What Your Child Will Learn in Calvert's First Grade Course

Reading

Building a foundation for reading using the decoding process; emphasizing word analysis techniques, long vowels, digraphs, consonant clusters, vowel pairs, blends, r-controlled vowels, compound words, synonyms, antonyms, base words, prefixes, suffixes, syllables, possessives, abbreviations, and contractions; developing comprehension skills through consistent, controlled vocabulary used in appealing anthologies and phonics library book of stories

Writing/Composition

Learning cursive handwriting, using Calvert Script (the distinctive, easy-to-learn method of handwriting used in our Day School); emphasizing simple lines and legibility; strengthening fine motor skills and attention to detail; forming letters, words, and simple sentences

Mathematics

Featuring Calvert Math. Using numbers to 100; simple fractions; solid and plane shapes; money; equivalent amounts; fact families; measuring; adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers

Science

Studying trees; the Sun, shadows, seasons, weather, the Moon, and stars; properties of matter, solids, liquids, and gases; forces and movement; living and non-living things; growth and change

Social Studies

New! Exploring original read-aloud narratives that include biographies of well-known explorers, political figures, inventors, and leaders in American life; accounts of famous events (first Thanksgiving; Civil Rights movement); investigating the five themes of geography, compass direction, maps, symbols, globes, and physical features; developing the foundation of American civics and government (rules, authority, elections, voting); examining the basic economic concepts of needs and wants, work, production, markets and money; activities included

Technology

Application lessons, activities, and online interactive learning tool integrated with curriculum: beginning keyboarding; creating and formatting word processing documents; computer parts and navigation; developing graphics skills; visual mapping basics. Internet activities integrated with Reading and Science texts

Poetry

Memorizing and appreciating

Games & Activities

Developing creativity and motor skills