Mount Pleasant Area School District

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  1. Reading is the most important thing to a first grader
    1. Phonetic Analysis
    2. Structural Analysis
    3. Sight Words
    4. Comprehension Skills
  2. Mathematics
    1. Practice addition and subtraction facts to 18 with your child.
    2. Money
    3. Geometry / Shapes
    4. Fractions
    5. Measuring
    6. Time (hour and half hour)
    7. Number sequence (1-100, skip counting, etc…)
  3. Spelling
    1. Beginning the 1st nine weeks, it will be graded.
    2. Pre-test / Practice test given during the week.
    3. Weekly tests will  be given
    4. Starting the 3rd nine weeks there will be ten words graded.
  4. Interactive Writing
    1. A Chance for the students to express themselves in writing.
  5. Handwriting
    1. Introduce proper ways o make lowercase and capital letters.
    2. Help your child create good habits

-         holding pencil correctly and writing from top to bottom

    1. Write first and last name correctly

    6.   Homework

             a.   Practice of skills taught