Montessori Homeschoolers First Grade|Full Curriculum ELA, Math, Science(5x/Week)
Prepare for your child to take on the world with team work and self-autonomy! Our complete first grade curriculum is a homeschool-helper which includes Math, Science, and English Language Arts: spelling, phonics, story time.
Shooting Star Academy by Daniela Pray
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4.9
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What's included
170 live meetings
170 in-class hoursAssignments
1-2 hours per week. Throughout the year, we will be providing short weekly reviews of math and writing. They will cover similar topics that we covered in class and will either be sent privately to the teacher via the learner tab or pasted in the classroom under a dedicated post.Assessment
We will evaluate students in December and May, and give out certificates of completion in May.Certificate of Completion
At the end of the academic year, we provide certificates to students who have been in class with us.Class Experience
US Grade 1
WELCOME SHOOTING STARS! 💫 Shooting Star Academy’s full curriculum First Grade class gives learners a complete classroom experience with writing, STEM science, storytime, beginning linguistics in Spanish, intermediate English Language Arts, and Montessori math. Our teachers work hard to ensure each student’s needs are met, and we love helping children improve all of their scholastic skills! Each lesson begins with calendar time, charting the weather, sharing time, and warm-up songs. English days consist of Montessori handwriting with word building mats, Montessori Grammar symbols, Animal Alphabet Phonics, beginning Spanish concepts (like “what day of the week is it?”, or “what is the most common weather type in class?”), and/or story time. Science days incorporate STEM projects or experimental worksheets that will be based on our monthly themes. Projects will be completed every week, and we will work on matching, identifying, and classifying the other weeks. Math days use a variety of techniques between Montessori and Reggio Emilia. This age group will have topics that range from counting to 1000-10,000 all the way to skip counting. We will use several manipulatives over the course of the year which will be posted as necessary over the course of the year. All manipulatives will be provided weekly to the student and parents in the classroom tab by the assigned teacher the Sunday before scheduled classes to give families time to prepare. One scheduled week is taught as follows: Monday: Science Exploration Tuesday: Math Concepts Wednesday: Storytime, Phonics, spelling words, Thursday: Math Concepts Friday: Challenge Sentences, intermediate grammar, and literature worksheets Here are samples of the curriculum for one week: Week of October 31: Spirit Week! Monday: Science “Monster Potions and Molecules” presentation (dress up day) Tuesday: Math - Counting to 1000. Four digit subtraction (wacky hair day) Wednesday: Story time “My first book of five senses”,** blue series October phonics review (snack show and tell) Thursday: Counting to 1000. Four digit subtraction (inside out day) Friday: Challenge Sentences “indefinite pronouns”, intermediate grammar, and literature worksheet, Spanish - the mouth **WE TAKE OFF ONE WEEK IN NOVEMBER, TWO WEEKS AT THE END OF DECEMBER, AND ONE WEEK IN APRIL. WE ALSO DO NOT HAVE CLASS ON US NATIONAL HOLIDAYS. THESE WEEKS ARE SKIPPED AND THE DAYS ARE REFUNDED.** The monthly themes are: January - Birthdays/Human Body February - Friendship/States of Matter March - Farm/All About Plants April - Weather/Types of Weather May - Rainforest Exploration/Insects (Summer classes run from June-August) September - Camping/Forest October - Professions/The Five Senses November - Space/Outer Space December - Winter!/Arctic and Polar Animals *A full book schedule is included in the Supply list section. **TEACHERS WILL BE READING THESE BOOKS IN CLASS, YOU DO NOT NEED TO PURCHASE THEM. THEY MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.
Learning Goals
English: Be familiar with basic parts of speech (the noun family, verbs, adverbs, and pronouns). Be able to write basic sentences.Reading: Be able to read short, basic sentences, sound out words up to ten letters, be familiar with consonant teams.
Other Details
Learning Needs
Our Montessori-inspired education can benefit children with ADHD, dyslexia, or dyscalculia by being hands-on, student-led, and compassionate to all learning paces. We also have experience educating students on the autistic spectrum.
Parental Guidance
Since these classes do include crafts and science projects, there are potential hazards for young learners. Example: using scissors in class. It may be necessary for a parent to supervise cutting, pasting, or other hands-on activities.
Supply List
Every Sunday parent’s are given a weekly resource packet in the classroom tab. There are materials that will need to be printed out, so a printer is required to participate in these classes. Students should also general school supplies like glue sticks, colored pencils/crayons/markers, scissors, and a wipe board with dry erase markers. Book Schedule: **TEACHERS WILL BE READING THESE BOOKS IN CLASS, YOU DO NOT NEED TO PURCHASE THEM. We don't have class during major US Holidays, so the book schedule is planned accordingly. January: 1. Do Not Wish for a Birthday Unicorn! - Sarina Siebenaler 2. The Everything Kids’ Human Body Book - Sheri Amsel 3. Help Hungry Henry Deal with Anger - Esther Pia Cordova 4. My Body Sends a Signal: Helping kids recognize emotions - Natalia Maguire February: 1. Friends Forever - Sandra Morrison 2. The Little Book of Kindness - Zack Bush and Laurie Friedman 3. All Different and Beautiful - Belle Belrose 4. Jake the Growling Dog Shares His Trail - Samantha Shannon March: 1. Animals and Plant Life Cycles - Kimberely Perigard 2. Poop On the Potato Farm - Kelly Lee Culbreth 3. The Apple Seed - Tamar Ariel Cohen 4. Kitty the Cat Plants A Flower Garden - Adele Woodward April: 1. Greta and the Dark Cloud - Lana Simkins 2. Everything Kids’ Weather Book 3. Stormy Weather - MaryLou Quillen May: 1. David of the Bees Gathers Honey - Francie Farmer 2. Where Is My Family? - Skye Wade 3. The Backyard Bug Book for Kids - Lauren Davidson June: 1. My First Book of Ocean Animals - Ginger L. Clarke 2. Pete the Cat and the Treasure Map - James Dean 3. Saving Tally - Serena Lane Ferrari July: 1. Little Kids First Big Book of the World - National Geographic & Elizabeth Carney 2. There’s a Map on My Lap! - Tish Rabe and Aristides Ruiz 3. Wally the Wandering Wallaby’s Around the World Adventure - Mae Pelkey 4. A Ticket Around The World - Natalia Diaz August: 1. My First Book of Earth - Stephanie Manka Schuttler PhD 2. The Street Beneath My Feet - Charlotte Guillain September: 1. Pete the Cat Goes Camping - James Dean 2. Good Night Campsite - Loretta Sponsler 3. Llama Llama Loves Camping 4. Tall Tall Tree - Anthony D. Fredericks October: 1. What Can I Be? - Tiffany Teachey 2. Who’s Hat Is This? - Amy Bailey Huehlenhardt 3. My Five Senses - Aliki 4. Look, Listen, Taste, Touch, and Smell: Learning About Your Five Senses November: 1. Little Kids First Big Books of Space - National Geographic Kids 2. My First Book of Planets - Bruce Betts PhD 3. I Am the Moon - Rebecca and James McDonald December: 1. The Arctic Fox’s Journey - Morgan Huff 2. Who Lives Here? Polar Animals - Deborah Hodge
Joined March, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
1 teacher has a Graduate degree
Master's Degree in Education from Marywood University
Welcome to Shooting Star Academy! 💫
✨MISSION STATEMENT✨
Our mission is to empower young through Montessori-inspired Curriculum, to build lasting bonds, establish a firm foundation in all core subjects, and build confidence.
We are dedicated to supporting parents and families with their Homeschooler's learning journeys while creating lasting bonds.
We all value our students and make sure to communicate closely with parents about their learner needs!
✨OUR TEACHERS✨
We are a group of seven teachers: Ms. Daniela, Ms. Theresa, Ms. Victoria, Ms. Teri, Ms. Natalie, and Ms. Jennifer.
We all have experience and training in Montessori and Reggio Emilia teaching techniques. All of us have had formal teaching positions in various capacities such as children programs or local school districts. We all have vast experience teaching online, have professional home office online classrooms, and are dedicated and hard working. Shooting Star Academy Teachers are required to have 5+ years of teaching experience.
We all have experience and certification teaching Montessori Math and Grammar, English Language Arts, STEM Science, and basic Spanish learning.
✨COURSES WE OFFER✨
We specialize in interactive, exciting online learning for primary school-aged children. We focus on ages 3-8, and we teach a full year curriculum with educational techniques and resources inspired by Montessori and Reggio Emilia from preschool to second grade. The ones that we have had the privilege to work with so far are all homeschoolers, and they primarily live in the USA.
Our star classes include American Sign-Language, English Language Arts, Spanish Language Arts, Science, and Math. These classes are modeled with Montessori techniques that have been developed and tested over hundreds of students over the past year.
We offer a few fun and interactive specialized Spanish courses, like Minecraft Spanish and weekly build and talk with legos. Everything we work on incorporates hands-on learning and student-driven discussions while maintaining small class sizes.
Ms. Natalie is a certified American Sign Language teacher, and she has over 16 years experience in learning and teaching ASL with both children and adults.
Grant Pray is a mechanical engineer for BAE Systems (British Aerospace Engineering), and he works on ICBM projects. In his undergraduate degree, he spent 5 years private tutoring ages 16-40 to help put himself through college. He has extensive knowledge in Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus, and Calculus.
Kendal Smith graduated from BYU-Idaho where he help pay for his BS in Mechanical Engineering by tutoring all the core math classes for engineering. HIs first job after collage was a mechanical designer for a MEP consulting firm where he optimized the HVAC system in all types of buildings in Southern California. Kendal is currently a sales engineer and has become a fluid hydronic specialist for the HVAC engineers designing with his equipment.
It is our goal to have long term, ongoing classes that give students freedom to come and go as necessary, while still covering topics that will set them up with a firm foundation in all core subjects.
We hope to see you in class soon!Reviews
Live Group Course
$80
weekly or $2,720 for 170 classes5x per week, 34 weeks
60 min
Completed by 131 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 6-8
2-8 learners per class
