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First Grade

Reading 

• Open Court and Zoo Phonics
• Phonemic awareness lessons
• Guided practice worksheets
•  Mini books
•  Oral and silent reading

•  Book Reports

• The Learner will:
• Read short vowel words
• Identify and use word families
• Read sight words and complex vowel pattern words
• Read primers, easy readers, anthologies, and chapter books
• Read fluently with expression
 

Writing (Young Authors, Book Reports, Response to Literature, and Journal Writing)

• Phonemic awareness/activities
• Response to literature
• Journal writing
• Young authors
• The Learner will:
  • Use De Nealian Handwriting
  • use journals to write to various prompts
  • Demonstrate understanding of grammar, sentence structure, and punctuation
  • Recognize and use story patterns (beginning, middle, end)
  • Write to various genres
  • Publish stories (Young Authors Program)
   

Mathematics (Progress in Mathematics, Hands-on Manipulative Activities, Independent Review and Accelerated Learning Packets, and Field Trips) 

Further development of number sense by the incorporation of various hands-on activities:

•  Problem solving
•  Recognition and comparison of whole numbers
•  Addition and subtraction
•  Multiplication and division: 2, 5, 10
•  Fractions: 1/2, 1/3, 1/4
•  Measurement: Time, Money, Calandar, Units

• Geometry: Geometric shapes

  • The Learner will:

    • Classify numbers (greater than/lesser than, odd/even numbers)
    • Count number patterns (2s, 5s, 10s, 25s, 100s)
    • Solve 1-2 digit addition and subtraction
    • Solve word problems
    • Compare length, volume, and weight of objects
    • Tell time to the hour and half hour
    • Apply concepts about location
    • Read/compare graphs and charts

     
   

Social Studies (Literature Units, Music, and Teacher created Arts and Crafts Projects)

Multi-faceted program focusing on self, family, friends and community:

• Focus on community
• All about me
• Friendship and self esteem
• Family

• Community

  • The Learner will:
    • Learn about American holidays
    • Describe citizenship in the home, school, neighborhood, and global community
    • Identify characteristics of self and family
    • Identify and represent a community workers

     
   

Science (Literature Units, Research Reports, Music, Teacher Created Arts and Crafts Projects, and Field Trips)

Focus on Habitats: Ocean, Desert, Arctic, Rain Forest, Fresh Water, and Others

• The Learners will
  • Learn about weather characteristics and seasons
  • Explore water and investigate: liquid, solid, gas, sink/float and the water cycle
  • Identify, categorize, and recall facts about animals and plants within a habitat
   

Physical Education

Further development of gross motor skills through a variety of individual and competitive games

• Emphasizes sportsmanship and healthy activities

Computers

Development of basic computer skills through the use of educational software emphasizing reading and mathematics

• Weekly lab time in group form with qualified instructor

The Arts

Incorporated througout the curriculum through the visual and performing arts:

• Music

• Art

• Crafts

• Dance

• Drama 

Extension Activities

• School wide assemblies and celebrations
• Field trips, presentations, religious celebrations and class parties

Communication

• First Grade News, the weekly classroom newsletter
• Back to School Night and "Meet the Teachers"
• Report cards on a trimester basis
• Parent-teacher conferences

Hebrew

Beginning Hebrew

Judaica

• Emphasis is on building a sense of understanding and love of the Jewish heritage and a commitment to the Jewish community and Society
• Focus on Bible stories and Jewish holidays, including the history and tradition behind each one, incorporating both visual and performing arts