1st Grade Curriculum
Milpitas Montessori School offers students in the 1st grade an advanced academic curriculum:
- Math:
- Reading:
- Spelling:
- Language:
- Cultural
Activities:
A. Decimal System
1. Decimal system layout—association of quantity with number up to thousand
2. Importance of zero in decimal system
3. Understanding of three arithmetic operations—addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
B. Arithmetic Operations
1. Addition—involving three or more addends, memorization of addition facts 1-18
2. Subtraction—concept and process of subtraction using three to four digit numbers, borrowing, and subtraction
facts 1-18
3. Multiplication—concept and process of multiplication, memorization of simple multiplication facts (know all facts
through 12)
4. Division—concept and process of division with material
C. Cardinal and ordinal numbers 1-10
D. Roman Numerals 1-100
E. Money—cents, nickels, dimes, quarters and dollars
F. Geometry—vocabulary and concepts
1. Lines
2. Angles
3. Names of the shapes of plane figures
4. Solids
G. Measurements
1. Linear
2. Weights
3. Volumes
H. Clock—telling time in 1 minute intervals, quarter past, half past and quarter to
I. Calendar
A. Phonic Analysis Skills
B. Word attack process
1. Sounding out words
2. Prefix and suffix recognition
C. Reading—appreciation and comprehension
1. Recognizing main idea and characters
2. Recall sequence or information
3. Summarize
4. Identify written styles—poetry, fairy tales, fables, fiction, and non-fiction
5. Oral reading—attention to interpretive reading and clear diction
D. Vocabulary Development
1. Synonyms, homonyms, and antonyms
2. Looking up dictionary—list entry word, definition and a sample sentence using the word
E. Dictionary usage
A. Phonetic words with short and long vowels
B. Consonant diagrams: ch, sh, th, wh
C. Other combinations: oo, ou, ow, ew, aw, sq, qu, ey, ay, ng, kn, er, ir, or, ur
D. Sight words
E. Compound words
A. Written Language
1. Identify and use complete sentences
2. Recognize sentence parts—noun, verb, conjunction, article, adjective, adverb and prepositions
3. Use of upper case letters in proper nouns, I and sentence beginnings
4. Punctuation—period, apostrophe, comma, and quotations
5. Simple compositions
6. Common and proper noun, singular and plural, concrete and abstract, and masculine and feminine
7. Letter writing
8. Other skills from workbooks and ditto papers
9. Story and poetry writing
A. Science
1. Botany—trees, shrubs and herbs
a) parts of a plant—root, leaf and flowers
b) different kinds of roots
2. Zoology—living and non-living
a) Simple classification of animal kingdom, invertebrates and vertebrates
b) Recognitions of different parts of animals of fish, birds, reptiles, and mammals
3. Solar System
4. Earthquakes, rocks, and volcanoes
B. Geography
1. Continents
2. Countries of North America and South America
3. Oceans
4. Different land forms and rivers
5. States and capitals
C. History and Social Sciences
1. Different cultures and people in community
2. History though holidays
1. Decimal system layout—association of quantity with number up to thousand
2. Importance of zero in decimal system
3. Understanding of three arithmetic operations—addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
B. Arithmetic Operations
1. Addition—involving three or more addends, memorization of addition facts 1-18
2. Subtraction—concept and process of subtraction using three to four digit numbers, borrowing, and subtraction
facts 1-18
3. Multiplication—concept and process of multiplication, memorization of simple multiplication facts (know all facts
through 12)
4. Division—concept and process of division with material
C. Cardinal and ordinal numbers 1-10
D. Roman Numerals 1-100
E. Money—cents, nickels, dimes, quarters and dollars
F. Geometry—vocabulary and concepts
1. Lines
2. Angles
3. Names of the shapes of plane figures
4. Solids
G. Measurements
1. Linear
2. Weights
3. Volumes
H. Clock—telling time in 1 minute intervals, quarter past, half past and quarter to
I. Calendar
A. Phonic Analysis Skills
B. Word attack process
1. Sounding out words
2. Prefix and suffix recognition
C. Reading—appreciation and comprehension
1. Recognizing main idea and characters
2. Recall sequence or information
3. Summarize
4. Identify written styles—poetry, fairy tales, fables, fiction, and non-fiction
5. Oral reading—attention to interpretive reading and clear diction
D. Vocabulary Development
1. Synonyms, homonyms, and antonyms
2. Looking up dictionary—list entry word, definition and a sample sentence using the word
E. Dictionary usage
A. Phonetic words with short and long vowels
B. Consonant diagrams: ch, sh, th, wh
C. Other combinations: oo, ou, ow, ew, aw, sq, qu, ey, ay, ng, kn, er, ir, or, ur
D. Sight words
E. Compound words
A. Written Language
1. Identify and use complete sentences
2. Recognize sentence parts—noun, verb, conjunction, article, adjective, adverb and prepositions
3. Use of upper case letters in proper nouns, I and sentence beginnings
4. Punctuation—period, apostrophe, comma, and quotations
5. Simple compositions
6. Common and proper noun, singular and plural, concrete and abstract, and masculine and feminine
7. Letter writing
8. Other skills from workbooks and ditto papers
9. Story and poetry writing
A. Science
1. Botany—trees, shrubs and herbs
a) parts of a plant—root, leaf and flowers
b) different kinds of roots
2. Zoology—living and non-living
a) Simple classification of animal kingdom, invertebrates and vertebrates
b) Recognitions of different parts of animals of fish, birds, reptiles, and mammals
3. Solar System
4. Earthquakes, rocks, and volcanoes
B. Geography
1. Continents
2. Countries of North America and South America
3. Oceans
4. Different land forms and rivers
5. States and capitals
C. History and Social Sciences
1. Different cultures and people in community
2. History though holidays
2nd Grade Curriculum
Milpitas Montessori School offers students in the 2nd grade an advanced academic curriculum:
- Math:
- Reading:
- Language:
- Spelling:
- Cultural
Activities:
A. Place value of number up to millions
B. Review of four arithmetic operations – addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
C. Memorizing multiplication tables from 2 to 12
D. Simple multiplication and division of 3- to 4-digit numbers without the material
E. Story problems – solve problems by choosing addition, subtraction, multiplication or division
F. Measurement of length, weight, and volume
G. Time and money H. Geometry – enrichment of vocabulary and concepts
1. lines, angles, shapes of plane figures, perimeter and lines of symmetry
2. recognition of different shapes of solids
I. Read and interpret bar graphs and pictographs
J. Fractions
A. Oral reading
1. attention to interpretive reading
2. inflection
3. vocal projection
4. clear diction
B. Poetry reading
1. understanding the descriptive words in poetry
2. comparisons in poetry
3. rhythm and rhyme in poetry
C. Vocabulary development
1. context clues
2. using the dictionary – list entry word, definition, parts of speech, and write a sample sentence using the word
D. Comprehension
1. Recall sequence or information
2. Recognize main idea and characters
3. Summarize
E. Book Report
1. Writing titles
2. Plot, setting and characters
3. Writing and summarizing
4. Editing
A. Learning about sentences
1. Understanding statements, questions, commands and exclamation sentences
2. Subject and predicate
B. Grammar
1. Review and extension activities of noun, article, adjective, verb, adverb and preposition
C. Capitalization and punctuation
1. Use of uppercase letters in proper nouns, I and sentence beginnings
2. Use of period, comma, apostrophe and quotation
A. Phonics development
B. Homonyms
C. Abbreviations
D. Word dictation
E. Cursive writing extension
A. Science
1. Botany—trees, shrubs and herbs
a) parts of a plant—root, leaf and flowers
b) different kinds of roots
2. Zoology—living and non-living
a) Simple classification of animal kingdom—invertebrates and vertebrates
b) Recognition of different parts of animals of fishes, birds, reptiles and mammals
3. Solar system
4. Earthquakes, rocks and volcanoes
B. Geography
1. Continents
2. Countries of North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Asia
3. Oceans of the world
4. Different land forms and rivers
5. States and capitals
6. Country report
C. History and Social Sciences
1. Different cultures and people in community
2. History through holidays
B. Review of four arithmetic operations – addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
C. Memorizing multiplication tables from 2 to 12
D. Simple multiplication and division of 3- to 4-digit numbers without the material
E. Story problems – solve problems by choosing addition, subtraction, multiplication or division
F. Measurement of length, weight, and volume
G. Time and money H. Geometry – enrichment of vocabulary and concepts
1. lines, angles, shapes of plane figures, perimeter and lines of symmetry
2. recognition of different shapes of solids
I. Read and interpret bar graphs and pictographs
J. Fractions
A. Oral reading
1. attention to interpretive reading
2. inflection
3. vocal projection
4. clear diction
B. Poetry reading
1. understanding the descriptive words in poetry
2. comparisons in poetry
3. rhythm and rhyme in poetry
C. Vocabulary development
1. context clues
2. using the dictionary – list entry word, definition, parts of speech, and write a sample sentence using the word
D. Comprehension
1. Recall sequence or information
2. Recognize main idea and characters
3. Summarize
E. Book Report
1. Writing titles
2. Plot, setting and characters
3. Writing and summarizing
4. Editing
A. Learning about sentences
1. Understanding statements, questions, commands and exclamation sentences
2. Subject and predicate
B. Grammar
1. Review and extension activities of noun, article, adjective, verb, adverb and preposition
C. Capitalization and punctuation
1. Use of uppercase letters in proper nouns, I and sentence beginnings
2. Use of period, comma, apostrophe and quotation
A. Phonics development
B. Homonyms
C. Abbreviations
D. Word dictation
E. Cursive writing extension
A. Science
1. Botany—trees, shrubs and herbs
a) parts of a plant—root, leaf and flowers
b) different kinds of roots
2. Zoology—living and non-living
a) Simple classification of animal kingdom—invertebrates and vertebrates
b) Recognition of different parts of animals of fishes, birds, reptiles and mammals
3. Solar system
4. Earthquakes, rocks and volcanoes
B. Geography
1. Continents
2. Countries of North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Asia
3. Oceans of the world
4. Different land forms and rivers
5. States and capitals
6. Country report
C. History and Social Sciences
1. Different cultures and people in community
2. History through holidays