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First Grade Parent Night: What to Expect from Your Child's Education

Understand the curriculum expectations for first graders in reading, writing, math, science, social studies, PE, art, and music. Learn about key skills like phonics, number sense, and basic music practices.

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First Grade Parent Night: What to Expect from Your Child's Education

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  1. Welcome to First grade parent Night!!

  2. What is my child expected to learn in first grade?

  3. “In this complex world, it takes more than a good school to educate children. And it takes more than a good home. It takes these two major educational institutions working together."-Dorothy Rich, author of Mega Skills

  4. Social Skills • Work independently • Follow directions • Accept responsibility for actions • Practices self-control, follows rules • Respects the rights of others • Listens attentively • Works with others

  5. Reading • Phonemic Awareness • The ability to hear and manipulate sounds in words. • Phonics • Connecting sounds with letters and the ability to blend sounds together to produce the pronunciation of words. • Fluency • Smoothness or flow with which sounds, syllables, words, and phrases are joined together when speaking quickly. • Comprehension • The ability to understand what is read • Vocabulary

  6. Writing • Focus • All sentences should be clearly focused. • 3-4 sentences • Conventions • Capitals, periods, and grammar used correctly • Spelling • A combination of phonetics and conventional spelling throughout the story. • Spacing/Handwriting • Letters written left to right and top to bottom. • Appropriate spacing • Easily recognized letters • Details • Sensory details to enhance writing

  7. Example of a first grade piece of writing. Writing

  8. Mathematics • Number sense • Addition • Subtraction • Time • Measurement • Collect and Display Data • Patterns • Geometric Shapes • Sort and Classify

  9. Science • Living Organisms • Solid Earth Materials • Properties and the Relationship of Objects • Balance, Motion, and Weight of Objects

  10. Social Studies • Individuals, Families, and Groups • Citizenship • Change in Various Settings • Holidays and Community Days • Geography • Economic Concepts • Technology

  11. PE • Problem solving and decision making • • Personal safety • • Coping skills • • Conflict resolution • • Identify a variety of healthy foods from each food group • • Recognize heart rate • • Demonstration of beginning locomotor, non-locomotor, and manipulative skills • • Work cooperatively with others

  12. Art • Reading • Recognizing that mistakes can be turned into creative opportunities • Repetition, pattern, geometric shapes and texture • Telling and recording original stories through art • Observing how artists tell stories through their art

  13. Music • Developing appropriate vocal and instrumental practices • Developing skills in improvising and creating music • Recognizing simple symbols and terms • Reading and notating melodic and rhythmic patterns • Developing skills in listening to, analyzing, and evaluating music • Developing understanding of music in relation to history, culture, and other content areas • Showing respect for the efforts of others

  14. Report Card

  15. Thank You for Coming!!

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