Welcome to First Grade! The First Grade Team is looking forward to an exciting year. 

Picture Day is TOMORROW, Thursday, Sept. 2!! 

We have also had a change in our lunch schedules for First Grade.  Lunch/recess on MT Th F is now 12:30 - 1:10.  Wednesday's schedule is now 11:55 - 12:15 for lunch.

Our First Grade Teachers:

Please click here to view or print our First Grade Supply List

2010 - 2011 First Grade Supply List:

*1 backpack
*1 package of 4 expo dry erase markers (fine tip)
*2 solid color 2-pocket poly folders
*1 School box (size:approx. 6” x 8”)
*3 spiral wide-ruled single subject notebooks
*2 boxes of 24 crayons
*2 large pink erasers
*20 Sharpened #2 Wooden, yellow pencils
*1 pair of school scissors
*2 bottles of school glue

*2 Spiral wide-ruled single subjct notebooks

*1 school box (size: approx. 6" x 8")

* Note: Your teacher may ask for additional
Kleenex boxes, ziplock bags, Lysol
wipes and/or hand sanitizer throughout
the year on a voluntary basis.
**Fieldtrip Fees will be calculated and collected
as needed.
Please bring your child’s supplies to school
at their individual assessment appointment
before school starts.
Thank you,
The First Grade Team

***Please label your child’s backpack , but do not label the other supplies

 

How can parents stay involved?

We are requesting parents to be involved in creating the PTO (parent/teacher organization) at Cielo Azul.  Please watch for information in the Raven Reporter regarding PTO meetings and events.

 

What Will My Child Be Learning In First Grade?

Reading:

• Recognize letters and sounds to decode words
• Recognize sight words
• Use reading strategies to read fluently, recall details, draw conclusions, and comprehend the text
• Become independent readers
• Retell stories in sequence
• Explore a variety of genres


Writing:

• Create a story with at least 3 complete thoughts
• Form D'Nealian letters
• Spell 3 and 4 letter words correctly
• Use emergent and conventional spelling
• Capitalize names and first words of sentences
• Use periods and question marks
• Write upper and lower case letters correctly
• Explore the writing process (prewriting, drafting, editing, revising, and publishing)


Math

• Counting by 1's, 5's, and 10's to 100 and by 2's to 50
• Solve addition and subtraction facts through 20
• See, tell, and make patterns
• Count money and tell time
• Read graphs
• Geometry (2 and 3 dimensional shapes)
• Measurement
• Estimation and probability
• Problem solving
• Fractions

Social Studies:

• Self, family, and community
• Needs and wants
• Citizenship and economics
• Our country and the state of New Mexico

Science:

• States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases)
• Physics and Movement
• Sky (weather watching; watching the night sky)
• Animals and Plants (what plants need to grow; what animals need to survive)
• Healthy Science
• Making observations, describing relationships, comparing objects, asking questions about investigations