First graders are so excited to try to catch the Leprechaun and are busy making traps for the St. Patrick’s Day characters. In ELA, the students are reading a lot of stories and learning about the importance of characters and setting. In math, they are adding and subtracting tens. Everyone is also looking forward to a field trip to the PAC to seeMoon Mouse. 

 

Date Added: 3/13/2025

February is filled with so many learning opportunities in first grade.The first graders started the month by making predictions whether the Groundhog would see it’s shadow. We eagerly awaited the answer.Guess what? Punxsutawney Phil predicted 6 more weeks of winter. Prior to celebrating President’s Day, the children are learning about the role of a President, the requirements to become President, and facts about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The students are excited to celebrate Valentine’s Day on the same day as P.S. I Love You Day.We recognize how important kindness is all year long.The first graders recently published nonfiction books about a variety of animals. The students worked cooperatively in research groups and determined many attributes about different animals. We completed the unit with a writing celebration.The children are eager to learn about a variety of different school communities in our next reading and writing unit.In math, the children are becoming experts utilizing a hundred twenty chart.The children are counting on and counting back by ones and tens. Math is always fun at first! We are very excited to share optional Black History projects that we are researching from home at the end of the month. We can’t wait to tell you all about them. 

 

Date Added: 2/12/2025

During the holiday season, first graders are learning about generosity and are showing acts of kindness for friends and family. The first grade holiday party is Thursday, Dec. 12 and the students are all very excited. First graders have become excellent researchers on wild and endangered animals in their writing and are continuing to strengthen their reading muscles every day. First grade mathematicians are also earning different ways to add and subtract in math.

First graders are proud to be known as Cartographers, as they recently completed their first literacy unit with a focus on mapmaking.The students are now moving into an animal research unit where they are listening to varieties of animal books and then writing their own informational book.The first graders are strong mathematicians and recognize that there are always multiple ways to solve a problem. They also know how important it is to show their work.The students are counting down the days to their first field trip to the Children’s Museum of the East End and can’t wait to tell everyone all about it! 

The first grade students are focusing on addition and subtraction strategies within 10. They are learning to add and subtract the numbers 0 and 1 from various numbers and are practicing double facts. The first graders haverecently been introduced to the ARC Literacy Lab, where students are developing the routines of successful readers. In writing, the children are becoming cartographers, creating maps of their homes, neighborhoods, towns, states, and even the world. They are not only making these maps but also writing pieces about the places in their maps. 

The first grade had a fantastic time at the Fall Frenzy. We want to thank the PTA and the special area teachers for making the start of this school year so special!