First Grade
Teaching Philosophies
Safety first!
- Physically, Mentally, and Emotionally SAFE
- It is safe to take risks in our classrooms
- Every child can learn!
- High expectations of every student
- Encourage and inspire students
- Challenge students
- Give students skills to be successful outside of the classroom
- Positives, Positives, Positives!!!
- Stating expected behavior and modeling expectations
- Encouraging students
- Constructive feedback
Calendar
First Grade Information
Resources
- Jeffco Clever link
- Use the Clever link to log into Amplify. This is great practice for students' reading skills. Your child logs in using their student # and school password.
- Class Dojo App
- To help your child log in at home:
- Go to prodigygame.com and select ‘Play Prodigy’ in the top-right corner
- Once the game loads, enter your child's username and password and select ‘LOGIN’
- Select the game your child wants to play, ‘Math‘
- National Geographic Kids
- Great site for children to explore. Send a post in Seesaw about what you learned. You can use pictures and words.
- Voyager May 2020 (Cover)
- In this edition: Vol. 19 No. 7 Caring for Wombats
- Great information articles to read with your family.
- Scholastic News
- Great articles and activities
- ABCya (Grade 1)
- This is a site for fun online games for working with literacy, math and other fun activities.