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Grade 1
Grade 1 – Joy in Growing Independence
Welcome to 1st Grade at PACT! This is a year of joyful growth, during which students gain confidence in their skills and independence in their learning. Our team is dedicated to creating a warm and engaging classroom where every child is celebrated and supported throughout their learning journey.
What to Expect
- Morning meeting
- Character education
- Full and small group ELA time
- Full and small group math time
- Alternate between science and social studies units
- Specialist classes – music, art, PE, library, and character corner
- Lunch and recess by grade level
Joyful Moments
- Field trips to the children’s museum and the zoo
- 4th grade buddies
- Friendship Day
- 100th Day celebration
- Mealworms in science
- Red tray award at lunch
Communication
- Building strong relationships with families is important to us!
- Daily binders with a communication sheet are sent home each day so students can share with families what they did that day.
- Weekly newsletters and email updates sharing what we are learning and upcoming events.
- We welcome phone calls, notes, emails, and in-person conversations to discuss questions, concerns, or celebrations!
Joy at Home: Tips for Families
- Read together every night and discuss the story.
- Ask your child what made them smile at school.
- Practice math with games like dice or card addition.
- Create a joyful learning space at home for writing or drawing.
Learning Milestones
Building on kindergarten phonemic awareness and phonics skills with the goal of increasing reading fluency, comprehension, and use of reading strategies.
Practice the entire writing process in narrative, opinion, and informative writing.
- Addition and subtraction strategies
- Telling time
- Counting money
- Interpreting graphs
- 2D and 3D shapes
- American symbols
- The Dakota tribe
- Communities, past and present
- Country of the month
- Sound and light
- Insects
- Plants
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Building on kindergarten phonemic awareness and phonics skills with the goal of increasing reading fluency, comprehension, and use of reading strategies.
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Practice the entire writing process in narrative, opinion, and informative writing.
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- Addition and subtraction strategies
- Telling time
- Counting money
- Interpreting graphs
- 2D and 3D shapes
-
- American symbols
- The Dakota tribe
- Communities, past and present
- Country of the month
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- Sound and light
- Insects
- Plants