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Welcome to First Grade!

  • May/June: What is Grade 1 studying?

    ELA: 

    Module 4: Caring for Birds

    Module Summary: In this module students learn about some of the problems birds face more generally and what humans can do to help them live and grow.  They also learn about the myriad ways birds are helpful to plants, other animals, and people. Students explore the module guiding question: “Why should we care about birds?

    Unit Tasks: 

    • Analyzing Literature; Describing story elements and determine the central message
    • Supporting Opinions: Stating an opinion with a supporting reason 
    • Taking Action through Literacy: Identifying Reasons People Need Birds

    Illustrative Math:

    Unit 8: Putting It All Together

    • Add and subtract within 20.
    • Fluently add and subtract within 10.
    • Solve Add To and Take From, Change Unknown story problems in a way that makes sense to them.
    • Solve Compare, Difference Unknown story problems in a way that makes sense to them.
    • Solve Put Together/Take Apart, Addend Unknown story problems in a way that makes sense to them.
    • Apply place value understanding to represent a quantity with written numerals and expressions.
    • Count a group of up to 120 objects.

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    First Grade, what to expect?

    Homework is a crucial part of your child's active learning process and essential to their academic progress. Please make sure that all homework is completed daily.  

    Remember to read with your child every night for at least 20 minutes and talk with your child about the story.
     
    • Math homework will be given almost every night on Zearn to match the daily lesson in school.
    • Read every night.
    • Respond to books using examples from the text.