Jie Ming Mandarin Immersion Academy
2015-2016 First Grade Curriculum Map
Sept.
Mandarin Literacy Art
Week 1: Developing reading
habits 我是一年级小学生(I’m
a First Grade Student)
Week2: Developing reading
habits 大卫不可以 (No,
David, NO!)
Week 3:
Fiction: Narrative story
我爱你 (I Love You)
Week 4: Fiction: song
Writing
N: Launching with
Small Moments
4 wks, Pre/Pst
＊我上学了(I’m
going to school)
＊可以不可以 (Can
I?)
＊我爱我的学校 (I
love My School)
吉祥三宝
Oct.
Week 1: Nonfiction:
Explanation 消防员 (The
Firefighter)
Week 2: Fiction: Fantasy 我喜欢
自己 (I like Myself)
Week 3: Fiction: Song 上学歌
(School Song)、比尾巴
(Tail Tales)
Week 4: Fiction: Animal Story
N: Writing- for-Readers
+Voice recording.
4wks, Pst
*20 年后的我(Me, 20
Years Later)
＊我喜欢自己 (I
Like Myself)
＊如果我是总统 (If
I were the
President)
Math
Numbers 0-120
1.1.1
Count, compare and
represent whole numbers
up to 120, with an emphasis
on groups of tens and ones.
1.1.2
Skip count by 2’s, 5’s and
10’s.
Numbers 0-120 1.1.2 Use a variety
of models and strategies to solve
addition and subtraction problems in
real-world and mathematical
contexts.
Singapore Math- 1A
Unit 1: Numbers 0 to 10
Unit 2: Number Bonds
Unit 3: Addition
Numbers 0-120 1.1.2 Use a variety
of models and strategies to solve
addition and subtraction problems in
real-world and mathematical
contexts.
Addition and Subtraction
Singapore Math- 1A
Unit 4: Subtraction
Unit 5: Ordinal Numbers
Unit 6: Numbers to 20
Social Studies
Strand 1: Citizenship and
Government
Unit 1: What are good rules?
“A kid’s guide to staying
safe at school”
Culture
中秋节，重阳节：
月饼 (Arts in
various
Holidays)
Unit 2: What is a good
citizen?
“Communities”
”People work”
”Community helpers”
Unit 3: A citizen knows the
pledge of allegiance.
“The pledge of allegiance”
秋天：南瓜
(Fall: Pumpkin)
Unit 4: The president of the
united states is a good
citizen.
“Presidents”
蛇偷吃了我的蛋 (The Snake
Stole My Egg)
Nov.
Week 1: Nonfiction: Report 动
物住在哪？(Where Do
Animals Live?
Week 2: Fiction: Poem 山行
( Tang Dynasty Poem:
Q& A books 4 wks,
Pre/Pst, RW 4
*一般疑问句 (Ask
Common Questions)－
什么圆圆？红日圆圆
Mountain Journey)，有时
(Sometimes)
Week 3: Fiction: Narrative Story
(What is Round?)。
雪孩子 (The Snow Child)
Week 4: Thanksgiving Break
－＊动物住在哪里？
(Where Do the
＊特殊疑问句 (Ask
Critical Questions)
Animals Live?)＊这
样的尾巴可以做什
Shapes 1.3.1 Describe
characteristics of basic shapes. Use
basic shapes to compose and
decompose other objects in various
contexts.
Pattern: 1.2.1.1 I can recognize,
describe, create simple patterns using
objects, pictures, numbers and rules.
I can extend and complete patterns
that are repeating, growing,
shrinking.
Singapore Math- 1A
Unit 7: Shapes
Beijing Math- Pattern
感恩节：
(Holidays)
Dec.
Week 1: Fiction: Narrative Poem
有个老婆婆吞了个苍蝇 (The
Old Woman Who Swallowed A
Fly)
Week2: Fiction: Narrative
Poem 江雪(Chinese Tang
Dynasty Poems: Jiang Xue)
Week 3: Fiction: Poem 张开
嘴巴打哈欠 (Open Mouth and
Yawn)
Week 4: Winter break
Jan.
Week 1: Informational Reading
Mini-lessons 我在地图上
(I’m On the Map)
Week 2: Nonfiction: Report
企鹅是水鸟 (Penguins are
Water Birds)
Week 3: Nonfiction: Procedure
做拼贴画 (Making Collages)
Week4: Book Recommendation
Reading Mini-lessons 自己
Feb.
的颜色 (My Own Color)
Week 1: Fiction: narrative Poem
村居 (Tang Dynasty Poem
Village)， 你 (You)
Week 2: Fiction: Narrative Story
十二生肖 (The 12 Zodiac)
Week 3: Fiction Narrative Poem
赠汪伦 Tang Dynasty Poem:
To Huanglun
Week4: Realistic Fiction
Reading Mini-lesson 妹妹是
个跟屁虫 (My Little Is My
Shadow)
March
Week1: Nonfiction: Report 章鱼
(Octopus)
Week 2: Fiction: Narrative Story
北风和太阳 (The North Wind
么？(What Can This
Tail Do?)
Book Recommendation
+Presentation
4wks, Pst, RW3
推荐书：＊有个老婆
婆吞了个苍蝇(The
Old Woman Who
Swallowed A Fly)
＊我最喜欢的一本书
(The Book I liked
The Most)
How-To Books
3wks, Pre/Pst
*怎么做好五(How To
Follow Give Me
Five?)
＊怎么做一道菜(How
To Make A Dish?)
＊怎么做拼贴画 (How
to Make A Collage?)
Persuasive Letter
2wks, Pre/Pst
*给爸爸妈妈的信 (A
Letter to Mom and
Dad)
＊给校长的信 (A
Letter to the
Principal)
＊给总统的信(A
Letter to the
President)
Realistic Fiction: +
Digital publication 4
wks, Pst, RW 3
*我的新年表演(My
New Year
Unit 9: Weight
Graphs and statistics
1.1.1 Count, compare and represent
whole numbers up to 120, with an
emphasis on groups of tens and ones.
1.1.1.7 Use counting and
comparison skills to create and
analyze bar graphs and tally charts.
圣诞节，新年
Strand 4: History under
construction
Unit 1: My Timeline
Unit 2: Then and Now
“About 100 year ago”
Singapore Math- 1A
Unit 8: Length
Unit 9: Weight
Graphs and statistics
1.1.1 Count, compare and represent
whole numbers up to 120, with an
emphasis on groups of tens and ones.
1.1.1.7 Use counting and
comparison skills to create and
analyze bar graphs and tally charts.
Strand 3: Geography
做拼贴画
Unit 1: Maps
Unit 2: Location
Unit 3: Place
Singapore Math- 1B
Unit 1:Comparing Numbers
Unit 2: Graphs
Unit 3: Numbers to 40
Time
1.3.2 Use basic concepts of
measurement in real-world and
mathematical situations involving
length, time and money
1.3.2.2 Tell time to the hour and halfhour
Strand 2: Economics
Unit 1: Costs, Benefits and
Choices
Unit 2: Scarcity
Unit 3: Trade
Unit 7: Time
Unit8: Numbers to 100
Money 1.3.2 Use basic concepts of
measurement in real-world and
mathematical situations involving
length, time and money
1.3.2.3 Identify pennies, nickels and
“Our Money”
“Money”
中国春节，情人节
Performance)
＊我的牙齿掉了(I
lost My Tooth)
dimes; find the value of a group of
these coins, up to one dollar.
Spring?)，春晓 Tang Poem:
Spring Morning)
Week 1: Spring break
Week 2: Informational Reading
Expert Book: 4 wks,
Pst, RW 2
Multiplication
Symmetric
Mini-lesson 五种感觉 (Five
*章鱼(Octopus)
Senses) Nonfiction: Report 海
＊自选一种动物
(Self select an
Animal)
Beijing Math
Poetry
3wks, Pre/Pst, RW 2
End year reviewing
Division
*我的家人
Singapore Math- 1B
Unit 5: Division
Unit 6: Halves and Quarters
and The Sun)
Week 3: Science Literacy
Reading Mini-lessons 水循
环 (Water Cycle)
Week 4: Fiction: Narrative Song
Beijing Math
Singapore Math- 1B
Unit 9: Money
春天在哪里 (Where Is
April
豚 (Dolphins)
Week 3: Fiction: Narrative Story
对称：风筝，脸谱
Singapore Math- 1B
Unit 4: Multiplication
小壁虎借尾巴 (Little
Lizard Borrowed a Tail)
Week 4: Fiction: Narrative Song
May
/June
下雨了 (It’s Raining)，当
(When…)
Week 1: Poetry Reading MiniLesson 游子吟 (Tang Poem:
Song of a Wanderer)／说说
唱唱 妈妈 (Mom, Let’s
Sing)， 小池 (Koike)
Week 2: Fiction: Narrative Poem
晚上 (Night)，Fiction:
Narrative Traditional Tale
司马光 Si Ma Guang
Week 3: Fiction: Narrative
Folktale 拔苗助长 (Chinese
Idiom: Pull Seedlings To
Make It Grow)
Week 4: Nonfiction: Report 这
样的尾巴可以做什么？（What
Can This Tail Do?)
My Family
＊春天
Spring
＊自由写作
Free Writing
风车