First Grade - Scope & Sequence

Flow of The Year
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Assumptions

1. Maintaining the suggested pacing and flow across all content areas supports students across SFUSD to have a similar, coherent, and transferable learning experience that prepares them for the next grade level. 

 

2. This pacing is approximate and takes school breaks, family conferences, and other changes to the regular classroom schedule and routine into consideration. 

Guidance

1. While your pacing may be slightly different, the expectation is that you honor the general flow articulated below.

 

2. No unit should be skipped. 

  • Each unit supports students in meeting grade-level standards and expected learning targets. Units are designed to build upon each other - building upon knowledge, skills, and routines learned in previous units.

 

3. If your pacing or flow is out of sync with the suggested year-at-a-glance, collaborate with your grade-level team, coaches, and/or administrators to ensure students will have the necessary instruction and support for a rich, developmentally appropriate kindergarten experience that well prepares them for success in first grade.

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Spanish Language Arts
(Each phonics and reading unit is 3 weeks)
Launch: Estrenemos Phonics and Reading Launch: Estrenemos Phonics and Reading

Unit 1: Las plantas y los animales crecen y cambian
 
Unit 1: Las plantas y los animales crecen y cambian

Unit 2: Muchos personajes diferentes
 
Unit 3: Un buen miembro de la comunidad
 
Unit 4: Toda historia tiene un narrador Unit 5: La tecnología en el trabajo
 
Unit 6: Las historias nos ofrecen muchas enseñanzas

Unit 7: Pasado, presente y futuro
Unit 7: Pasado, presente y futuro

Unit 8: Observa el cielo
Unit 8: Observa el cielo

Unit 9: Hacemos uso de bienes y servicios
Unit 10: Explorar el sonido, la luz y el calor
Cantonese Characters 1-15

Unit 1: Community/Role of a citizen
Characters 16-40

Unit 2: Features of a map
 
Characters 41-55

Unit 3: Symbols, icons, and traditions of the U.S.
Characters 56-80

Unit 4: Compare and Contrast different times and places
 
Characters 81-100

Unit 5: Concept of exchange and use of money
 
English Language Development Launch Unit:
Week 1: Self
Week 2 Family and Friends
Unit 1: Getting to Know Us (4 weeks)
 
Unit 1: Getting to Know Us (1 week)

Unit 2: Our Community (3 weeks)
Unit 2: Our Community (2 weeks)

Review and Assessments (1 week)
Unit 3: Changes Overtime (2 Weeks)
 
Unit 3: Changes Overtime (3 weeks)

Unit 4: Animal Everywhere (1 weeks)
Unit 4: Animal Everywhere (4 weeks)
 
Unit 5: Figure it Out (4 weeks)
 
Unit 5: Figure it Out (1 week)

Unit 6: Together We Can (3 weeks)
Unit 6: Together We Can (2 weeks)

Review and Assessments (2 weeks)
English Language Arts Launch Unit: Learning About My Reading and Writing Identity Spiral 1: Narrative- Building A Better Community Spiral 2: Informative/Explanatory-Learning About the World Spiral 3: Opinion/Persuasive- Activists in Action Spiral 4: Research: The Solar System & Earth
Math Unit 0: Introduction
Unit 1: Ten as a Unit
Unit 1: Ten as a Unit

Unit 2: Attributes of 2-D Shapes
Unit 3: Addition within 20

Unit 4: Subtraction within 20
Unit 4: Subtraction within 20

Unit 5: Measuring Length and Time
Unit 5: Measuring Length and Time
Unit 6: Problems with Unknowns
Unit 6: Problems with Unknowns
 
Unit 7: Attributes of 3-D Shapes

Unit 8: Challenging Problems
Unit 8: Challenging Problems
Unit 9: Numbers Greater than 20
Unit 9: Numbers Greater than 20 Unit 9: Numbers Greater than 20 Unit 10: Organizing Data
Unit 11: Picture Book Project
 
Science   Launch Unit 0: I Am a Scientist
(4 lessons)
Unit 1: Animal & Plant Defenses
(22 lessons)
  Unit 2: Light & Sound
(22 lessons)
  Unit 3: Spinning Earth
(22 lessons)
History/Social Science 1st Grade Unit 0 Launch

Rights and Responsibilities of Community Members
(4-5 weeks)
  Different Cultures, One Community, and Changing Times
(4-5 weeks)
  Making and Using Maps
(4-5 weeks)
 
Physical Education Unit Zero 2.0 Establishing the Environment (Unit I) Establishing the Environment (Unit I) & Locomotor Skills Cooperative Activities & Locomotor Skills Cooperative Activities, Movement Concepts (Unit 3) Underarm Movement Patterns (Unit 4), Jumping Rope, & Heart rate Underarm Movement Patterns (Unit 5), Jumping Rope, & Heart rate Catching/Underarm Movement Patterns (Unit V) & Striking (Units 6 & 11) Catching & Unit of your choice Catching & Unit of your choice Catching & Field Day
Health Personal & Community Health Substance Abuse Prevention Violence Prevention Growing Bodies and Active Consent Nutrition and Physical Activity LGBTQ & Advocacy Summer Safety and Environmental Health
Arts For 30 min/1x a week of Visual Arts and 30 min/1x a week of Performing Arts, please choose lessons a la carte, either a lesson that relates to and supports the content you are teaching that week (arts integration) or a stand-alone lesson that would offer a creative break/protected "arts moment" for students. Enjoy!
Digital Learning Digital Agency (DA): My Digital Life Launch Technology: 1st Getting Started Guide DA: Digital Footprint DA: Digital Agency Month DA: Media Balance DA: Privacy & Security DA: Media Literacy DA: Relationships & Communications DA: Digital Kindness DA: Digital for Good DA: My Digital Life
Computer Science Launch Unit Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3

ESCS is designed to be taught once a week for 30 minutes for half of the school year.

         

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This page was last updated on August 31, 2023