First Grade

Welcome to First Grade

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Grade 1

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Mrs. Barbara Kirkwood  

  Mrs. Whitney Bellomo

What is Happening in First Grade This Month

 

 

Your child will be learning:

Important Dates:

 
January
Reading Strategies
*Working on fluency and phrasing
* Working on building our vocabulary
* Character traits
* Compare and contrast- characters and books
* Continuing to build and work on all reading strategies taught this year
Word Work
*Long vowel vs. short vowel patterns
*Adjectives
*Contractions
*Affricates ( dr/j, ch/tr, j/g )
Writing
* "The Craft of Revision" The students will learn revision skills and begin to revise their writings.

Math
*Continue Rocket Math
*Geometry, Solid Figures, fractions, and place value
Science and Social Studies
*Communities and learn about Dr. Martin Luther King