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Lower Elementary Experience
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grades 1 and 2
First and second grade students at St. Barnabas dive into content specific learning with defined blocks of time for all academic subjects - ELA, math, science, social studies, and religion.
Students in lower grades begin to seek more autonomy as they become fluent readers, writers, and problem solvers. Project-based learning encourages creativity and develops cross-curricular thinking. This sort of design allows for students to apply knowledge from all major subject areas into one specific task.
Extending the foundation of center-based learning from their earlier years, student choice drives a bulk of the day. Students work on their core studies via whole class instruction which is immediately follow-up with with small group collaboration that fosters leadership skills, teamwork and critical analysis.
A daily internvetion period allows for students to strengthen and extend their skills in specific ELA and math concepts. This prepares students to be sound mathematicians as they master addition/subtraction concepts as well phonics skills and comprehension strategies necessary for success. -