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| In first grade, we use balanced literacy, which involves different components: Guided Reading: the teacher will meet with a small group of students to work on reading strategies. Shared Reading: This session will engage the children in books and poems as a whole class. We will work on reading strategies and read together. Independent Reading: The students will practice reading books individually. The books will be on their reading level and the teacher will work individually with the children. Shared Writing: The teacher and students work as a group to create sentences or a story. The students and the teacher both participate in the writing of the message. Interactive Writing: Students take turns creating sentences at the easel. As the teacher helps the one student write at the easel, the other students are writing the same sentences on their dry erase boards. Guided Writing: At the end of the guided reading session, the students create sentences about what they read in the story. Independent Writing: Students complete many different independent writing tasks in first grade. Examples include, journals, writers workshop, book responses and theme writing. |
| In math, first grade uses the Scott Foresman textbook. The concepts that are covered include: - addition and subtraction - place value - odd and even numbers - geometry - time - money - word problems In addition to these concepts, students will be involved in problem solving and using manipulatives. Everyday, the students are involved in completing a calendar, recording the weather and counting the days of school. |
| In science, first grade uses the series from Scott Foresman. The topics that are addressed include: - Plants -Animals -The Earth -Weather -The Sky In addition to these topics, we will also be reading The Great Body Shop. Together, we will reading newsletters about different health topics. In March, first graders have the option of participating in the Science Fair. They will be able to choose a topic of their choice and the projects will be displayed in the school. |
| In Social Studies, the first graders explore the topic of family in the community. They will learn different vocabulary terms and read about topics in big books. First graders also explore the holidays and they learn about important people like, Johnny Appleseed, the Native Americans, the Pilgrims, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the United States presidents, just to name a few. |
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