The first grade at Sacred Heart School is a special, even magical place. Having encountered the beginnings of formal instruction during Kindergarten, students now proceed with eager, open minds to discover the wonder of numbers, words and ideas and how they relate to their everyday experiences.

Great emphasis is placed on the Language Arts, Math and Religion. This is not to say that other subjects are not given attention—they are, in relationship to the literacy skills that are fine-tuned during the course of any given day.

• Daily instruction in Religion
  
  
• Daily instruction in Math
  Daily instruction includes the following aspects of the Language Arts component:
1. Guided Reading: concepts about print and reading strategies; comprehension and response to text; inquiry and research
   
   
2. Working with Words: decoding and word recognition
   
   
3. Writing: pre-writing, drafting, revising and post-writing
   
   
4. Spelling: vocabulary and concept development; mechanics
   
   
5. Oral Language: phonological awareness and fluency; speaking in complete sentences
   
   
6. Communication Skills: following oral directions; listening
   
   
• Social Studies
  
  
• Science
  
  
• Art
  
  
• Music
  
  
• Physical Education
  
  
• Computers
  
  
• Library
  
  
• World Language (Spanish)
  
  
• Learning Centers