking self control, etc, students will receive a behavior mark.  Mrs. Turner and I will chart tally marks for students and laps will be walked for each tally at recess.  They will be engaging in movement and taking responsibility for their actions at the same time.  

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