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First Grade
Meet Our Teachers
Kristen Marshall
Mrs. Marshall is an “Army Brat” and grew up all over the United States. She has lived in 10 different states and attended 8 different schools. She went to college at Thomas More College. After graduating, she moved to Lexington and taught for 4 years in Fayette County as a 2nd grade teacher. In June 2005, she married her high school sweetheart (Joe) and accepted the 1st grade teaching job at a brand new school: Seton Catholic School. She has been teaching here since the school opened and has loved every minute! While teaching at Seton she earned her Graduate degree from Georgetown College and had a wonderful daughter and son, Campbell and Cooper. The Marshall family has been a member of SEAS church since 2005.
Mrs. Marshall thinks 1st grade is the best. She and Mrs. Ayers are a wonderful team and work hard to make each year the best year for all students and parents!!
Brooke Ayers
Mrs. Ayers was born and raised in a suburb outside of Nashville, Tennessee, and ventured off to the University of Kentucky for college. While there working on her elementary education degree, she met her husband, Blaine. She graduated from UK in May of 2003, got married in June of the same year, moved to Louisville, and started her first job as a first grade teacher at Holy Trinity Parish School. In May of 2006, she received her Graduate degree from Indiana Wesleyan University. Brooke has four fantastic little girls, Reagan, Caroline, Baylor Grace, and Hadley. The Ayers family has been a member of SEAS church since moving back to Lexington in 2007, and she started teaching as a part-time 5th grade teacher at Seton Catholic School in 2008. Brooke Ayers has been recognized from Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, a yearly publication of nationally recognized teachers. Mrs. Ayers loves first graders. She and Mrs. Marshall have worked great as a first grade team together since 2009.
Tina Haag
Mrs. Haag has worked as an assistant at Seton Catholic School since 2006. She has been a member of SEAS since moving to Lexington from Louisville, in 2002. Tina and her husband Scott married in 1993 and have two outstanding daughters, Abbey and Sara. The Haag family helps with the SEAS parish picnic and VBS.
What We Teach
Language Arts
The Language Arts curriculum combines reading, writing, listening, speaking, and spelling skills. Each child will be learning and participating in these skills on a daily basis. Our Language Arts program is based on the Four Blocks Model of Literacy, with implementation of the Houghton Mifflin reading program. Each child will be receiving small or whole group reading instruction, participating in independent reading, working with phonics and writing everyday.
Writing
Our Writing curriculum is based on the Lucy Calkins year long primary writing program. This program provides students unlimited opportunities to express their thoughts and ideas through various forms of writing. We will also be writing Newsbook letters on a weekly basis to supplement the curriculum. For Handwriting, we will be using the Handwriting Without Tears curriculum for our Handwriting program.
Math
The first grade Math program is based on the Everyday Mathematics curriculum. This curriculum was designed to capitalize on student interest and maximize student learning. First Grade Everyday Mathematics content emphasizes the following content strands, skills, and concepts: numeration, operations and computation, data and chance, geometry, measurement and reference frames, patterns, function, and algerbra. Within the content of Everyday Mathematics, emphasis is places on:
A problem-solving approach based on everyday situations that develops critical thinking, frequent practice of basic skills through ongoing routines and mathematical games, an instructional approach that revisits topics regularly to ensure full concept development, and activities that explore a wide variety of mathematical content and offer opportunities for students to apply their basic facts skills.
Religion
In Religion class, the students will continue to develop their relationship with Jesus. Through the use of daily prayer, scripture readings, music, art, and performing, students will learn about: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, Jesus, the Son of God, who became one of us, the Church and its teachings, as well as different ways Catholics live their faith and celebrate God’s love. We will also be using the Promise series to add to our Religion curriculum.
Science
Our Science program is based on the FOSS (Full Option Science System) Science program. This program is hands-on and provides students opportunities to learn while interacting with materials and other group members. Students will learn to use scientific tools such as: thermometer, scale, etc. These are the major concepts we will be covering in Science this year: living/nonliving, insects/arachnids, plants, weather/seasons, separating/classifying objects, plant/animal habitats, pebbles/sand/silt, recycling/Earth Day, solids/liquids/gases, simple machines, magnets, senses/humans/organisms, penguins, and the Scientific Process. To learn more about the FOSS curriculum you can visit www.fossweb.com
Social Studies
The main concepts covered in first grade are: school/family/community, historical perspective, our country, maps/geography, dental health, fire safety, economics, past/present traditions/celebrations, and important people in history.
The Language Arts curriculum combines reading, writing, listening, speaking, and spelling skills. Each child will be learning and participating in these skills on a daily basis. Our Language Arts program is based on the Four Blocks Model of Literacy, with implementation of the Houghton Mifflin reading program. Each child will be receiving small or whole group reading instruction, participating in independent reading, working with phonics and writing everyday.
Writing
Our Writing curriculum is based on the Lucy Calkins year long primary writing program. This program provides students unlimited opportunities to express their thoughts and ideas through various forms of writing. We will also be writing Newsbook letters on a weekly basis to supplement the curriculum. For Handwriting, we will be using the Handwriting Without Tears curriculum for our Handwriting program.
Math
The first grade Math program is based on the Everyday Mathematics curriculum. This curriculum was designed to capitalize on student interest and maximize student learning. First Grade Everyday Mathematics content emphasizes the following content strands, skills, and concepts: numeration, operations and computation, data and chance, geometry, measurement and reference frames, patterns, function, and algerbra. Within the content of Everyday Mathematics, emphasis is places on:
A problem-solving approach based on everyday situations that develops critical thinking, frequent practice of basic skills through ongoing routines and mathematical games, an instructional approach that revisits topics regularly to ensure full concept development, and activities that explore a wide variety of mathematical content and offer opportunities for students to apply their basic facts skills.
Religion
In Religion class, the students will continue to develop their relationship with Jesus. Through the use of daily prayer, scripture readings, music, art, and performing, students will learn about: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, Jesus, the Son of God, who became one of us, the Church and its teachings, as well as different ways Catholics live their faith and celebrate God’s love. We will also be using the Promise series to add to our Religion curriculum.
Science
Our Science program is based on the FOSS (Full Option Science System) Science program. This program is hands-on and provides students opportunities to learn while interacting with materials and other group members. Students will learn to use scientific tools such as: thermometer, scale, etc. These are the major concepts we will be covering in Science this year: living/nonliving, insects/arachnids, plants, weather/seasons, separating/classifying objects, plant/animal habitats, pebbles/sand/silt, recycling/Earth Day, solids/liquids/gases, simple machines, magnets, senses/humans/organisms, penguins, and the Scientific Process. To learn more about the FOSS curriculum you can visit www.fossweb.com
Social Studies
The main concepts covered in first grade are: school/family/community, historical perspective, our country, maps/geography, dental health, fire safety, economics, past/present traditions/celebrations, and important people in history.
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