Grade 1

Math: Identify penny, dime, nickel and quarter.

           Identify value of a penny, dime, nickel and quarter.

           Describe a dime, nickel and quarter.

           Explore counting sets of pennies, dimes nickels and quarters.

Assessment: Money.

Reading Groups: Honey-: Reading Comprehension.

                              Nectar-: Reading Comprehension.

English: Tell what antonyms are.

             Recognize antonyms in sentences.

             Identify antonyms among other words.

Assessment: Antonyms and Synonyms. 

Spelling: Students will read and spell words with blends.

Spelling Words:

Challenge Words:

Science: Sort plant and animal products according to wheather

                they come from plant or animals.

                Identify ways plants and animals need one another.

Social Studies: Explain why the church is important in the community.

                           Define rules.

                           Name the school rules, explain what they mean and

                           tell why the are important.

Bible: Jacob and Esau. Play Practice.

Memory Verse: God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us.

                           2 Corinthians 5: 21a

NB. Parents, please ensure that your child studies the Memory verse.

Remember there is a reward for the first student who knows the memory verse.

Math: Explore adding 2- digit numbers without regrouping.

           Explore subtracting 2- digit numbers without regrouping.

           Assessment: Adding & subtracting 2 - digit nunbers.

Reading Groups: Honey-: Reading Comprehension.

                              Nectar-: Reading Comprehension.

English: Write stories. Make stories come alive by including

             a problem and making characters talk.

Spelling: Students will recognize that long /o/ may be

                 spelled o or oa.

Spelling Words: old told cold sold gold hold roll open

                        most over boat coat goat road

Challenge Words: mold clover boulder

Science: Identify animal’s characteristics that allow their basic

                needs to be met. 

                Recognize that animals depend on plants to help them

                meet their basic needs.

Social Studies: List at least six important buildings in the

                          Cayman Islands.

                          Explain why the church is important in the community.

Bible: Jacob and Esau. Play Practice.

Memory Verse: We take every thought captive to obey christ.

                            2 Cor. 10:5b

NB. Parents, please ensure that your child studies the Memory verse.

Remember there is a reward for the first student who knows the memory verse.

Math: Explore counting objects and grouping them into 10’s and 1’s.

           Make, count and write numbers to 20.

           Tell how many 10’s and 1’s there are in numbers to 20.

           Assessment: Grouping 10’s and 1’s.

Reading Groups: Honey-: Reading Comprehension.

                              Nectar-: Reading Comprehension.

English: Learn to address an envelope.

               Identify the characteristics of a good story.

               Identify characters in a story.

               Identify problems in a story.

Spelling: Students will recognize that long /o/ may be

                 spelled o-e, ow, and o.

Spelling Words: rope home nose hope stone hole joke yellow

                         grow know snow so go no

Challenge Words: hopeful bony explode

Science: Identify ways animals depend on plants for their basic needs.

Social Studies: Review: Imports, Our Changing Comunity and

                           Road Safety.

Bible: Jacob and Esau. Play Practice.

Memory Verse: We do not have a high priest who is unable to

                            sympathize with our weaknesses.

                            Hebrews 4:15a

NB. Parents, please ensure that your child studies the Memory verse.

Remember there is a reward for the first student who knows the memory verse.

Math: Estimate and measure temperature on a thermometer.

           Use doubles and doubles plus 1 facts to add.

           Explore adding three single digit numbers.

           Use the strategy make a 10 to find sums.

Assessment: Adding doubles, doubles plus 1 and 3 digit numbers. 

                              Nectar-: ‘Try Your Best’

English: Listen to a friendly letter and learn about its parts.

               Identify information included in the greetings, body

              and closing of a friendly letter.

              Plan and write friendly letter including greetings,

              body and closing.

              Learn to address an envelope.

Spelling: Students will recognize that long /i/ may be

                 spelled y, ie, i and igh.

Spelling Words: why my try cry sky fly by lie pie tie

                        tiny lion high tiger 

Challenge Words: tying rhyme diet

Science: Review for science test.

               Test: ‘All About Animals’

Social Studies: Road Safety: Identify and explain the meaning

                           of at least eight road signs.

Bible: Jacob and Esau. Play Practice.

Memory Verse: He made Himself nothing, taking the form

                           of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.

                           Philippians 2:7

NB. Parents, please ensure that your child studies the Memory verse.

Remember there is a reward for the first student who knows the memory verse.

Math: Compare and order lengths of objects.

          Estimate and Measure weight in pounds.

          Compare and order weight of two or more objects.

          Estimate and Measure capacity in cup and pint.

          Compare and order capacities of two or more objects.

                               Nectar-: ‘Where Do Frogs Come From?’

 English: Recognize action verbs in sentences.

               Recognize that ’s’ at the end of verbs

               means that the subject is singular.

Assessment: Action verbs, verbs with ed, is, are, was and were.

 Spelling: Students will hear, say and spell words with long /i/. 

Spelling Words: ride write bike side five nine white

                          ice like mine eye find hide inside

Challenge Words: behind climate advice

 Science: Identify and name the four stages of a butterfly.

               Describe how a butterfly grows.

               Identify and name the stages of a frog.

               Describe how a frog grows. 

Social Studies: Compare Cayman then and now.

Road Safety:    Identify and explain the meaning of

                       at least eight road signs.

 Bible: Jacob and Esau. Play Practice.

Memory Verse: We have seen His glory, the glory of the

                           one and only Son, who came from the Father.

                           John 1:14b

NB. Parents, please ensure that your child studies the Memory verse.

Remember there is a reward for the first student who knows the memory verse.

Math: Estimate and Measure length in centimeter.

          Estimate and measure length in inches.

Reading Groups: Honey-: ‘Reading Comprehension’

                           Nectar-: ‘Reading Comprehension’

English: Recognize action verbs in sentences.

             Recognize that ’s’ at the end of verbs

             means that the subject is singular.

Spelling: Recognize diagraphs ck, wh, sh & th 

Spelling Words:

Challenge Words:

Science: Identify the characteristics of a butterfly

              that allow it’s basic needs to be met.

Social Studies: Identify ways in which communities

                        have changed over the years.

                        Compare Cayman now and then.

Bible: Jacob and Esau. Play Practice.

Memory Verse: For to us a child is born, to us a son is given.

                         Isaiah 9:6a

NB. Parents, please ensure that your child studies the Memory verse.

Remember there is a reward for the first student who knows the memory verse.

Math: Count order numbers from 1-100 on

hundred chart.

Choose the best strategy to solve problems.

Use patterns to skip count by twos, fives and tens.

Assessment: Count and order numbers, problem solving

and skip count.

Compare and order lengths of two or more objects

using direct comparison.

Measure length using non standard units.

Use the guess and check strategy to solve problems.

Reading Groups: Honey-: ‘Friends Forever’

Nectar-: ‘Space Pup’

English: Recognize details in an illustration.

Add details to a drawing.

Write what happen first, next and last in a story.

Creative Writing.(include whay happened first,

Recognize action verbs in sentences.

Write action verbs in sentences.

 Spelling: Spell hear and say words with long /e/.

Spelling Words:eat dream leap mean peach beach

                        heat clean cheat read seat bean

Challenge Words: cheap leader please

Spelling Test will be on Friday.

Science: Identify animals that are insects.

Recognize parts of an insect.

Identify the characteristics of an insect that allows

it’s basic needs to be met.

Observe and record changes in the life cycles of

mammals and birds.

Social Studies: Define imports.

Name countries where goods are

imported from.

List at least ten imported goods.

Assessment

Bible: Joseph and his Brothers

Relate the story of Joseph and his brothers.

Undedrstand that it is wise to flee evil.

Assessment

Memory Verse: So God created man in his own image,

                         in the image of God He created him.

                         Romans 1:27

NB. Parents, please ensure that your child studies the Memory verse.

Remember there is a reward for the first student who knows the memory verse.

Math: Count order numbers from 1-100 on

          hundred chart.

         Choose the best strategy to solve problems.

         Use patterns to skip count by twos, fives and tens. 

Assessment: Count and order numbers, problem solving

                     and skip count. 

Reading Groups: Honey-: ‘Reading Comprehension’

                          Nectar-: ‘Reading Comprehension’

English: Recognize details in an illustration.

              Add details to a drawing.

              Write what happen first, next and last in a story.

              Creative Writing.(include whay happened first,

              next and last).

Spelling: Spell hear and say words with long /a/.

Spelling Words: nail rain gain train chain tail paint pail

                         sail wait mail rail

Challenge Words: eight they snail

Spelling Test will be on Friday.

Science: Identify animals that are insects.

             Recognize parts of an insect.

             Identify the characteristics of an insect that allows

             it’s basic needs to be met.

Social Studies: Define imports.

                        Name countries where goods are

                        imported from.

                        List at least ten imported goods.

Bible: Joseph and his Brothers

         Relate the story of Joseph and his brothers.

         Undedrstand that it is wise to flee evil.

Memory Verse: And we know that for those whe love God,

                         all things work together for good.

                         Romans 8: 28a.

NB. Parents, please ensure that your child studies the Memory verse.

Remember there is a reward for the first student who knows the memory verse.

Math: Read and write time to the half hour.

          Tell time to the hour and half hour on digital

          and analog clocks.

           Relate time and event.

           Assessment: Telling time to the hour and half hour.

Reading Groups: Honey-: ‘On the Way to the Pond’

                           Nectar-: ‘ Boots for Beth’

English: Listen to and discuss the characteristics of a well

             writen personal narrative.

             Listen to a student model of a personal narrative.

             Choose and draw topic ideas for their own personal

             narrative.

             Write and share personal narrative.

Spelling: Spell hear and say words with long /a/.

Spelling Words: game gave name came bake brave whale

                          ate say play stay baby today maybe

Challenge Words: delay bacon fade

Spelling Test will be on Friday.

Science: Identify different ways to group animals.

              Recognize that animals can be sorted acording to

              their characteristics and parts.

Social Studies: Explain the importance of water.

                        Define imports.

                        Name countries where goods are

                        imported from.

 Bible: Jacob and Esau

Know that God wants us to pray for a good attitude

 and a willing heart.

Test on Jacob and Esau.

Memory Verse: As for you, you meant evil against me,

                        but God meant it for good. 

                        Genesis 50: 20a

NB. Parents, please ensure that your child studies the Memory verse.

Remember there is a reward for the first student who knows the memory verse.

Math: Explore writing facts families to 12.

           Assessment: Chapter 6.

           Put events in order.

           Read and write time to the hour.

Reading Groups: Honey-: Star Reading

                           Nectar-: Star Reading

English: Recognize and write synonyms in sentences.

             Assessment: Units 1-3.

 Spelling: Spell hear and say words with short /u/.

Spelling Words: skunk much nut lunch such just truck

fun plug one love other brother mother

Challenge Words: insult blush adjust

Spelling Test will be on Friday.

Science: Identify the characteristics of living organism

             that allow their needs to be met.

Social Studies: Identify interesting places that people

                        visit in Grand cayman.

                        Name the different sports played in their

                        community.

Bible: Jacob and Esau

Understand the importance of reconciliation (forgiveness).

Understand that when we have done something wrong

our hearts feel sad until we ask forgiveness.

Memory Verse: Worthy are you our Lord and God,

                         to receive glory and honor and power.

                         Revelation 4:11a.

 NB. Parents, please ensure that your child studies the Memory verse. 

Remember there is a reward for the first student who knows the memory verse.