First Grade Soaring to new heights in First Grade by lighting the flames of creativity, intellect, and imagination. Mrs. Megan Price Mrs. Nancy Schmidt First Grade is an exciting time of discovery.
Students begin the year wide-eyed and eager to learn.
Through an integrated approach consisting of phonics and whole-language principles, students learn to read. Students are surrounded with books to read. Teachers utilize the E-VSC Traveling Library to enhance the basal reading program and classroom libraries include numerous books written at various levels of difficulty. Students are introduced to the Accelerated Reader Program and encouraged to take tests over books they read. Establishing a love for reading is a major goal of first grade teachers.