Literacy

Core Knowledge Units:

Unit 1: Fables and Stories

Unit 2: Human Body

Unit 3: Different Lands and Similar Stories

Unit 4: Early World Civilizations

Unit 5: Early American Civilizations

Unit 6: Astronomy

Unit 7: The History of the Earth

Unit 8: Animals and Habitats

Unit 9: Fairy Tales

Unit 10: A New Nation: American Independence

Unit 11: Frontier Explorers

Step up to Writing Units:

Unit 1: Personal Narrative writing

Unit 2: Informative writing

Unit 3: Opinion writing

Unit 4: How-to writing

Unit 5: Letter writing

Unit 6: Research 

Zaner-Bloser Handwriting:

To instill fantastic letter formation in our littles, we will work solely on handwriting and writing at the sentence level until winter break.

Spelling:

We will introduce a new list of 10 words on Monday and will test on Friday. These words will directly follow our Orton-Gillingham phonics program, testing students on words that review phonograms explicitly taught in their classrooms. When they study at home, your children are given a double exposure to these words and will rock their assessment! Thank you for supporting us!

Orton Gillingham Phonics

All NVCS first grade teachers are fully certified in Orton-Gillingham phonics. This is a Science-of-Reading supported and nationally recognized program to support all learners in their early reading journey through the use of systematic and explicit instruction of phonics. OG is also recognized as a first-level support for students with dyslexia. We are proud to bring this program to our classrooms every day!