First Grade Competencies:

1. Acquire skills to improve learning

2. Use listening skills to follow oral and written directions

3. Accept mistakes as essential to the learning process

4. Learn when and how to ask for help with schoolwork

5. Demonstrate personal responsibility in following rules

6. Explore personal likes and dislikes as they relate to various careers and occupations

7. Demonstrate respect for oneself as well as others

8. Learn about ways to handle disagreements without fighting

9. Learn how to make and keep friends

10. Recognize the difference between the feelings associated with appropriate and inappropriate physical contact

11. Identify strategies for stopping inappropriate touches