The first grade teachers work as a team in planning weekly units and field trips. Our first grade teachers have taken training in the reading instruction model developed by Dr. Pat Cunningham and utilize the four block method of incorporating phonics, whole language, basal instruction and individualized reading every day. Everyday Math is being used in the math curriculum. Mrs. Edwina Dorsey Mrs. Pamela Jordan Mrs. Frances Tinkler Second Grade West Pelzer has three second grade classes this year. . Everyday Math is being used in the math curriculum.
Writing is taught daily throughout the curriculum with an emphasis on the six writing standards.
Mrs. Ginger Carter Mrs. Jean Ann Charlesworth Mrs. Barbara Hamilton Third Grade Third grade students are offered a special opportunity to study South Carolina history up close and personal with a three day field trip to the lowcountry of our state. The fourth grade classes at West Pelzer Primary will average 24 students in each class. Students in the fourth grade have access to the Internet in their own classroom as well as daily opportunities to work in the school computer lab.