PhilosophyAs a first grade team we believe in empowering all students to express themselves and accept themselves for who they are as individuals and embrace each other’s differences.
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Curriculum details
Our goal is for students to engage in a variety of whole-group, small-group and collaborative academic and social-emotional learning experiences.
Units Of Study
Value |
Quarter 1 |
Quarter 2 |
Quarter 3 |
Quarter 4 |
Reading |
Building Good Reading Habits |
Word Detectives: Strategies for Using High Frequency Words and for Decoding |
Learning about the World: Reading Non Fiction |
Meeting Characters and Learning Lessons: A Study of Story Elements |
Writing |
Small Moments: Writing with Focus, Detail, & Dialogue |
Non- Fiction Chapter Books |
Writing Reviews |
From Scenes to Series: Writing Fiction |
Math |
Operations and Algebraic Thinking |
Number and Operations in Base Ten |
Measurement and Data |
Geometry |
Science |
Plants |
Animals |
Light and Sound |
Air and Weather |
Social Studies |
Citizenship |
Geography |
Innovators and Leaders of the past |
General Schedule
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Morning Meeting Reading Workshop Word Study Recess and Lunch Math Brain Break Writing workshop with Social Studies Specials Snack Science |
Grade level Events
Field Trips:
We plan to do a few field trips throughout the year including the Nature Museum, The Nutcracker at The Joffrey Ballet, The Name Jar play, the Planetarium and the Museum of Science and Industry.
We plan to do a few field trips throughout the year including the Nature Museum, The Nutcracker at The Joffrey Ballet, The Name Jar play, the Planetarium and the Museum of Science and Industry.
Our Classrooms
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Our Students at Work |
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