Mrs. Schaad’s First Grade Class Welcome, students!

Mrs. Schaad’s First Grade ClassWelcome, students!

Welcome to First Grade! I will introduce you

to first grade and to our classroom.

If you have any questions during my presentation, please raise your hand and wait to be called on.

All About Me My background

I grew up in Dushore and Mildred. I attended Saint Basil’s Elementary,

Sullivan County High, and Penn State and Mansfield College.

My experience I’ve been teaching first grade for 27 years

and I love it!

My Family My husband

Dan My children

Daughter, Danielle Sons Corey, Kyle

Our pets dog, Angus

Dan and Me

Danielle Corey Kyle

Angus (Gus)

My Goals To give you the academic and social

skills you need to progress to second grade.

To provide a supportive and fun classroom environment.

To help you make new friends and discover new interests.

Class Subjects The subjects we cover during first

grade are: Reading Math Science and Social Studies Spelling Writing

Reading We will read

many books this year! We will read one or two stories a week. You will have homework each time we read a new story.

Writing

You will write about animals that you have learned about. Some of them are alligators, polar bears, penguins,whales and bats.

Math We will learn to

add and subtract numbers. As the year goes on we will learn to count money and tell time.

Science Our class will

learn about lots of animals that live in the North Pole, South Pole and by the equator.

Social Studies Each week we

will get a Weekly Reader and talk about what is happening in our world.

Classroom Community Our classroom is a community. In our

community, we have rules to help us get along with each other.

Our class rules are: Be respectful and responsible. Be organized and follow directions. Be on time. Be prepared.

Let’s Have a Great Year!