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Kaitlin Doherty (1D) Christine Priante (1P)
Laura Richardson (1R)
Amy Winnick (1W)
First Grade Curriculum Overview
About First Grade:
The first grade team is dedicated to building a community of learners. The children work collaboratively within their own classrooms and across the grade. As first graders, students perform investigations in Science and Math; develop reading and comprehension skills; and learn to write in response to the world around them. The boys and girls have opportunities to share their culture and heritage with one another, as they grow and develop into respectful members of Baker School. Please feel free to download the First Grade Open House Powerpoint presentation that is attached to the bottom of this page for more detailed information about the First Grade Curriculum.
Topics Covered:
- Math: Think Math! Program, skip counting, patterns, geometric shapes & attributes, using the number line, addition & subtraction facts, story problems, money, time, graphing, measurement, and fractions
• Reading: guided reading groups, literacy centers, whole group reading games & activities, read alouds, word wall, and D.E.A.R. (drop everything and read) time
• Writing: conventional sentence structure, spelling word wall and word family words, writing for multiple purposes including interdisciplinary subject matter, whole class instruction, writing conferences, and Handwriting Without Tears printing program
- Social Studies: All About Me, fire safety, map & directional skills, family traditions & celebrations, United States’ symbols and holidays, U.S. Presidents’ biographies, China, Mexico, cross-grade buddies, and social skills
- Science: exploration, observations, wondering, use of scientific tools, inquiry notebooks, weather observations, seasonal changes, non-fiction research, healthy bodies & germs, light & shadows, and lifecycles
September-December: Read for 20 minutes per day with an adult or independently January-June: Read for 20 minutes per day with an adult or independently, write sentences with word wall & word family words, and complete math practice pages
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