Short and Long Term Goals

1st Grade

(Updated Feb. 1, 2011:
     Dark Green = fairly good understanding of concept
     Yellow = an area of improvement
     Light Green = concept well-covered, but needs continual practice

Reading / Comprehension

• Chunking phrases of text for better comprehension, instead of mechanically reading word by word
• More read aloud time, at least 2-4 at her reading level each day, 1 adult assist, anything else I am reading to her at the time.
•  Make improvements in writing full ideas; not worry how things are spelled... just get the idea on the paper
• Have a 10-15 minute creative writing time set aside each day: begin Italics
• Actively model what creatively writing might look like: making mistakes, thinking aloud, etc.
• Topic ideas might include: Functional writing, Author study, Open Genre, Poetry, Memoir, Revision, Non-fiction, Responses to literature...
•  Spelling/Vocabulary
• Continue weekly spelling lists as started last year
• Vocabulary words will come from various unit studies

Math/Number Goals

• Time
• Units to measure time; have a good understanding of this concept
• Measurement
• Work with rulers comparing and sorting different objects
• Numbers up to 100
• Use pictures/units
•  Fractions
• Be able to identify common fractions
• Addition/Subtraction
• Begin 2 digit numbers
• Continue using number sentences with +, -, and =
• Geometry
• Using ratios to locate relative positive in a space

Rhetoric

• Work on proper pitch and modulation 
• Memorization of poetry
• Shakespeare
• Any of the poets picked for the term (work toward 4-5 pieces by end of term)
• Critical listening and responding well to oral communication
• look for ways to challenge Mara in this area: 
• active practice in Italian
• small plays to perform
• a presentation in front of a casual audience
• Be able to narrate a story or walk in the correct order sequence