First Grade

The primary focus of first grade is building a strong language arts and math skills foundation for future learning. Hands-on activities are utilized whenever possible. Worksheets and workbooks compliment the curriculum with opportunity to practice and master educational skills.

Multiple Open House opportunities, Parent/Teacher conferences and weekly newsletters develop a cooperative link between home and classroom.

 

 

Teacher - Mrs. Pat Wenger                  

Communication with the home is an integral part of creating a successful learning experience. Notes and emails from the teacher keep parents keep parents well informed and up-to-date of classroom activities and accomplishments.

               

Curriculum

• Religion - The Voyages curriculum emphasizes Jesus' love us. Basic Bible stories are taught and applied to the lives of first graders. Weekly memory work is also given.
• Reading - Using the Houghton Mifflin curriculum, we attack basic phonic skills such as long and short vowel patterns, blends, clusters, contractions and compound words.
• Social Studies - First graders explore landforms, map skills, neighborhoods, different cultures, history, graphs and charts as they learn about their world.
• English - Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, sentence structure all compliment the skills also developed in the reading series. Creative writing is also a regular area of practice.
• Mathematics - Problem solving is a key component of our Mathematics text. Computational skills of addition, subtraction, money, time and fractions are also addressed. Hands-on skills and games complete this area of study.
• Science - Books and experiments are used to help students learn about the human body, matter, living things, weather and how things move and work.
• Computer - Students learn how to log on, capitalize, indent, add spaces, and save their work through such programs such as Jumpstart, Paint, and Word.
• Art, Music, P.E. & Choir - Each of these expose children to physical and cultural experiences that continue to help them grow. A variety of media, activity, and musical skills are explored. The choir has several opportunities during the year to perform for groups.