Grade 1

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Welcome to 1st Grade. Mrs. Sabra will be the 1st grade teacher. This is going to be an exciting year full of growth and development for everyone! Mrs. Sabra is requesting that each parent provide her with a $20.00 Supply Fee for the year. She will then purchase each child the same School Supplies and have them ready for the 1st day of school. Please contact Mrs. Sabra with any questions - Thank you

First grade marks an important milestone for young children who finally feel like part of a "big" school. They eat in the cafeteria for the first time or play outside during recess without the direct supervision of their own teacher, experiences that help first graders feel more independent.

Socially, first graders are much more independent and responsible for their own actions than they were in kindergarten. Therefore, knowing how to follow rules and take care of themselves becomes important. Becoming self-sufficient enough to navigate through a school’s routine (like finding the classroom or bathroom by themselves) is an important part of first grade.

Math
First graders begin to grasp more abstract mathematical concepts. Children are introduced to time, money, and the meaning of numbers greater than those they can count. Because first graders still learn best by working with physical objects, teachers give children materials to use during math lessons such as number cubes, pattern blocks, and color rods.
First graders start to do simple addition, subtraction, and word problems. They learn to count by 2s, 5s, 10s, and 100s which will help them later when doing math equations. They also work with 2- and 3-dimensional geometric shapes. Number families and memorization of facts begin as concepts are understood and developed.

First graders now have to use the social skills they developed in preschool and kindergarten in more mature ways. But the true magic of first grade happens as children develop the ability to understand what letters and numbers really mean. When they’re ready, they’ll be able to "crack the code" and read words.

Language & Literacy
First grade is traditionally thought of as the level where children learn to read. Not all children become fluent readers by the end of the first grade, but most take their first solid steps toward fluid reading. Their reading material varies from simple rhymes, to classroom news, to patterned stories and beginner non-fiction books. By the end of the year, most are reading grade-level chapter books and some are reading at even more advanced levels.

" With God all things are possible." - Matthew 19:26

First-grade teachers help children listen for sounds in words, write the sounds they hear, and discover parts of written language, like the –at in cat that they can then use to figure out the words hat, mat, and sat.
Writing, like reading, takes a variety of forms in the first-grade classroom. Children "invent" their spellings as they work out their understandings of written language. Writing activities include journal writing, writing creative stories, or documenting their work in other subject areas. Teachers frequently ask children to sound out the words they write to introduce the sounds that letters make.