Curriculum Update: What's going on in First Grade

Literacy: In Reader’s Workshop students are working on building their fluency and comprehension skills. During Writer’s Workshop students continue to work on opinion writing and convincing their readers to take their opinions.

Math: We will continue to develop automaticity with basic addition and subtraction. Strategies such as doubles, doubles plus one, and doubles plus two will be reviewed. As we move into unit 6, we will also review coin values, measurements, and time.

Social Studies: Students are continuing to learn about the community helpers at school and how they are important. Also they are working on more ways they can be helpful at school.

Science: Students are learning about the life cycle of a plant and about the parts and jobs of the plant. Students will be able to apply their knowledge during a hike through Mata Atlantica at Toca da Raposa.

Portuguese PLA:  Continuamos nosso estudo de rimas a partir dos livros da autora Eva Furnari. Nosso foco a partir de agora serão as rimas compostas por um substantivo e um adjetivo, como em "Não confunda picolé salgado com jacaré mimado".

Portuguese PAL: Students were excited writing and sharing about what they did on the Carnaval break. For the next weeks, we will dive into the book “Não Confunda” by Eva Furnari, work with rhyming words and make new rhymes.