First Grade

First Graders at Skyway are primarily engaged in reading, writing, and language activities throughout the morning.  During our instruction we emphasis phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, handwriting, spelling, and mastery of basic writing skills.

When your child is reading, talk about the characters, plot (events), setting, problem (conflict), how the problem was resolved. You can also ask your child about the beginning, middle and end. They can compare and contrast stories we have read, characters, and events that happen in our stories.

First Grade will be engaged in math activities that relate to numbers and operations (counting, adding, subtracting, estimating), measurement, algebra, geometry, and problem-solving. They will demonstrate mastery in addition and subtraction facts (0-10).

Science objectives include: identify needs and parts of plants, life cycle of plants and animals, seasons, space.

Social Studies objectives include: identify rights and responsibilities, personal and US history, global perspectives, compare differences of US families, geography, economics; identify people’s needs and wants.