1st Grade
(1A) Mrs. Theresa McConnell holds a Bachelor’s of Science from University of South Florida, majoring in Elementary Education. She has been an educator at St. Joan of Arc School since 2004.
(1B) Miss Tiffany Alexopoulos holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education and a Master’s Degree in Pre-K/ Primary education from Nova Southeastern University, FL. She has been an educator since 2003.
FAITH FORMATION HIGHLIGHTS
• Celebrate the life and teachings of Jesus
• Learn about the lives of saints
• Pray daily by saying learned prayers as well as spontaneous prayer and song
• Attend school Masses and Prayer Services
• Learn to share our time, talents and treasure with those in need
• Class retreats
MATH
• Sadlier-Oxford
• Daily lessons begin with hands on activities
• Discover clues to solve word problems
• Practice flash cards and speed tests to learn math facts
• Daily class work, homework (no H.W. on Fridays), manipulatives and cooperative learning to reinforce concepts and skills
LANGUAGE ARTS
Journeys Series
• Reading-understand characters, compare and contrast, read to comprehend, learning sight words (“Words to Know”), discover an author’s purpose, read fiction and non-fiction, make inferences and predictions
• Sadlier Reading Series
• Phonics-learn decoding skills to discover new words
• Spelling-correlate to weekly stories, apply to story writing
• Writing-create stories in a variety of genres: biographies, make believe, etc.
• AR-Accelerated Reader-read a book independently then take a short quiz which is computer generated to build Independent Reading Level
SPECIALS
• Spanish-twice weekly
• Music-once a week
• PE twice a week
• Art-twice a week
• Library-once a week
• Computer Lab-once a week
• *Ballet is optional (once a week during the school day with a one time recital fee)
• *Violin is optional during the day (for an additional fee)
TECHNOLOGY
• Use of SMART Board enhances all lessons throughout the day
• Use of iPads and SmartTable
• Use of BENQ Board
SCIENCE / SOCIAL STUDIES
New Science series from: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New Social Studies Series from along with Scholastic News.
• Weekly lessons, incorporated into weekly reading lessons
• Students will go to the middle school science lab to do an experiment once a quarter
PROJECTS
• Arctic Animal Diorama Project
• Book in a Bag Book Report
• In-house Spelling Bee competition
• Community service learning projects
EVENTS
• Accelerated Reader Kick-off (dress up as your favorite book character and bring your favorite book to school day)
• STREAM day
• Grandparents Day
• Christmas Program
• St Patrick’s Day Program
FIELD TRIPS
Visits to be announced
NUMEROUS CLUBS & EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Available after school for first graders.