First Grade – Beginning of the Year Skill List
Here is a list of skills to work on with your first grader at home. These are skills we have been working on in class, and will continue to work on over the next few months, and/or year. If your child has already mastered an area(s) please skip it and work on other skills. Thank you for your support!
___ write first and last name with correct letter size
___ write using the lines on first grade handwriting paper
___ use environmental print to spell words correctly
___ know his/her birthday
___ know his/her phone number
___ know his/her address
___ know how to tie his/her shoes
___ be able to play simple games with dice or cards
___ recognize numbers up to 20
___ write numbers correctly to up 10
___ count up to 50
___ make simple patterns with household objects
___ read color words
___ be able to recognize all of the letters in the alphabet
___ know all of the letter sounds, and both vowel sounds
___ be able to put letters of the alphabet in correct order
___ sound out simple words to hear beginning and ending sounds and work on middle sounds
___ begin to recognize rhyming words
___ be able to locate title and author on cover of books
___ be able to look at pictures in book prior to reading and discuss
___ be able to predict logically what might happen in story based on title, pictures and prior knowledge
___ be able to retell a simple story after hearing it read aloud, including main story events
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