Meet our 1st grade team!

In first grade, students become independent readers and fluent in basic math skills. The Skills strand of the Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) program teaches students the decoding skills needed for future, independent reading.  The skills gained in first grade will allow students to decode unknown words, spell complex words using spelling patterns and write using correct grammar. The Knowledge strand of the CKLA program is designed to help students build the background knowledge and vocabulary critical to listening and reading comprehension. Through introducing, presenting and discussing read-alouds in each domain, teachers build students’ listening and reading comprehension and oral language skills. Hand in hand, the skills and knowledge gained in CKLA will enable first graders to become fluent readers and writers. Using the Savvas math curriculum, first graders will be able to add and subtract within two digits (with and without regrouping) understand place value to the hundreds, compare numbers, count money, tell time, compose and decompose shapes and use basic measurement to determine the height/length of objects and more. First-grade math is the basis for all mathematic processes to come.