Fall Term 2007
Fall Theme: Interactions - School, Family
•Social Studies: All About Me, My
Family, My School
•Phonics: Explode the Code Bk 1 :
Short Vowels
•Hiragana Characters and stroke
orders, First Grade Kanji, Japanese
Vocabulary, Hand clapping games
•Language Arts: Houghton Mifflin
Readers: Theme 1 - All together
Now, Theme 2 - Surprise, Theme 3
Let’s Look Around. Phonics, Phone-
mic Awareness, Comprehension,
Vocabulary and Fluency, Houghton
Mifflin Leveled Readers, Vocabu-
lary, Theme and, Phonic Readers.
•First Grade Writing Journals,
D'nealian Writing, 6-Traits Writing.
•Everyday Math Units: 1. Establish
ing Routines 2. Everyday Uses of
Numbers 3. Visual Patterns, Number
Patterns, & Counting 4. Measurment
& Basic Facts 5. Place Value, Num-
bers Stories, & Basic Facts.
•Japanese Math Tiles: ones, fives &
tens
ªField Trips: Lone Pine Farms, West
Eugene Wetlands, University of
OR Art Museum. U O History and
Cultural Museum (N W Longhouses),
Nearby Nature at Alton Baker Park
•Special Class Activities: Halloween
Parade, PARENT CONFERENCES,
Thanksgiving Feast
•Health: Healthy Lifestyles,
Michigan Model Health Program,
Second Steps
•Music: English and Japanese Songs
and Rhythms, Brummitt-Taylor Music
Listening Program
•Art: Scott Foresman Program
•Physical Education
•Technology
•Performance: To be announced
winter Term 2007
Winter Theme: Communities - Careers
•Science Unit: Weather
•Social Studies: My Community
•Phonics: Explode the Code Book 2:
Blends
•Hiragana Characters and First
Grade Kanji
•Language Arts: Houghton Mifflin
Readers: Theme 4 - Family and
Friends Theme 5 - Home Sweet Home
Theme 6 - Animal Adventures,
Phonics, Phonemic Awareness, Com-
prehension, Vocabulary and Fluency,
Houghton Mifflin Leveled Readers,
Vocabulary, Theme and, Phonic
Readers.
•First Grade Writing Journals,
D'nealian Writing, 6 -Traits Writing.
•Everyday Math Units: 6. Developing
Fact Power, 7. Geometry & Attri-
butes 8. Mental Arithmetic, Money,
& Fractions
•Special Class Activities: Bilingual
Store(Grades K -2), One Hundredth
Day of School Stations, Asian Cele-
bration, Paper Making and Book
Making, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,
Valentine's Day, Presidents’ Day
•Field Trips: U of O Art Museum,
•Lockmead Dairy, Post Office, Grocery Store, Bank
•Health: Healthy ,
Model Health Program, Second
•Music: English and Japanese Songs
and Rhythms, Brummitt-Taylor Music
Listening Program
•Art: Scott Foresman Program
ªPhysical Education
•Technology
Spring Term 2008
Spring Theme: Form - Cinquain Poetry, Careers, Attributes
•Science Unit: Butterfly Life Cycle
•Phonics: Explode the Code Book 3:
Long Vowel Patterns
•Kanji Characters and sentence
construction
•Language Arts: Houghton Mifflin
Readers: Theme 7 - We Can Work it Out,
Theme 8 - Our Earth, Theme 9 - Special
Friends, Theme 10 - We Can Do IT!,
Phonics, Phonemic Awareness, Com-
prehension, Vocabulary and Fluency,
Vocabulary, Theme and, Phonic
Readers.
•First Grade Writing Journals,
D'nealian Writing, 6 -Traits Writing
•Everyday Math Units 9 - 10: Place
Value and Fractions 10, Year-End
Review and Assessment
•Japanese Math Tiles: Two-
Addition with regrouping
•Field Trips: Mt. Pisgah, Public Works,
Corridor Play, Eugene Public Library,
Shedd Auditorium Musical
•Health: Healthy Lifestyles, Michigan
Model Health Program, Second Steps
•Music: English and Japanese Songs
and rhythms, Brummitt-Taylor Music
Listening Program
•Art: Scott Foresman Program
•Physical Education
•Technology
•Performance: To be announced
