First Grade
 
Objectives
    
     
Science
  • The student will identify characteristics of the sun.
  • The student will define what sunspots are, what solar flares are and what solar wind is.
  • The student will ask questions about organisms, objects and events.
  • The student will observe, measure, and record changes in size, mass, color, position, quantity, sound and movement.
  • All first grade students in computer lab participated in a Distance Learning interactive video conference lesson called "Our Magnificent Sun" with NASA's Digital Learning Network to learn all about the sun.
  • They worked with NASA scientists who helped them understand what the sun is, how it is helpful and harmful, what sunspots and solar flares are, what is solar wind as well as what a star is. Click on the power point to see photos of our interaction. Coming soon... the First Grade Sunspot Project!
     
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Math
  • The student will collect and sort data.
  • The student will organize data to construct bar-type graphs.
  • The student will draw conclusions and answer questions using information organized in bar-type graphs.
  • Students gathered data by voting for their favorite kinds of candy using Smart Board software then graphed their data using Kid Pix software. After we created our graphs, we drew conclusions and answered questions regarding the information in our graphs. Click on the image to see what Manuel from Ms. Contrera's class did in computer lab.
   
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Language Arts
  • The student will develop an extensive vocabulary.
  • The student is expected to discuss meanings of words and develope vocabulary through meaningful and concrete experiences.
  • Students in Mrs. Womack's class were working on placing vocabulary (spellling) words in ABC order using the Smart Board.
   
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Social Studies
  • The Student will explain time order on a time line; sequence and categorize information; and create a time line.
  • Alexia in Mrs. Hope's class created a time line of their daily schedule using Kidspiration software in computer lab. They had to learn how to open a file, modify the file by adding their name to the title, learn how to type time on a keyboard using a colon and how to insert and delete photos that corresponded with each time.

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*Children who write in this way in their own invented spellings receive valuable practice in translating from sound to print.  This practice and experience with letters and sounds form an excellent basis for reading later on.  In addition, the activity develops self-reliance in dealing with print, and contributes to a do-it-yourself attitude which carries over into learning to read. -Carol Chomsky (1976)