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.

                               

Mrs. Wenger was awarded the Golden Apple Award from KAKE Channel 10, Davis Moore Auto Group and Papa John's Pizza, October 29, 2010.

Left to right: Mrs. Pat Wenger, Jeff Herndon- Kake News, Miss Barb Mertens- Principal