Welcome to First Grade
Reading & Writing
In 1st grade, your child will become a more independent reader and writer. Your child will
continue to learn and practice rules for recognizing the sounds that make up words and
will be able to sound out more complex words. Such foundational skills are necessary and
important components of developing proficient readers with the capacity to comprehend
a wide range of materials. Students will learn to think about what they read and talk about
the main ideas of simple stories. As they write and speak, 1st graders will learn to use
language appropriately; this includes using complete sentences and spelling words with
increasing accuracy.
Mathematics
In 1st grade, your child will build on last year’s work and gain important new skills.
One of the most important outcomes for the year is to improve speed and accuracy
adding with a sum of 20 or less and subtracting from a number 20 or less (e.g., 17 – 8).
Another important goal in 1st grade is adding with a sum of 100 or less; this will rely on
understanding what the digits mean in a number such as 63 (namely, 63 is six tens and
three ones). Working with multi-digit addition this year will set the stage for 2nd grade,
when your child will be working with three-digit numbers and adding and subtracting
with larger numbers.
In 1st grade, your child will become a more independent reader and writer. Your child will
continue to learn and practice rules for recognizing the sounds that make up words and
will be able to sound out more complex words. Such foundational skills are necessary and
important components of developing proficient readers with the capacity to comprehend
a wide range of materials. Students will learn to think about what they read and talk about
the main ideas of simple stories. As they write and speak, 1st graders will learn to use
language appropriately; this includes using complete sentences and spelling words with
increasing accuracy.
Mathematics
In 1st grade, your child will build on last year’s work and gain important new skills.
One of the most important outcomes for the year is to improve speed and accuracy
adding with a sum of 20 or less and subtracting from a number 20 or less (e.g., 17 – 8).
Another important goal in 1st grade is adding with a sum of 100 or less; this will rely on
understanding what the digits mean in a number such as 63 (namely, 63 is six tens and
three ones). Working with multi-digit addition this year will set the stage for 2nd grade,
when your child will be working with three-digit numbers and adding and subtracting
with larger numbers.