In 1st grade our team welcomes students into a curriculum rich environment that promotes the continuation of foundational skills that will launch them into a lifelong love of learning. In the classroom, students learn and practice phonics and literacy skills as well as hands-on math activities. Their learning is complemented by activities and field trips which supplement the topics they learn about in the Core Knowledge Sequence. Some of the fun activities that 1st graders will experience are Holidays Around the World, Encore Exposition, and a field trip to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, just to name a few!

• Language Arts: Listening and Speaking, Comprehension and Discussion of Read-Alouds

• Reading: Phonics, Oral Reading and Fluency, Reading Comprehension—All Texts

• Writing: Handwriting and Spelling, Parts of Speech and Sentence Structure, Capitalization and Punctuation

• World History and Geography: Mesopotamia: The “Cradle of Civilization”, Ancient Egypt, History of World Religions, Modern Civilization and Culture: Mexico, Geography

• American History: The Earliest People: Hunters and Nomads, Early American Civilizations, Columbus, The Conquistadors,  English Settlers, From Colonies to Independence: The American Revolution

• Mathematics: Money, Addition, Subtraction, Measurement, Geometry

• Science: Sun, Moon, and Stars, Plant and Animal Survival, Exploring Light and Sound, The Human Body

As well as Poetry, Sayings and Phrases, Visual Arts, and Music