Welcome to First Grade!

First Day Information

Welcome Back Parent Newsletter

Getting to Know Your Child Letter (please return)

First Grade Powerpoint

First Grade Brochure

First Grade Facts

FINGER "TIPS" FOR 1ST GRADE

#1. Get plenty of rest and eat a good breakfast every day!

#2. Respect yourself and everyone else in your school.

#3. Set a regular time and place to study everyday!

#4. Visit your library as often as you can!

#5. Share with your parents what you learn every day!

What do we do in first grade?

In first grade we study:

Language Arts: Language Arts is a combination of reading skills, spelling, and the writing process.

Math: First graders use Investigations.  To learn more about our math program please go to the link below.

Math Investigations for families

Science/Social Studies: These two areas are naturally integrated into the first grade school day.  These are some of the activities/units that assist the children in developing the grade level benchmarks for the particular performance standard.

* Morning Meeting Time

* Guidance

* Picture books, story books, and video

*Social Studies Big Books

* Graphing

* Weekly Reader and other classroom magazines and newspapers

* Units on holidays, seasons, mapping, safety, community, celebrations,presidents, and countries

 Special Classes: During the week first graders will visit:

Celebrations!

Halloween	Valentine's Day	The 100th Day
Thanksgiving Feast	Birthdays	Holiday Lights

FIELD TRIPS

Beaver Creek Reserve

Theater Performance or Museum Visit

Irvine Park

Reading Buddies

First graders and fourth graders are paired to read, share stories, practice skills, and develop friendships.

First Grade Teaching TEAM!