Grade 1 Matrix

Quarter 1
English Language Arts Mathematics Social Studies Science

Literature & Comprehension - Counting to 120 by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, - Simple Maps (Aerial Animal and Plant Defenses
- I Won’t Go to Bed and 10’s Perspective)
- Poems About Games - Compare two 2-digit numbers - Absolute Locations
- Poems About Animals using symbols (<, >, =) - Relative Location
- Table Manners - Read and write numbers - Physical and Human
- The Legend of the through 120 Characteristics of Places
Bluebonnet - Compare numbers through - Natural Resources
- The Legend of the Dipper 120 - Weather
- Telling Stories Around the - Tell time to the nearest hour - Seasons
World and half hour on a digital and - Symbols of the United States
- Medio Pollito: The Little analog clock - Rules and Laws
Half-Chick - Introduction to Addition - Resolving Conflicts
- Wynken, Blynken, and Nod - Equal Symbol -
- The Owl and the Pussycat - Sums and Facts Through 20
- King Midas
- The Magic Boat
- The Borrowers
- Strong Wind’s Bride
- Shedding Light on Rainbows
- Poems About Weather
- The Woodpecker, Turtle, and
Deer
- Stone Soup
- Budulinek
- Issun Boshi

Phonics & Spelling

- Short vowels
- Digraphs
- Trigraphs
- Beginning Consonant Blends
- Ending Consonant Blends

Vocabulary
- Weather Words
- Multiple Meaning Words
- Homophones
- Action Words

Writing
- Complete Sentences
- Write Strong Sentences
- Kinds and Sentences
- Follow and Write a Sequence
- Nouns (Common, Proper,
Possessive)

Quarter 2
English Language Arts Mathematics Social Studies Science

Literature & Comprehension - Addition Strategies - Following Rules Animal and Plant Defenses
- The Poor Man’s Reward - Addition Number Sentences - Rules and Consequences
- The Water of Life - Adding 3 One-Digit Numbers - Responsibility
- The Wonderful Brocade - Introduction to Subtraction - Good Citizens in Your
- Sheep in a Jeep - Subtraction Through 20 Community
- Poems About Animals - Subtraction Strategies - Goods and Services
- Did You Ever See…? - Relate Addition and - Needs and Wants
- Tongue-Twisters Subtraction - Buying and Selling
- Morris Has a Cold - Money
- Best Summer Ever - Saving or Spending
- Poems About Weather
- Our Earth in Space
- By the Light of the Moon
- The Eagle on the Moon
- Women in Space
- The Pine Tree and Its Needles
- The Little Rabbit Who Wanted
Red Wings
- The Country Mouse and the
City Mouse
- The Cap that Mother Made

Phonics & Spelling

- Beginning Consonant Blends
- Beginning Trigraph Blends
- Words Ending in -ank, -ink
- Long Vowel (Silent -e)
- Long Double o
- /ar/ and /or/

Vocabulary
- Synonyms
- Reptiles
- Dictionary Skills
- Antonyms

Writing
- Write to Inform or Explain
- Verbs
- Writing a Friendly Letter
- Pronouns (Personal,
Possessive, Indefinite)
- Opinions
- Paragraphs