First Grade Activities and Events

Fall

• Visit to the North Carolina Arboretum to study the forest.
• Visit the Western North Carolina Nature Center to study forest animals.
• Bug collection and identification: Each student creates their own insect shirt.
• Grandparents Day
• Forest Fun: Making and hanging bird feeders.

Winter

• Visit The Health Adventure to study the human body.
• Visit the public library to celebrate reading.
• Christmas in Mexico: We make suitcases and travel books to help us learn about Mexico. We also have a fiesta!
• Ancient Egypt: We become archeologists and go on a “dig” to uncover “ancient ruins.” We make travel books to help us learn about Egypt.
• Arctic/Antarctic: We work with our 5th grade buddies to make an Arctic Animal Riddle Book. We go to the computer lab and type and print our riddles that go in our keepsake Riddle Book.

Spring

• Attend theatre productions at ACA produced by our Middle School Drama Class.
• Solar System: Each student presents a creative report on a Solar System topic.

First Grade Service Projects

• Al Jones Prison Ministry – Christmas toy collection for local prisoners’ children.
• ACSI Student Support – We support students in several different countries to go to Christian Schools.