Welcome to 1st Grade!

Teacher: Mrs. Suzan Cullinan

From Mrs. Cullinan:

"Even though my children were born after I started teaching at Holy Family, I knew it was the place for them. There is such a feeling of family and a well rounded education."

Five Words to Describe Holy Family School:

1. Family
2. Caring
3. Quality
4. Faith-centered
5. Loving

Some of the units of study in First Grade: 

• Math- families of related addition and subtraction facts
• Science- 3 types of matter
• Social Studies- cities
• Winter literature and winter themed activities in literacy groups
• Teddy Bear visits every student's house overnight.  His activities while there are recorded in his journal and shared with the entire class each morning.
• Apples / Johnny Appleseed
• Thanksgiving - every child receives the actual name of a child of the Mayflower.  We learn about the voyage and their first year in America and write about it in journals.
• Gingerbread Boy -   We read many versions and discuss the story elements of setting, characters, his saying as he runs, and the ending.
• Winter / Snow -  a variety of math activities are presented and the students can select any they want to do until they finish them all.
• 100th Day project
• Dr. Seuss month - We learn about the author and read many of his books.  We discuss each and learn the moral or lesson of each.
• Other Author studies - Tomie dePaola, Jan Brett, James Marshall, Robert Munsch, and Eric Carle
• Coding for Kids
• Spelling City on iPads
• Math Magician on Chromebooks