Curriculum Information
All subject areas are in tabs across the top with a picture to represent the subject.
Simply click on the one you want to know more about and it will lead you to three options:
How is your child learning? (including a link to see the full Program of Studies for that subject),
How is your child assessed?,
Resources to help your child.
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Grade 1 at a Glance
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How can I help my child with reading at home?
Calgary Reads is an excellent website dedicated to early literacy. The website has numerous resources to support parents reading with young children at home:
Calgary Reads also has the Children's Reading Place: "The Children’s Reading Place is a colourful, welcoming heritage house in Inglewood devoted to promoting the love of reading and early literacy. It’s an inspiring and inviting place where children can explore reading spaces, participate in fun literacy activities and choose a free book to take home and keep." Families can book a time to visit the Children's Reading Place here.
More information on family literacy can be found here on the CBE website.
Calgary Reads also has the Children's Reading Place: "The Children’s Reading Place is a colourful, welcoming heritage house in Inglewood devoted to promoting the love of reading and early literacy. It’s an inspiring and inviting place where children can explore reading spaces, participate in fun literacy activities and choose a free book to take home and keep." Families can book a time to visit the Children's Reading Place here.
More information on family literacy can be found here on the CBE website.
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How can I help my child with math at home?
This link provides specific information about what children in grade one are learning in math. To support this work at home, work with your child to see how they use math on a daily basis. The following articles provide more detailed information as well as tips to support math learning:
You can also visit this site for a bank of virtual manipulatives that students can use at home.
You can also visit this site for a bank of virtual manipulatives that students can use at home.
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How can I help my child with printing at home?
At the beginning of grade one, proper printing is emphasized. If children learn to form and space their letters properly now, writing will be a much easier task as they move up in grades.
These links are for a printing program that show the language that is used in the classroom when practicing printing:
http://www.childdevelopment.ca/Libraries/Ivonnes_latest/Lower_Case_Complete_Set.sflb.ashx
http://www.childdevelopment.ca/Libraries/Ivonnes_latest/Upper_Case_Complete_Set.sflb.ashx
These links are for a printing program that show the language that is used in the classroom when practicing printing:
http://www.childdevelopment.ca/Libraries/Ivonnes_latest/Lower_Case_Complete_Set.sflb.ashx
http://www.childdevelopment.ca/Libraries/Ivonnes_latest/Upper_Case_Complete_Set.sflb.ashx
