1st GRADE

Daily Schedule

8:00-8:30 OPENING ACTIVITIES
8:30-9:00 BIBLE
9:00-9:20 SNACK
9:20-12:00 *ACADEMICS/ *RESOURCE CLASSES
12:00-1:00 LUNCH/RECESS
1:00-2:45 *ACADEMICS
2:45-3:00 END OF DAY PREP & RELEASE
* Resource Classes: Chapel, Music, P.E., Technology, Art, Spanish & World Cultures
3:00-6:00 AFTERSCHOOL CARE WITH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES

Curriculum Overview

​Language Arts: Review of vowels, consonants, blends, one and two Vowel words, consonant blends. Recognition and use of all phonic special sounds in reading. Spelling rules and oral reading. Cursive Writing. Spelling and poetry with weekly test and reinforcement activities. 8 poems committed to memory. Capitalization and punctuation; as well as using suffixes, prefixes, syllables, compound words, rhyming words, opposites and same meaning words and contractions. Creative writing and short stories.
History and Geography: "This is My America" studies America’s flag, freedoms and symbols. "This is My World" studies various countries.
Science: Health and Human Biology, Energy, Animals, Plants, and seasons.
Health Safety and Manners: Food, exercise, rest, care of body, clothes and home. Safety at home, on streets, playgrounds and in water. Using manners at home, school, church and in public.
Arithmetic: number recognition & counting, greatest to least, number sequences, ordinal numbers, addition facts through 13 and two-digit subtraction, story problems, counting money, telling time, odd & even numbers, English and metric measures, place value, unit fractions, using a ruler, multiple combinations, concept of multiplication, calendars, reading pictographs and bar graphs, developing listening skills and Roman numerals.
Bible: Various lessons such as Salvation Series, Genesis and the Life of Christ. Lessons include memory verses and songs. Students will also participate in missions giving through the Boys and Girls Missionary Challenge/BGMC.