First Grade Gillmore has 12 first grade classrooms. Each class contains 16-18 students. In most classes, the students are on or above reading level. The Alabama Reading Assessment test is given at the beginning of the school year to ensure proper placement. STAR reading test are regularly given to assess reading ability and to help students choose books to check out for our Accelerated Reader program.
All first graders go to the Writing to Read lab for the first semester of school.
They go to the Jostens s Lab for two thirty-minute sessions each week. Saxon phonics, math skills and practice, language arts, science, social studies, and physical education are all part of the first graders day. First grade teachers focus on teaching students using subject area material and teacher made materials that enhance and expand all areas of learning. Each classroom has one or two computers that students use daily to enrich learning. Second Grade There are 10-second grade teachers at Gillmore Elementary School.