First Grade

Jessica Burdick 
                                  
Holy Family staff member since 2021

I grew up in Northern California in the redwood forest along the north coast. I went to school for child development at Humboldt State University.

I received my California teaching credential and
started working at a small rural elementary school.

I taught fifth grade then kindergarten.

My classroom is one built on community and respect.

I am so excited to be teaching first grade at Holy Family.

 


In First Grade, children...




Religion

• Understand that God created us to know, love and serve others & God.
• Comprehend that there is one true God, and in God there are three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (the Trinity).
• Experience bible stories that illustrate how Jesus shows God's love by teaching and healing people. He teaches us to pray and love God and others. 
• Learn that prayer is listening and talking to God, and that is happens in many forms, is personal and has no rules. 

Language Arts

• Recognize and spell high-frequency words.
• Recognize letter sounds, utilize word families and decode words.

• Develop legible handwriting and correct spacing.
• Use correct capitalization and end punctuation in sentences.
• Speak clearly, listen attentively and make eye contact with the audience.

Math

• Read, write, compare and order whole numbers to 100.
• Count and group objects in hundreds, tens, and ones.
• Recognize operation signs: +,-, and = as well as vocabulary: “add, subtract, sum,

          difference, and equals.”

• Relate addition and subtraction as inverse operations.
• Recognize and create shapes that are congruent and/or have symmetry.

Social Studies

• Describe how people live in the community, what is means to be part of a community, and how to be an upstander for social justice in their communities.

• Describe the responsibilities of leaders as well as identify rules and describe their

          importance.

• Demonstrate and show respect for God’s creation and develop moral character and

          respect for self and others as children of God.

• Become productive individuals who recognize their rights and responsibilities as

          citizens of the world, the nation, and their local communities including participating in
          community service as a response/call to live out our Catholic faith.

Science

• Compare and contrast traits among individuals within one plant and animal group.
• Describe the basic needs of living things.
• Record observations with pictures, numbers, or written statements.