🍎Welcome to First Grade Circle Time!  This is an ongoing subscription class that meets once a week.  The small class size allows for lots of interactive learning and fun.
I also offer a similar 4-day a week course!

⭐️The academic skills will slowly progress throughout the school year, similar to a traditional first grade program. In September, we will work on CVC words (short vowels- run, dig, top) and simple addition/subtraction (10 - 6 = 4, 5 + __ = 7). Then we will gradually add consonant blends, long vowels, digraphs, r-controlled, etc (spot, beach, show, thorn) and more difficult math concepts (14 - ___ = 5, 25 + 20 = ___ ) as the school year progresses.  *Weekly skills are at the bottom of this listing.

🌻Class Activities:
~Calendar
~Weather
~Locate the Continents on Map
~Skip Counting/Number Sense
~Vocabulary ("Fancy Word" of the Day)
~Phonics - Blending Letters to Read Words  
~Math Story Problem of the Day 
~My friend Ziggy may share a couple of silly jokes!

☀️Students are encouraged to participate in this interactive class.  Sometimes students will answer/chant things together, while other times I may call on students separately to respond.  If they don't feel comfortable speaking alone, that's ok!  Sometimes I may need to mute students due to background noise or if we're singing or reading together, as it can get confusing. Please be sure your learner knows how to use the unmute button.  It would be helpful if students have a quiet, distraction-free area, if possible.

I can't wait to see you in class!

✏️IMPORTANT NOTE:
This is an ongoing weekly subscription class.  You can join for one class or continue for several weeks. You will be automatically charged each Sunday for the following week once you've subscribed.  When you want to unsubscribe, be sure to do so before Sunday so you won't be charged for the following week.
If a class isn’t scheduled for a particular day, you will not be charged. 
If your child misses a live class, a video of the class will be available for your child to use.

Weekly Skills Focus:

September 9-12
Phonics: CVC Words with Short a
Math: Subitizing and Ways to Make 5

September 16-20
Phonics: CVC Words with Short e
Math: Subitizing and Ways to Make 6

September 23-27
Phonics: CVC Words with Short i
Math: Ordinal Numbers

September 30- Oct 4
Phonics: Short o and digraph ch
Math: Addition Strategy: Counting On

October 7-11
Phonics: Short u and digraph sh
Math: Use a Number Line to Add/Subtract

October 14-18
Phonics: Digraphs th, wh
Math: Part/Whole, Missing Addends

October 21-25
Phonics: Initial Blends with r and l
Math: Part/Whole, Missing Addends

October 28- Nov 1
Phonics: Initial Blends with s
Math: Tally Marks

November 4-8
Phonics: Final Blends
Math: Read a Graph

November 11-15
Phonics: Final Blends
Math: Doubles and Near Doubles

November 18-22
Phonics: Initial and Final Blends
Math: Ways to Make 10

November 25-29
Fall Break- NO CLASS

December 2-6
Phonics: Long a With "Magic e"  a_e
Math: 2D Shapes

December 9-13
Phonics: Long i With "Magic e"  i_e
Math: Solid Figures

December 16-20
Phonics: Long u With "Magic e"  o_e
Math: Addition With 3 Addends

December 23-Jan 3  Winter Break-NO CLASSES

January 6-10 
Phonics: Long vowels With "Magic e"
Math: Add or Subtract 10 

January 13-17
Phonics: Soft c (ce)
Math: Make a 10 to Add

January 20-24
Phonics: Soft g (ge)
Math: Place Value (tens and ones)

January 27-31
Phonics: Compound Words
Math: Add or Subtract a 2 Digit Number with a Multiple of 10

February 3-7
Phonics: Long e (ee)
Math: Comparing Numbers > < =

February 10-14
Phonics: Long e (ea)
Math: Symmetry/Dividing Shapes

February 17-21
Phonics: Long o (oa)
Math: Dividing Shapes/Fractions

February 24-28
Phonics: ou (cloud)
Math: Time to the Hour and Half Hour

March 3-7
Phonics: oo (moon)
Math: Time to the Hour, Half Hour, Quarter Hour

March 10-14
Phonics: -ing
Math: Related Facts

March 17-21
Phonics: ow (how)
Math: Fact Families

March 24-28  NO CLASS (Spring Break)

March 31-April 4
Phonics: Long a (ay, ai)
Math: Balancing Equations

March 31-April 4
Phonics: Long o (ow)
Math: Number Sense and Fact Fluency to 20

April 7-11
Phonics: Long i (igh)
Math: Number Sense and Fact Fluency to 20

April 14-18
Phonics: oo (book)
Math: Add 2 Digit Numbers (without regrouping)

April 21-25
Phonics: ar
Math: Subtract 2 Digit Numbers (without regrouping)

April 28-May 2
Phonics: or
Math: Add 2 Digit Numbers (with regrouping)

May 5-9
Phonics: er, ir, ur
Math: Add 2 Digit Numbers (with regrouping)

May 12-16
Phonics: oy, oi
Math: Subtract 2 Digit Numbers (with regrouping)

May 19-23 (Last Class!)
Phonics: ew
Math: Subtract 2 Digit Numbers (with regrouping)