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First Grade

LEARNING PROFILE

The emphasis at Rowe School is on laying the foundation for Yarmouth Core Values and Life Role Outcomes. As a member of the Rowe School community, your child is working towards being safe, kind, helpful, and polite and developing positive work habits.

Responsible Community Member

Shows respect for others (sensitive and tolerant of others, respecting rights & property of others, good manners, works and plays well with others)

With support, gathers information and uses labels/words to answer questions

Language Conventions

Spells words relying on most obvious sounds and common spelling patterns

Spells grade level high-frequency words

Uses end punctuation for sentences

Uses commas in dates and lists

Capitalizes sentences, dates, names, and the pronoun “I”

Writes legibly and efficiently

Revising and Editing

With support, adds details to strengthen writing as needed

MATHEMATICS

The following goals are at the core of our Grade 1 curriculum. Please note that these are important goals, but they are not the only concepts to which students will be exposed at this grade level. Students will have a rich curriculum, and their experiences in math will introduce them to many new concepts that will deepen over time.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction

Understand and apply properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction

Add and subtract within 20

Work with addition and subtraction equations

Number and Operations in Base Ten

Extend the counting sequence

Understand place value

Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract