Teachers in Pea Ridge follow the Science of Reading and strategies promoted by Arkansas R.I.S.E. (Reading Initiative for Student Excellence).  Many family resources are available from the Arkansas Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on their R.I.S.E site, including milestones in learning to read by age and tips for what families can do at home to help growing readers. 

Parents will receive updates about student progress in reading three times each school year (fall, winter, and spring) using NWEA MAP Growth reports and classroom assessments.  We encourage parents to reach out to your child's teacher if you have questions about your child's reading skills and progress.

We use an additional resource: Lexia Core5.  This tool helps us target student's individual learning needs so that each student grows as a reader every day!

Students receive instruction in reading, writing, speaking, and listening in Literacy at Pea Ridge.  Each year students experience this instruction through the context of building background knowledge in social science and science. The more students know about more topics, the better they comprehend what they read and the more likely they are able to make connections beyond the text they are reading.

In First Grade, we learn about the topics below.

Each grade level addresses learning in number sense, operations and algebraic thinking, numbers and operations, measurement and data, and geometry. Our students work to build a conceptual understanding in order to think mathematically.  Here you will find helpful resources for supporting your learner unit-by-unit. 

Students participate in learning in Art and Music each week. The Arkansas Fine Arts Academic Standards allow students to participate in the four artistic processes, both cognitive and physical, with which artists in every discipline learn and make art: creating, performing or presenting, responding, and connecting. These are the basis of the four domains that stretch across all disciplines, grade levels, and courses in the standards. For more information on grade level Arkansas standards for Visual Art and Music, click here.

Students participate in learning in Health and Physical Education each week. The Arkansas Health & Safety and Physical Education Standards provide opportunities for students to demonstrate competency in the following domains: Human Growth and Development • Healthy Skills and Relationships • Nutrition • Personal Health and Safety • Disease Prevention and Control • Mental and Emotional Health • Physical Competence • Knowledge and Understanding • Motivation and Confidence For more information on grade level Arkansas standards for Health and Physical Education, click here.