First Grade

Welcome to 1st grade! Here a summary of what we cover throughout the school year:

Math:

Students in 1st grade learn new math skills as well as building on their previous knowledge. Some of the concepts that are focused on include: addition, subtraction, math facts, counting to 120, place value to the hundreds, telling time (hour & half hour), counting coins (pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters), fractions (halves and fourths), measurement (standard and nonstandard units).

Phonics:

Students are reviewing letter sounds & learning new spelling rules and sounds each week.  We learn a new spelling rule/sound for 2 days, then do an assessment the next day. We do send home a practice sheet to reinforce reading and spelling of the new rule every few days.

Writing:

Throughout the school year, we practice interactive writing. We learn about and reinforce capitalization, punctuation, nouns, verbs, & adjectives. Students will work towards writing a paragraph independently and be able to read it themselves.