Curriculum

Curriculum
1st Grade Curriculum/Thematic Timeline (subject to change)			Web Sites to Visit:
September	Quick As A Cricket My Friends Silly Sally I Went Walking	Friends Solids & Liquids (Study of properties of solids and liquids; compare/contrast objects or liquids; use 5 senses to investigate)	http://school.elps.k12.mi.us/donley/classrooms/berry/sitton_spelling_activities/1stgrade_spelling/spelling_mainpage.htm ( spelling practice) http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/ (Plant interactive site)
October	What Game Shall We Play? Where Is Thumbkin? I Wish I Could Fly Flap Your Wings and Try	Friends Solids & Liquids (Study of properties of solids and liquids; compare/contrast objects or liquids; use 5 senses to investigate)	http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/alien/alien.htmlSpelling practice: http://www.spellingcity.com/http://www.gma.org/turtles/index.html(Turtle Activities)http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/http://www.scholastic.com/winterstail/Winter the Dolphin activities!Word Families - http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/word-family-sort-30052.htmlConstructing words – http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/construct-word-30003.htmlLetter sounds at the beginning of words: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/match-30064.html http://smartboards.typepad.com/smartboard/2007/10/smart-board-hal.html http://www.novelgames.com/flashgames/game.php?id=22 http://think-bank.com/iwb/flash/halloweenpairs.html
November	Six Little Ducks The Chick and the Duckling Across the Stream	http://www.nativetech.org/games/index.phpBirds & Turtles American Indians of Wisconsin/Midwest) Cooperation Feast	http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/webcast.htm?eml=TNL/e/20121102///November_Update///Checklist/12_SPS_SL1//////&ym_MID=1446626&ym_rid=18057217 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/ (Birds) http://www.gma.org/turtles/index.html (Turtle Activities) http://www.glitc.org/ (Native Americans of Wisconsin) http://www.plimoth.org/kids/homeworkHelp/thanksgiving.php http://www.native-languages.org/kids.htm http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/Curriculum%20Info/NativeAmericans/woodlandtribes.html http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/northeast.html Native American Online Games:http://www.usmint.gov/kids/games/http://www.nativetech.org/games/turtle.htmlhttp://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/games.html
December	Together Five Little Monkeys Whose Baby?	Monkeys Animal Babies Mammals Winter Song Fest	http://www.aplusmath.com/Games/index.html http://resources.oswego.org/games/mathmagician/cathymath.html MATH Email Santa! http://www.emailsanta.com/Animal coupound word games: http://www.vocabulary.co.il/compound-words/primary/compound-animal-word-match/Baby animal memory: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/moregames/baby-animal-memory/Fill in the baby animal names here: http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/Games/Quizzes/Animals/BabyAnimals.html
January	Who Will Be My Friend? Joe the Bear and Sam the Mouse Very Tall Mouse, Very Short Mouse D.W. All Wet	Organisms (Compare/contrast plants & animals; grow/observe plants) Bears Mice Start Deep Blue Sea	http://edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/sm-glossary.htm#y (Simple Machines) http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/javalabs/java12/machine/index.htm (Simple Machines) http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/simmach.html (Links to lots of Simple Machine Sites)Word Families - http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/word-family-sort-30052.html Constructing words – http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/construct-word-30003.html Letter sounds at the beginning of words: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/match-30064.htmlhttp://illuminations.nctm.org/Concentration - http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=73 http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com/
February	All Of Our Noses Are Here Sea Frog, City Frog Punky Goes Fishing The Fish That Goes Fishing	Organisms (Compare/contrast plants & animals; study/observe animals) Deep Blue Sea/ Ocean Layers of the Earth/ Volcanoes M.L. King, Lincoln, and Washington	http://www.groundhog.org/teachers/groundhog-game/ – Groundhog Day Activitieshttp://www.mbayaq.org/lc/activities.asp(Sea Life Games and Activities)http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/efc_smm/smm_meet.asp(Sharks!)http://v7.k12.com/curriculum/subjects/sample_lessons/lessons/lesson_holder.html?main.swf?Title=The+Deep+Ocean%20:%2001sci07_07M&lessonFile=content_lesson_6076.txt&previewMode=1&subjectID=2&guidance=0Spelling practice: http://www.spellingcity.com/Shark place value game: http://www.ictgames.com/sharknumbers.html Ocean Activities: http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/eviau/edit557/oceans/linda/loceans.htm
March	Little Bear and Owl The Cake That Mack Ate Vegetables More Cookies Please	Finish Deep Blue Sea/ Ocean Food/Cooking	www.foodchamps.org Dr. Seuss Activities http://www.wordle.net/ WORDLE http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/flash/fish.html(Build a fish and see if it has what it takes to survive!)http://www.sailhawaii.com/kids.html(Lots of Dolphin and Sea Life games and activitiesNUTRITION GAMES:http://school.fueluptoplay60.com/tools/nutrition-education/games/littled/picnic-adventure.php www.teamnutrition.usda.gov http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/nutritionforkids/games/foodgroupsgame.htmlMy Pyramid Blast Off:http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/resources/game/blastoff_game.html http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/quizzes/ (Bug Activities) http://www.earthlife.net/insects/six.html http://www.ento.vt.edu/~sharov/3d/3dinsect.html http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/animals/insects/ www.ixl.com www.sheppardsoftware.com SIMPLE MACHINES INFORMATION GAME
April	The Doorbell Rang Peace At Last Dreams Stars Papa, Please Get the Moon For Me The Snow Glory	Food/Cooking Dreams Sun, Moon, & Stars Spring Science in the Toy Box (motion, simple machines, magnets, car race, wheels/inclined plane)	http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ Kids Astronomy (Very cool space site with lots of great information and games!) http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/phonics/games/bl_pl_gl_sounds.jsp http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/numbers/ch3.shtml
May	All About Seeds Henny Penny Lost Jamaica’s Friend	Seeds Animal Classification	http://www.primarygames.com/science/flowers/games/gardengrow/index.htm http://www.billybear4kids.com/animal/whose-toes/toes7a.html(Alligators and Crocodiles!) http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/kidscorner_games.htm http://www.apples4theteacher.com/science.html#animalclassification http://www.coolmath-games.com/
June	Animal Books	Zoos Animal facts and habitats	http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/ (Awesome zoo animal facts and pictures from the San Diego Zoo)

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