|First Grade Curriculum| Math skills develop differently for
many students and we encourage them to work at their own level,
at their own pace. Math groups are small which allow students to
receive individualized instruction. Math periods may include a
group lesson to teach or review concepts. The first grade math
curriculum includes: counting, place value, operations, money,
fractions, problem solving, grouping, geometry, patterns, and
analyzing data. Students use math manipulatives to aid in the
understanding of concepts and accuracy in computation. We use
the Singapore Math program until students reach the 2nd grade
level. At that time they move into the Sadlier Oxford series,
Progress in Mathematics. Reading and Language Arts As in math,
students are encouraged to work at their own individual level.
The reading requirement for entering first grade is that
children demonstrate an ability to read and comprehend
sentences. We read a great deal in first grade. We read silently
and orally, we read in groups, a