FIRST GRADE

FIRST GRADE CLASS

Our First-Grade curriculum includes the following elements:

The Pleasant Rowland Reading Program
Adventures of the Super Kids and More Adventures of the Superkids
Sadlier-Oxford Math
Litter Thinkers Social Studies
Little Thinkers Science
Music and Movement
Spanish
Art

The development of the whole child is the primary focus of our First Grade program. A happy classroom environment promotes the growth of each child’s mental, physical, emotional, social and ethical maturity. Students are encouraged to develop a strong sense of integrity and respect for self and others by understanding how their actions impact their classmates, school, and community.

An intimate classroom environment and dedicated, passionate teachers provide an inspirational atmosphere to promote well-rounded achievers. Our hands-on, interdisciplinary approach to education helps children develop intelligence, self-confidence, and a thoughtful assertiveness that enables them to succeed now and in the future.

LANGUAGE ARTS

In First Grade, students continue building a strong foundation in reading through The Pleasant Rowland Reading Program, Adventures of the Superkids and More Adventures of the Superkids. The Superkids program uses engaging characters and stories to help children strengthen phonics, decoding, spelling, vocabulary, fluency, and reading comprehension.

As students progress through the program, they move from learning and applying phonics patterns to reading increasingly complex words, sentences, and stories with greater independence. Lessons integrate reading, writing, spelling, and language skills, helping students understand how these skills work together.

By combining explicit phonics instruction with meaningful reading and writing experiences, Superkids helps First Grade students develop the accuracy, fluency, comprehension, and confidence they need to become successful readers.

MATHEMATICS

In First Grade, students use Sadlier Math to build a strong foundation in number sense, computation, and mathematical reasoning. Students develop fluency with addition and subtraction, explore place value, compare numbers, and work with measurement, time, money, geometry, and simple data.

Lessons encourage students to do more than find the correct answer—they learn to think through problems, recognize patterns, explain their reasoning, and apply math to everyday situations. Hands-on practice and continued skill development help students build the confidence and understanding needed for increasingly complex math concepts.

SOCIAL STUDIES

First graders explore their community and the world around them through the Little SOCIAL STUDIES Thinkers curriculum. Engaging lessons, stories, activities, and hands-on learning help students make meaningful connections between themselves and the larger world.

Throughout the year, students explore citizenship and government, communities, geography and maps, history, economics, cultures, and traditions. Students learn what it means to be a good citizen while developing an understanding and appreciation of people, places, and communities both past and present.

Social studies at The Woods encourages students to ask questions, think critically, and become curious about the world around them.

SCIENCE

Our first graders explore the world through hands-on, inquiry-based learning using the Little SCIENCE Thinkers curriculum. Students think and act like scientists as they observe, ask questions, investigate, and discover.

Throughout the year, students explore:

Matter & Energy – states of matter, heat, light, and sound
Space – day and night, seasons, the solar system, and the moon
Earth’s Surface – rocks, natural resources, and caring for our environment
Living Things – life cycles, inherited traits, and how plants and animals depend on one another
Weather – clouds, precipitation, and forecasting

Engaging read-alouds, hands-on experiments, science stations, and group activities help build curiosity and a love of discovery. First Grade Science is about more than learning facts—it’s about learning to think, question, and explore like a scientist!