1st Grade
WELCOME TO FIRST GRADE!
WELCOME TO FIRST GRADE!
WELCOME TO FIRST GRADE!
First grade is a wonderful year of new learning! Children participate in a variety of fun and exciting programs and activities allowing for optimum success and growth. We collaborate with each other, the first grade families, and the Wagner Ranch teachers and staff to build a strong community of learners.
CURRICULUM
CURRICULUM
CURRICULUM
Here are some curriculum highlights for 1st grade:
Reader's Workshop
- Decode and recognize words
- Fluency and expression
- Check for understanding of the story/text to build comprehension
- Read a variety of text
- Express ideas with others
Writer's Workshop
- Write for a variety of purposes (narrative, nonfiction, opinion, poetry)
- Apply knowledge of structures and conventions
- Write and revise independently
- Form letters to make writing readable (Handwriting Without Tears)
Word Work
- Letter sounds, vowel sounds, patterns
- Conventions: capitalization and punctuation
- Inflectional endings (-s, -ed, -ing)
- Structure of a sentence
Math
- Add and subtract within 20
- Develop an understanding of place value within 120
- Understand the relationship of addition and subtraction
Social Studies
- Citizenship
- Geography
- U.S. Symbols, icons, and traditions
- Life long ago and today
- Cultures: similarities and differences
- Goods and services
Science
- Plants & animals
- Air & weather
- Sound & light
- Healthy habits
Character Education
- ThinkFirst/Second Step: district adopted character education and bullying prevention programs
- Kid Power: Empowering students to make wise choices behaviorally, socially, and academically
Art/Music/P.E./Library/Garden
- 40 minutes of art a week with the art teacher
- 30 minutes of music a week with the music teacher
- Two, 30 minute P.E. classes a week with the P.E. teacher. Students also receive an additional 40 minutes a week of class P.E. with their classroom teacher.
- 30 minutes of library a week with the librarian
- 40 minutes in the garden every two weeks
1ST GRADE STANDARDS
1ST GRADE STANDARDS
1ST GRADE STANDARDS