Curriculum
Reading
Reading curriculum is embedded throughout our day! My goal as a first grade teacher is to foster a LOVE of reading in your child. The first grade teachers and reading tutors collaborate to co-teach daily Guided Reading groups where students read just right texts. We also use the Fundations curriculum to build on the Kindergarten skills and further word study. On Friday afternoons we have a mystery reader "Knock at the Door" to surprise us with a story!
Reading curriculum is embedded throughout our day! My goal as a first grade teacher is to foster a LOVE of reading in your child. The first grade teachers and reading tutors collaborate to co-teach daily Guided Reading groups where students read just right texts. We also use the Fundations curriculum to build on the Kindergarten skills and further word study. On Friday afternoons we have a mystery reader "Knock at the Door" to surprise us with a story!
Writing
First Graders develop writing skills through focused units of study that include Personal Narrative, Opinion, and Report Writing. We also work thematic short writing responses and a very special "Birthday Book" for each of our classmates as their birthday comes up (summer birthdays will be scheduled in June).
First Graders develop writing skills through focused units of study that include Personal Narrative, Opinion, and Report Writing. We also work thematic short writing responses and a very special "Birthday Book" for each of our classmates as their birthday comes up (summer birthdays will be scheduled in June).
Math
This year we are launching LearnZillion Illustrative Mathematics.
The mathematical work for grade 1 is partitioned into 8 units:
This year we are launching LearnZillion Illustrative Mathematics.
The mathematical work for grade 1 is partitioned into 8 units:
- Adding, Subtracting, and Working with Data
- Addition and Subtraction Story Problems
- Adding and Subtracting within 20
- Numbers to 99
- Adding within 100
- Length Measurements within 120 units
- Geometry and Time
- Putting it All Together
Social Studies
Amazing Americans
Communities
U.S. Holidays and Traditions
American Symbols
Maps
We use Scholastic News magazine to enrich our Social Studies curriculum.
Amazing Americans
Communities
U.S. Holidays and Traditions
American Symbols
Maps
We use Scholastic News magazine to enrich our Social Studies curriculum.
Science
Earth's Place in the Universe
Light and Sound
Organisms
Earth's Place in the Universe
Light and Sound
Organisms