It really Rocks!!!

At Carlisle, we love to learn!
Here are the exciting integrated topics we will learn about in first grade:

Balance and Stability – Solid Foundations
¨Neighborhood and communities
¨Rules and laws (home, school, community)
¨Maps and globes
¨Directional terms
¨Safety (bicycles, stranger danger, fire)
¨Lifelong learner traits

Continuity and Change – Cycles
¨Solar system (moon, sun, earth, planets)
¨Day and night, shadows, seasons
¨Patterns
¨Cycles

Systems – It’s No Mystery, It’s a System
¨Needs and wants (economics)
¨Systems
¨How things work (functions, parts)
¨Jobs
¨Pilgrims and Native Americans
¨Holiday traditions around the world

Cause and Effect
-actions, interactions, and causes and effects
- energy, light, color, magetic forces
-historical figures and effects for our country
-choices for success

Why Classify?
-commonalities and differences using attributes and characteristics
-classmatews
-plant life
-animals
-places on Earth

Making Connections
-"how and why" of communication
-sounds
-technology
-commercials and media
-voting
-history
-importance of writing and reading

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