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1st Grade Standards

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1st Grade

Standard 1-1: The student will demonstrate an understanding of how individuals, families, and communities live and work together here and around the world.

Suggested Vocabulary:

identity
unique
characteristic
individual
family
community
timeline
ritual
culture
traditions
language
continent
globe

world
helpers
goods
jobs
celebrations
physical growth
interests
regions
personal
roles
elements
structure
interdependence

Suggested Literature:

Adler, David A. The Babe & I. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace, 1999. A young boy
helps his family through the Great Depression by selling newspapers and, in so
doing, meets his Yankee hero, Babe Ruth (NA)
Ajmera, Maya and John Ivnanko. To Be a Kid. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 1999. This is a world tour of things kids do. From Ecuador to Israel, Mongolia to the Philippines, we find snacks, board games, and acting silly are fun wherever you are. (NA)
Ancona, George. Cuban Kids. London: Cavendish, 2000. Cuban kids come in all shapes and sizes as they introduce readers to their country and its contemporary society through the events of their daily lives. (880L)
Ancona, George. Harvest. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish, 2001. Through txt and photography, this book depicts the life of migrant farm workers and why they are willing to take risks and make sacrifices due to the work ethic that drives them. (NA)
Bania, Michael. Kumak’s House: A Tale of the Far North. Portland, OR: Alaska Northwest Books/Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company, 2002. A wise village elder helps Kumak and his family learn a lesson about contentment in the traditional Inupiat Eskimo culture. (AD280L)
Barrett, Joyce Durham. Willie’s Not the Hugging Kind. New York: HarperTrophy, 1989. Willie’s best friend Jo-Jo thinks hugging is silly so Willie stops hugging everybody but soon misses getting and giving hugs from his family. (560L)
Bartoletti, Susan. The Christmas Promise. New York: Blue Sky/Scholastic, 2001. This Depression-era picture book depicts a young girl and her dad who have become homeless, ride the rails, and are jailed. The girl is left with a kind, loving family while dad goes to find a job, returning on Christmas Eve. (AD470L)
Bercaw, Edna Coe. Halmoni’s Day. New York: Dial, 2000. Grandparents Day at school and Jennifer’s grandmother Halmoni is attending, all the way from her home in Korea. This is a story of familial love that crosses multiple generations and ethnicities. (AD650L)
Bogacki, Tomek. Circus Girl. New York: Frances Foster/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. This is the story of three children who give strength to one another and form firm friendships. (AD460L)
Borden, Louise and Mary Kay Kroeger. Fly High! The Story of Bessie Coleman. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster, 2001. This book introduces Bessie Coleman, the first African American to earn a pilot’s license. She worked hard to realize dreams and felt responsible for encouraging other African Americans to aim high. (710L)
Burton, Virginia Lee. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. Sandpiper Books Series
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. Mike the steam shovel operator will not desert his
steam shovel in the face of stiff competition from gas and diesel-motored shovels. (820L)
Carlson, Nancy. I Like Me! New York: Penguin, 1988. By admiring her finer points and showing that she can take care of herself and have fun when there’s no one else around, a pig proves the best friend you can have is yourself. (AD400L)
Caseley, Judith. On the Town: A Community Adventure. New York: Greenwillow, 2002. In the process of working on a class assignment, a young boy discovers his community. (NA)
Cheney, Lynn. America. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2002. A patriotic primer illustrating principles on which the United States was founded, this book teaches history by celebrating the diversity, tenacity, and faith of the American people. (610L)
Cheney, Lynn. When Washington Crossed the Delaware. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2004. This dramatic and engrossing tale of Washington’s crossing of the Delaware has beautiful illustrations. (AD860L)
Chin-Lee, Cynthia. A Is for the Americas. New York: Orchard Books, 1999. This unusual
alphabet book takes young readers on a lively tour of the Americas as it links the letters
of the alphabet to a variety of geographic terms. (NA)
Christlow, Eileen. Vote! New York: Clarion Books, 2003. This lively introduction to voting covers every step of the process. (420L)
Clifton, Lucille. One of the Problems of Everett Anderson. New York: Henry Holt, 2001. The story of child abuse as told through the eyes of a friend of the victim. (NA)
Cowen-Fletcher, Jane. It Takes a Village. New York: Scholastic, 1993. On market day in a small village in Benin, Yemi is responsible for watching out for her little brother and finds out that the whole village is also watching. (390L)
Coy, John. Strong to the Hoop. New York: Lee and Low, 1999. This picture book tells about James, a ten-year-old city boy inner-city boy as he proves himself on the basketball court. (AD420L)
Crandell, Rachel. Hands of the Maya: Villagers at Work and Play. New York: Henry Holt, 2002. Traditional Mayan life and culture are conveyed through photographs of human hands at work: making tortillas, carving stone, weaving, and washing, among other activities. (NA)
Cronin, Doreen. Click Clack Moo. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000. Understated text and expressive illustrations tell the story of cows who band together to change their working conditions. (AD160L)
Cronin, Doreen. Duck for President. New York: Scholastic, 2004. Duck decides to run the farm and graduates to elected office. (AD680L)
Dalgliesh, Alice. The Fourth of July Story. New York: Simon & Schuster Children’s,
1995. This story takes readers back to revolutionary times to focus on the colonists’
desire for freedom and the events that led up to the present-day Fourth of July celebration
(790L)
DiSalvo, DyAnne. City Green. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. People join together to turn a vacant lot into a beautiful garden. (AD480L)
Dooley, Norah. Everybody Cooks Rice. New York: Scholastic, 1991. As Carrie goes around the neighborhood at dinnertime looking for her younger brother, she discovers that everybody cooks rice, using their native traditions and recipes. (AD690L)
Dr. Seuss, Yertle the Turtle. New York: Random House. Yertle decides that he will be king and his subjects are unwilling. (520L)
Fine, Edith Hope. Under the Lemon Moon. New York: Lee and Low, 1999.When the lemons from her prize tree are stolen and the tree becomes sick, Rosalina starts on a quest for help. Moving through her Mexican village, she discovers both understanding and the ability to forgive. (520L)
Frasier, Debra. On the Day You Were Born. San Diego: Harcourt, 1991. The earth celebrates the birth of a newborn baby. (AD1080L)
Friedman, Ina R. How My Parents Learned to Eat. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1984. A young girl tells the story of her parents’ courtship when her father was an American sailor and her mother was a Japanese schoolgirl. (450L)
Garza, Carmen Lomas. Family Pictures. New York: Children’s Press, 1990. In bilingual text, the author describes growing up in a Hispanic community in Texas. (AD750L)
George, Jean Craighead. Nutik, the Wolf Pup. New York: Harper Collins, 2001. When his older sister Julie brings home two small wolf pups, Amaroq takes care of the one called Nutik. He grows to love it, even though Julie tells him it cannot stay. (290L)
Grodin, Elissa. D is for Democracy. Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press, 2004. A trip through the government’s structure, from its earliest beginning to definitions of basic concepts is provided. (NA)
Guarnieri, Paolo. A Boy Named Giotto. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1999. This picture book tells the story of Giotto, an eight-year-old shepherd who longed to be a painter. (NA)
Haas, Jessie. Hurry! New York: Greenwillow, 2000. A young girl helps her grandparents get the hay in before a rainstorm ruins the crop. (NA)
Hamanaka, Sheila. All the Colors of the Earth. New York: William Morrow, 1999. Using
A multitude of colors, this story celebrates the diversity of children and cultures.
(AD540L)
Hansen, Joyce. The Heart Calls Home. New York: Walker & Company, 1999. Obi tries to make a new life on a South Carolina island while his soul mate is studying up north. (650L)
Hennessy, B. G. One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims. New York: Viking
Penguin, 1999. This rhyming storybook takes readers through daily life on the Plymouth
Plantation. (AD540L)
Hopkinson, Deborah. Bluebird Summer. New York: Greenwillow, 2001. Mags and Cody find the farm of their summer visits has changed since Grandmother’s death and they work to bring back her spirit through restoring some of the things she loved. (NA)
Howard, Ginger. William’s House. Minneapolis: Millbrook Press, 2001. Set in 1637 New England, this story describes an English family’s efforts to build their new home in America. They soon realize that duplicating their English home requires adaptations to the new climate. (AD570L)
Hudson, Wade. I Love My Family. New York: Scholastic, 1993. At a joyous family reunion, relatives sing, dance, eat lots of food, and pose for pictures. (AD420L)
Ichord, Loretta Frances. Skillet Bread, Sourdough, and Vinegar Pie: Cooking in Pioneer Days. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press, 2003. Recipes, cooking directions, and history accompany this collection of stories on foods people ate in the movement across the American West. (NA)
Jackson, Ellen. It’s Back to School We Go! First Day Stories From Around The World. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press, 2003. Eleven countries are represented through different children’s first-person accounts: a fact page about each culture is included. (NA)
Johnson, Angela. One of Three. New York: Orchard, 1991. The youngest of three sisters reflects on her daily relationships with her sisters and her family. (460L)
Kalman, Bobbie D. Community Helpers from A to Z. New York: Crabtree Publishing,
1998. This alphabet book introduces young readers to a variety of community helpers,
including medical and emergency workers and people who work in business and in
service industries. (IG730L)
Katz, Karen. The Colors of Us. New York: Henry Holt, 1999. This is a tale of Lena and her mother as they observe how variations in skin color match the colors of foods and things found in nature. (370L)
Knight, Margy Burns and Mark Melnicove. Africa Is Not A Country. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook, 2000. Passing a day with children in various African countries introduces the reader to the distinctive customs of different areas. (NA)
Kroll, Virginia. Masai and I. New York: Four Winds Press, 1992. In school one day, Linda learns about East Africa and the Masai people. She wonders what it would be like to be a Masai and makes observations about things that are different and things that are the same. (930L)
Kuklin, Susan. How My Family Lives in America. New York: Aladdin, 1992. African-American, Asian-American, and Hispanic-American children describe their families’ cultural traditions. (NC840L)
Kurtz, Jane. Faraway Home. San Diego: Gulliver, 2000. Desta does not want her father’s to return to Ethiopia to see his family and homeland because she’s afraid that he won’t return to his immigrant family in America. (AD610L)
Lee, Milly. Earthquake. New York: Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This picture book documents the 1906 San Francisco earthquake that devastated the Chinese-American community. The author’s family narrowly escapes and the fires that followed. (AD520L)
Leedy, Loreen. Who’s Who in My Family? New York: Holiday House, 1999. As the animal students in Mrs. Fox’s class share their family trees and describe the relationships between individuals, they see how each family is special in its own way. (530L)
Lewin, Ted. Big Jimmy’s Kum Kau Chinese Take Out. New York: HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2002. Through the eyes of the owner’s young son, this book provides a behind-the-scenes look at a contemporary Chinese restaurant. (NA)
Look, Lenore. Love as Strong as Ginger. New York: Atheneum/Simon & Schuster, 1999. Katie finds new appreciation for her first-generation Chinese American grandmother after accompanying her to work at a crab cannery. (AD460L)
Mannis, Celeste Davidson. One Leaf Rides the Wind: Counting in a Japanese Garden. New York: Viking Children’s Books, 2002. The author uses haikus to count objects in a Japanese garden as children learn about Japanese culture. (900L)
Matze, Claire Sidhom. The Stars in my Geddoh’s Sky. New York: Albert Whitman, 1999. Alex’s grandfather comes to visit. A trunk full of artifacts helps the boy learn about Geddoh’s Middle Eastern homeland. A shared look at a constellation eases the sadness when his grandfather must return home. (NA)
McLerran, Alice. Roxeboxen. New York: Scholastic, 1991. Children create a place in which they learn lessons of community (NA)
Mills, Lauren A. The Rag Coat. Boston: Little, Brown, 1991. Minna wears a coat made
of scraps of cloth and deals with her schoolmates’ ridicule by telling them the story
behind each piece of material. (AD630L)
Monk, Isabell. Family. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books/Lerner, 2001. This girl looks like her white dad, but her personality fits with her black mother’s happy, boisterous side of the family as she finds her place. (600L)
Monk, Isabell. Hope. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books/Lerner, 1999. When Hope is suddenly confronted with the knowledge of her mixed heritage, it takes a very special aunt with a very special story to help her understand her situation. (950L)
Mora, Pat. A Birthday Basket for Tia. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. With the help of her cat Chica, Cecelia prepares a surprise gift for her great-aunt’s ninetieth birthday. (440L)
Morris, Ann. Houses and Homes. New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1992. This photographic collection of 29 homes in six continents shows how people all over the world create homes that meet their needs. (Non-Prose)
Morris, Ann. Teamwork. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1999. This novel
focuses on how people around the world work together as a team to accomplish a task
and get a job done. (210L)
Oluonye, Mary N. South Africa. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda/Lerner, 1999. This book describes the people, government, geography, religion, language, customs, life-style, and culture of South Africa. Also recommended in this series: China, Kenya, and Vietnam. (NA)
Parish, Peggy. Amelia Bedelia’s Family Album. New York: Avon, 1988. Amelia Bedelia’s wacky, special family is coming to a special party just for her. (170L)
Partridge, Elizabeth. Kogi’s Mysterious Journey. New York: Dutton Children’s Books, 2003. This Japanese folktale helps introduce the concept of not letting your craft be hindered by your ability, but instead letting it be enhanced by your passion and imagination. (760L)
Polacco, Patricia. The Butterfly. New York: Philomel, 2000. Based on the lives of the author’s relatives, this is the story of Sevrine, a young Jewish girl who hides from the Nazis in war-occupied France in the home of Monique and her family. (430L)
Polacco, Patricia. The Keeping Quilt. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988. A homemade quilt ties together four generations of an immigrant Jewish family. (920L)
Peacock, Carol Antoinette. Mommy Far, Mommy Near: An Adoption Story. Winona Lake, IN: Whitman, 2000. This is the story of a Chinese child adopted as an infant by an American family. (360L)
Rand, Gloria. Sailing Home: A Story of a Childhood at Sea. New York: North-South Books, 2001. This story follows the adventures of the four Madsen children growing up aboard a ship in the Hawaiian Islands trade between 1896 and 1910. (810L)
Retold by Barbara Helen Berger. All the Way to Lhasa: A Tale from Tibet. New York: Philomel Books, 2002. Two separate pilgrims on their way to Lhasa meet on old woman. She tells the first, a hasty traveler on horseback, that he will not make it to Lhasa by nightfall. She tells the second, a boy walking steadily with his yak, that he can make it before nightfall. (NA)
Retold by Judy Sierra. Can You Guess My Name? Traditional Tales Around the World.
New York: Clarion Books, 2002. Fifteen international tales similar to The Three Little Pigs, Rumplestiltskin, and three other classics help look at the human experience. (NA)
Roth, Susan L. Happy Birthday, Mr. Kang. New York: National Geographic Society, 2001. Recently retired seventy-year-old Mr. Kang lives in New York City’s Chinatown. His joy is his caged bird, which he takes to a nearby park where he joins his friends and their birds. The story is about relationships, love, devotion, and appreciating one’s freedom. (NA)
Rotner, Shelley and Sheila M. Kelly, Ed.D. Lots of Grandparents. Minneapolis: Millbrook Press, 2001. This book explores similarities and differences among grandparents. (AD30L)
Schaefer, Carole Lexa. The Copper Tin Cup. New York: Candlewick, 2000. This story traces the ownership of an heirloom cup lovingly made and handed down through four generations. (NA)
Schuch, Steve. A Symphony of Whales. New York: Harcourt Brace/Harcourt Trade, 1999. Glashka’s gift for hearing the voice of Narna, the whale, helps save trapped beluga whales. This true story is retold, illustrating the bravery displayed by the people of Chukchi Peninsula and the crew of the icebreaker Moskva. (AD460L)
Simon, Norma. All Kinds of Children. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman, 1999.
Children from the nations of the world see their similarities, despite their varying cultures
and geographic separation. (470L)
St.George, Judith. So You Want to be President? New York: Philomel Books, 2000. Comical anecdotes and interesting facts are included in this celebration of the forty-two men who have risen to the office of President of the United States. (730L)
Stevens, Janet. Tops and Bottoms. San Diego: Harcourt, 1992. Hare and Bear barter and partner to raise food. Engaging tale of the ups and downs of partnerships and the work ethic. (580L)
Treays, Rebecca. My Town. Tulsa, OK: Education Development Corporation, 1998. This
picture book helps primary students to understand the development of a community and
its components. (390L)
Tsubakiyama, Margaret Holloway. Mei-Mei Loves the Morning. New York: Albert Whitman, 1999. This story related Mei-Mei’s quiet story of her and her grandfather’s morning routine in modern urban China. (AD620L)
Tolstoy, Leo, retold by Ann Keay Beneduce. Philipok. New York: Philomel, 2000. This story follows Philipok, who wants to attend school with his older brother, as he dresses himself and trudges through the snow to school. (NA)
Van Leeuwen, Jean. Going West. New York: Viking Penguin, 1997. The story of the
hardship and daily interactions of a pioneer family as they travel through the American
West. (AD600L)
Vorist, Judith. Alexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978. Alexander has a dollar, and it has so many possibilities. Somehow the money seems to disappear. (AD570L)
Wells, Rosemary and Tom Wells. The House in the Mail. New York: Viking, 2002. Emily’s diary describes events of 1927 in Enfield, Kentucky, when her family decides to order a house that features all of the latest in modern living from a catalog. (750L)
Wells, Rosemary. Streets of Gold. New York: Dial/Penguin Putnam, 1999. This is a retelling of Mary Antin’s The Promised Land, describing her sorrow at leaving Russia as a persecuted Jew at the time of the Revolution, and her joy at becoming an American. (AD770L)
Wiles, Deborah. Freedom Summer. New York: Anne Schwartz Book/Atheneum, 2001. The book highlights racism in the 1960s through the eyes of two nine-year-old-boys, one white and one black. (AD460L)
Williams, Vera B. A Chair for My Mother. New York: William Morrow&Co., Inc., 1985. A family struggles to buy a new chair after their furniture is lost in a terrible fire. (640L)
Williams, Vera B. Something Special for Me. New York: William Morrow&Co., 1986. Rosa can spend the money the family has saved for her own birthday, and she has to make a choice. (AD760L)
Wilson, Janet. Imagine That! Toronto: Stoddart Kids, 2000. A hundred-year-old woman reflects on “progress” during the twentieth century with fact-filled sidebars encapsulating its history, decade by decade, including entertainment, transportation, invention, science, technology, and social and political events. (NA)
Winter, Jeanette. Nino’s Mask. New York: Dial, 2003. Nino longs to participate in the Mexican Fiesta of the Tigre. During the fiesta, villagers wear carved masks and attempt to capture the masked spirit of the tigre in order to assure a good crop year. (NA)
Winters, Kay. My Teacher for President. New York: Scholastic.2004. A student relates the virtues of his teacher and tells why she would make a good president. (NA)
Wolf, Bernard. Coming to America: A Muslim Family’s Story. New York: Lee and Low, 2003. This photo-essay chronicles the home, school, work, and religious experiences of a Muslim family from Egypt now living in Queens. In this contemporary immigrant story, readers see how a close-knit family adjusts to American life while adhering to Muslim beliefs and Egyptian culture. (870L)
Wyeth, Sharon Dennis. Freedom’s Wings: Corey’s Diary, Kentucky to Ohio, 1857. New York: Scholastic, 2001. Corey, a slave child, is determined to reach freedom and the father who taught him to read and write. He and his mother flee at the mercy of the Underground Railroad. (NA)
Yep, Laurence. When the Circus Came to Town. New York: HarperCollins, 2002. Based on actual events that occurred in the early twentieth century and featuring a young girl who catches small pox, this story captures the pain of being different and illustrates the comfort of belonging to a community. (530L)
Zalben, Jane Breskin. Pearl’s Passover: A Family Celebration Through Stories, Recipes, Crafts, and Songs. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. These traditional and original ideas of family and school celebrations provide a look at the history behind Passover. (NA)
Ziefert, Harriet. A New Coat for Anna. New York: Dragonfly Books, 1991. In post World War II hard times, Anna’s mother finds a way to make Anna the coat she so desperately needs. (690L)