First-grade teacher at South Central Calhoun receives Golden Apple

ROCKWELL CITY, Iowa — South Central Calhoun is a rural school district in northwest Iowa with about 900 students, and is now ...
Tahoe Daily Tribune.com

Lessons learned in first grade stick around for life

She doesn’t know it yet, but the cubby space Hanna shares with 6-year-old Chris is a lesson that will follow her through life. For now though, it’s nothing more than a place where she stores her ...
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1st grade math skills: Find out what you need to know for your student

Want to help your first-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom. Understand place value in one- and two-digit numbers. Understand that in two-digit ...
The Hechinger Report

‘The Reading Year’: First grade is critical for reading skills, but kids coming from disrupted kindergarten experiences are way behind

Heather Miller, a first grade teacher in Austin, Texas, works with a small group of students in her classroom on reading skills. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers ...
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Why Spatial Reasoning Is Crucial For Early Math Education

When Nicole Thomson first heard about the importance of teaching spatial reasoning and geometry in her kindergarten math curriculum she had already been teaching for several years. Her teacher ...