Oglethorpe Point Elementary School

First Grade

First grade students visit the library weekly for read-alouds and reading enrichment. 

First grade students check out one book weekly. 

Reading and Storytelling Elements we focus on in First Grade:
Characters, setting, plot, retelling, fiction or nonfiction, conflict, resolution, reader’s voice, vocabulary, author, illustrator, parts of a book, and using our imagination. 

Your child’s class library day is:

Strahley - Thursday
Melton - Thursday
Jensen - Friday

First grade students begin to participate in some of our independent reading incentives, including our quarterly reading cafés and reading store, and our end of the year reading clubs.

Reading Cafés are held quarterly (Fall/October, Winter/December, Spring/March, and End of the Year/May). First grade students read books and take comprehension quizzes (Accelerated Reader) in order to participate. They have a goal of 3 points quarterly in order to be invited to the reading café. For first graders, 3 points is roughly 6 books. Students may quiz on books they have read at home or books they have read in the classroom with teachers. First graders are allowed to have the quiz read to them through the Accelerated Reader program. All quizzes should be taken at school. Parents can login to AR at home in order to check their child’s progress. The AR login is located under the Students tab on our school website. 

Reading Cafés are hosted during lunch by our fabulous PTA. Weather permitting, students eat their lunches outside in the courtyard and then participate in fun games and activities. 

Reading Stores are held in December, March, and May. Students get to “spend” their hard-earned reading points at the store. Points not used will roll-over to the next store, but must be used by our final store in May. Café and Club points are NOT deducted from store points. 

Read Star Wall & Clubs

Once first graders accumulate 5 reading points (roughly 10 books), their star goes on the wall in the main hallway. Their star moves up according to their accumulated points. 

50 Point Club - if a first grader’s star reaches 50 points, he or she will be invited to our end of the year reading picnic in May. 50 points is usually 100 books (estimated by reading at grade-level books), so this is a HUGE goal.

100 Point Club -  if a first grader’s star reaches 100 points, he or she will be invited to our end of the year Reading Club Field Trip in May. This is not a typical goal for first graders, but we do have a few first graders meet this goal each year. 

First graders do not participate in I Put Reading on the Map. The standards this program targets are beyond our first grade standards. 

The last day to take Accelerated Reader quizzes is May 1, 2026. So all reading goals must be met by this date. 

*Please visit the Digital Literacy button on the library homepage in order to view the lessons covered by grade level.