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First Grade Is a Big Year—Here’s Everything Your Child Will Learn

See what educational milestones your child will achieve, what first graders learn, and how to help them master these skills at home.
Education Week

Aligned Science Curriculum, Better Scores? Research Finds a Connection

Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify the nature of the organization WestEd. Using an elementary curriculum aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards improved students’ science ...
PBS

Patterns of Day and Night | 1st Grade Science

(bright music) - Welcome to Room 9 Summertime, our nation's largest classroom. My name is Mrs. Turnage and I am a teacher in the Ritner School District in the St. Louis region. Today's lesson is a ...
The Advocate

First graders consider day and night in science class in Jackson

Students in Shauna Walters’ first grade science class at Jackson Elementary School explore why it is daytime and nighttime in different locations. Taking part in the lesson are Ivyanna Williams, ...
Green Bay Press-Gazette

What can Wisconsin first-graders expect as they start this school year? We asked the experts: former first-graders

Incoming first-graders offered advice to students starting first grade this year. Many students said they were nervous on their first day but made friends quickly. Reading, math and making friends ...