Curriculum
First Grade
Yujin Gakuen Japanese Immersion School
250 Silver Lane
Eugene, Oregon 97404
1-541-687-3590
e-mail: imamura@4j.lane.edu
fax: 1-541-344-4822
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 Basal Anthology Readers: Pre-primer Levels, Houghton Mifflin Workbooks, Phonics, and
writing, First Grade Writing Journals, D'nealian Writing, Houghton Mifflin Leveled Readers, Vocabulary Readers, Phonic
Readers, 6 Traits Writing Program
•Everyday Math Units 1 - 5: 1. Establishing Routines 2. Everyday Uses of Numbers 3. Visual Patterns, Number Patterns, and
Counting 4. Measurement and Basic Facts 5. Place Value, Numbers Stories, and Basic Facts.
•Japanese Math Tiles: ones, fives and tens
ªField Trips: Thistledown Farms, West Eugene Wetlands,
•Special Class Activities: Halloween Parade, Thanksgiving Feast. Celebrity Readers, Fifth Grade Reading Partners
•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, Artist in Residence - Kim Durkus, Portrait Artist
•Physical Education
•Technology
•Performance: Valley River Center Singing
Winter Term 2007-2008
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 Basal Anthology Readers: Primer Level, Houghton Mifflin Workbooks,
Phonics and writing, First Grade Writing Journals, D'nealian Writing, Houghton Mifflin Leveled Readers, Vocabulary
Readers, Phonic Readers, 6 Traits Writing Program
•Everyday Math Units 6 - 8: 6. Developing Fact Power, 7. Geometry and Attributes 8. Mental Arithmetic, Money, and Fractions
•Special Class Activities: Bilingual Store(Grades K -2), One Hundredth Day of School Stations, and Asian Celebration, 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 Lifestyles, Michigan Model Health Program, Second Steps
•Music: English and Japanese Songs and Rhythms, Brumitt-Taylor Music Listening Program
•Art: Scott Foresman Program
ªPhysical Education
•Technology
Spring Term 2008
Spring Theme: Form - Cinquain Poetry, Careers, Attributes
•Science Unit: Butterflies Life Cycle
•Phonics: Explode the Code Book 3: Long Vowel Patterns
•Kanji Characters and sentence construction
•Language Arts: Houghton Mifflin Basal Readers: 1st Grade Level , Houghton Mifflin Workbooks and Phonics,
First Grade Writing Journals, D'nealian Writing, Houghton Mifflin Leveled Readers, Vocabulary Readers, Phonic Readers. 6
Traits Writing Program
•Everyday Math Units 9 - 10: Place Value and Fractions 10, Year-End Review and Assessment
•Japanese Math Tiles: Two-digit 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
Fall Term 2008
Fall Theme: Systems - School, Family, Government, Body Systems
* Science Unit: Solids and Liquids- Sorting by Attributes
* Health: Healthy Lifestyles, Michigan Model Health Program
* 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 Reading, 6 Traits Writing Program, D’nealian Handwriting
* Everyday Math Units 2 - 3: 2. Everyday Uses of Numbers 3. Visual Patterns, Number Patterns, and Counting
* Music: English and Japanese Songs and rhythms, Brummit-Taylor Music Listening Program
* Art: Scott Foresman Program
* Physical Education
* Technology
* Field Trips: Lone Pine Farms, Nearby Nature at Alton Baker Park, West Eugene Wetlands
* Special Class Activities: Japanese Lunch, Halloween Parade, Thanksgiving Feast.
Winter Term 2008 - 2009
Winter Theme: Power - Power of Nature
* Science Unit: Weather: Water Cycle
* Health: Michigan Model Health Program
* Phonics: Explode the Code Book 2: Blends
* Hiragana Characters Japanese vocabulary, First Grade Kanji, and sentence construction.
* Language Arts: Houghton Mifflin Reading, 6 Traits Writing Program, D’nealian Writing
* Everyday Math Units 4 -6: 4. Measurement and Basic Facts 5. Place Value, Numbers Stories, and Basic Facts.
6. Developing Fact Power
* Music: Brummitt-Taylor Music Listening Program
* Art: Scott Foresman Program
* Physical Education
* Technology
* Special Class Activities: New Year’s Mochi Tsuki, Japanese New Year Games, Paper and Book Making, Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr., Valentine's Day, Presidents’ Day
100th Day of School, Japan Night, Asian Celebration, Japanese Calligraphy
* Field Trips: Corridor Play
* Performance: To be announced
Spring Term 2009
Spring Theme: Change - Life Cycles
* Science Unit: Painted Lady Butterfly
* Health: Michigan Model Health Program
* Reading: Explode the Code Book 3: long vowels patterns
digraphs, and vowel digraphs: ee, ea, ai, ay, oa, ow
* Kanji Characters, Japanese vocabulary and sentences
* McGraw-Hill Reading: Book 5 Unit 1 - Think About It! and Unit 2 - Many Paths
* Everyday Math Units 7 - 10: 7. Geometry and Attributes 8. Mental Arithmetic, Money and Fractions 9. Place Value and
Fractions 10. Year-End Review and Assessment
* Brummitt-Taylor Music Listening Program:
* Art: Scott Foresman Program
* Physical Education
* Technology
* Writing: Six Traits Writing Program
* Field Trips: Mt. Pisgah, Public Works
* Performance: To be Announced.
