First Grade

Welcome to 1st Grade

The first year of school is the foundation for the future building blocks of education. We desire to make LEARNING FUN by creating an exciting, vibrant, loving, structured setting for learning and character building to occur. We believe that education must take place in three different places: the home, school, and church.

We have a number of special days throughout the year including:

What will my child learn?

Bible

• Creation
• Original Sin
• Patriarchs
• Joash and Josiah
• Samuel
• Life of David
• Life of Elijah
• Life of Christ

English

• Grammar - nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions
• Types of Sentences - Statement, Question, Exclamatory
• Mechanics - capitalization, punctuation
• Writing - Narratives, Expository, Letters
• The Writing Process - Plan, Draft, Revise/Edit, Publish

Math

• Whole Numbers
• Place Value
• Addition & Subtraction
• Time, Money, & Measurement
• Fractions
• Geometry

Reading

• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Skill Development including
  • Phonics
  • Sight words
  • Oral Reading

Heritage Studies

• Geography & Archeology
• Christopher Columbus
• Native Americans
• Plymouth and Jamestown
• American Cowboy
• French and English Explorers
• Communities
  • Family
  • Local
  • State
  • Country

Science

• Human Body
  • Five Senses
  • Teeth
  • Sound
• Animal Kingdom
  • Tame Animals
  • Wild Animals
  • Bears
• Space
• Matter

Discovery

• Character Building
• Bears
• Missionaries
• STEM
• Theater

Visual Art

• Click here to learn more about our visual art program