Welcome to 1st grade!
I am Aaron Nikkel and I am beginning my 14th year of teaching in the Urbandale Community School District. I attended Dordt University where I received my Bachelor’s in Elementary Education with endorsements in Early Childhood and Reading. In May of 2016, I graduated with my Masters in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Effective Teaching from Buena Vista University.
I look forward to working with you and your child to create a positive learning experience for them. I hope your child will be challenged and encouraged to try new things this year. Be sure to use the websites that are loctaed on this page. These websites are good resources to use at home with your child. Also, feel free to e-mail or call my room with any questions or concerns. I am excited for a year full of learning!
Useful Websites
- Reading
- Science
- Social Studies
- Survey
- Student Survey
Classroom Information
- Classroom Mission
- First Grade Schedule 2021-2022
- Newsletters
Learning Goals
- Literacy
- Reads Grade Level Text
- Asks and Answers Questions
- Identify the Main Topic and Retell Using Key Details
- Uses Story Elements to Retell a Text
- Acknowledge Point of View
- Explain Major Differences Between Fiction and Nonfiction Text
- Use Text Features to Comprehend
- Makes Connections Within and Between Texts
- Writing
- Opinion Writing
- Write to Inform/Explain
- Narrative Writing
- Math
- Number Names
- Place Value
- Addition and Subtraction
- Shapes
- Compose and Decompose Shapes
- Measurement
- Represent and Interpret Data
- Time
- Science
- Plants and Animals
- Sound and Light
- Air and Weather
- Building a Better U!
- Interaction with Peers
- Interaction with Adults
- Work Habits
- Personal Responsibility for Learning
- End of Year Goals
- Benchmark (Comprehension)
- Level J (Fountas and Pinnell)
- Sight Words
- Students will be able to read 65 sight words in one minute.
- Word Segmenting
- Students will be able to correctly segment words with 32 sounds.
- Nonsense Words
- Students will be able to correctly read 22 nonsense words in one minute.
- CBM-R
- Students will be able to correctly read 65 words in one minute with 95% accuracy.
- Composite
- Students will score 66 for a composite.
- Benchmark (Comprehension)