First Grade

Our first graders will be focusing on many different reading objectives. At Hunt Elementary we love reading! It is integrated into all we do each day. Our reading program deals with learning various reading strategies such as decoding words, phonics, sight words, and comprehension skills. Reading is an interactive process that deals with story content, and the structure of the language.

The mission of the Plano Independent School District mathematics program is to promote learning of mathematics by all students through a curriculum that is coherent and comprehensive. Students use their number sense to be fluent in their understanding of numbers, relationships, and how they are used in everyday life. The instructional program in first grade works to help students to understand problem-solving and the use of mathematics in an increasingly technological world.

In our first-grade Inquiry and Investigation units, students will independently use their learning to gather and use information to design solutions to problems. First-grade students learn to use creativity and innovative thinking as essential life skills that can be developed.  A first grader will formulate questions & seek answers about organisms, objects, people and their contributions, and events in our world. Students will use age-appropriate tools and models to investigate the world, all while collecting & comparing data using pictures, numbers, and words. "I & I" time is a world of curiosity and wonder!