First Grade Project

Successful First Grade Project students:

• enjoy intense study / challenge

• become active participants, willing to try new things

• possess the desire and drive to start and complete creative projects

• see connections between ideas, ask questions

• are willing and able to communicate and work with others

• explore ideas in depth

• are responsible for their own behavior

In an effort to offer multiple choices to students completing first grade, multiple patterns and impressions strands are offered. The overall premise of guided discovery, depth, and complexity are threaded through each strand, but the means in which students discover will vary. All strands will include some form of writing, advanced reading, math, science, and creative arts applications, but the content-focused strands will be spending most of their time working within their content area.

Please join us for a Patterns and Impressions strand this year. It is an opportunity to learn beside other students like you.

Note: District representatives will be sending First Grade Project materials and application forms to recommended students.  Apply online or use the First Grade Project application given to your student. Please do not complete a downloadable application. 

If you have any questions, please contact your district representative.

Strand Descriptions

A Variety of Patterns and Impressions:
Students will observe, create, and learn from patterns and connections while exploring language, art, movement, math, color, animals, environments, quilting and weaving.

Patterns and Impressions in Math & Science:
Students will explore patterns through numbers, tangrams, puzzles, insects, animals, rocks and minerals.

Patterns and Impressions in Language Arts:
Using stories, books, and writing, this class will observe and create patterns. The students will study a variety of kinds of writing including poetry, tall tales, creative writing, riddles, bookmaking and more.

Patterns and Impressions in Fine Arts:
Students will experience and create patterns in movement, music, and art through exploration of sound, pitch, emotion, light, color, instrument families, and the work of famous artists.