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First Grade

Welcome to First Grade!

Bright yellow bins filled with colorful children's books line a shelf against a dark background.

 

Learning Goals in First Grade at EXPO:

  • Building foundational literacy, math and life skills.
  • Fostering confidence, independence, and a love for learning.

Highlights of First Grade at EXPO:

  • Explicit, systematic foundational skills instruction.
  • Hands-on math exploration.
  • Gradual release instruction (I do, we do, you do).

Special Projects and Field Trips in First Grade at EXPO:

  • Partnership with Midwest Food Connection
  • Field trip to the Como Planetarium
A colorful circular-patterned rug sits in the foreground of a classroom filled with shelves, desks, and a whiteboard in the background.
A colorful educational phonics board hangs on a wall above a wooden shelf filled with bins of books and supplies.

Tour EXPO Elementary:

Find out how to tour our school.

Grade 1 Team

Tera Aschenbach

Tchr - Grade 1

Heather Denning-Krieger

Tchr - Grade 1

Anna Kern

Tchr - Grade 1