First Grade Highlights

Good Shepherd is dedicated to the development of the whole child. In first grade we work on helping that development of the whole child through many areas. Here are some highlights of the first grade students and how we foster a learning environment that develops the whole child!

First graders do a lot of hands on learning throughout the classroom. We hide words and add magic "e" to the end of them, we sing songs to help us remember vowel pairs, and spend time working in partners.

We are so excited about our reading caterpillar! It grows every time a first grader reads a book! It is one of our favorite projects in the spring time. We are trying to read all the way to Mr. McGinty's office.

First and Kindergarten spend time volunteering by going to the local nursing home. We sing songs during Halloween, Christmas, and Easter. We also get to wear our Christmas pajamas when we go caroling!

At the beginning of the year first graders do an apple taste testing. We graph out our favorite apple, say apple poems, and read about Johnny Apple Seed.

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