| First Grade at Linwood A+ |  | In first grade we learn about a lot of exciting things! We explore
animals, their characteristics and classifications, insects, balance
and motion. We learn about families, how people in families and in our
community depend on each other and ways that we all can all get along.
The
majority of our day is focused on literacy. There is time each day for
Read Alouds (when the teacher reads to the students), Shared Reading
(when the teacher and students read together), Guided Reading (when
students read with support from the teacher) and Independent Reading
(when students read by themselves). First graders also learn about how
words work by learning to make words (changing red to bed by changing
the beginning sound), learning word patterns (cat, hat, fat, sat),
using what they know about letter sounds to sound out new words, and by
learning that some words just need to be memorized (the, here, said,
you).
During our daily writing time students use what they are
learning about words to communicate their own ideas in print. Students
will learn to write for a variety of reasons: stories, poems, factual
information/report, and lists, to name a few.
We are using the
Everyday Math Curriculum which combines hands on activities with a
practice workbook. The math concepts are revisited throughout the year
which helps students to have a deeper understanding of the concepts
they are learning.
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