English Language Arts 1
Alberta · Grade 1 · English Language Arts — the complete curriculum-aligned outline, taught skill by skill by MapleMind's AI tutor.
Unit 1: How Messages Are Made
Organizing idea: messages are put together in different ways for different reasons. Noticing that a story, a list, a sign and a letter each look different, and that people make them that way on purpose.
- A story, a list, a sign
- Why it looks that way
Unit 2: Listening and Talking
Organizing idea: we share ideas by listening and speaking. Being a good listener, taking turns to talk, and telling a story or some news so others understand.
- Being a good listener
- Telling your story or news
Unit 3: Playing with Words
Organizing idea: words are built from parts and carry meaning. Learning what new words mean, and hearing how a little ending like "-s" changes one word into many.
- What does this word mean?
- One dog, two dogs
Unit 4: Sounds in Words
Organizing idea: spoken words are made of sounds we can hear and play with. Clapping syllables, finding words that rhyme, and hearing the first sound in a word — all with our ears, no letters yet.
- Rhyming and clapping syllables
- Hearing the first sound
Unit 5: Letters and Their Sounds
Organizing idea: letters stand for sounds, and blending those sounds reads a word. Learning the sound each letter makes, and sounding out simple words like c-a-t.
- The sound each letter makes
- Blending c-a-t into "cat"
Unit 6: Reading Smoothly
Organizing idea: practice makes reading smooth and clear. Reading known words quickly and correctly, and reading a little sentence in a smooth, story-telling voice.
- Reading the words correctly
- Reading with a story voice
Unit 7: Understanding Stories
Organizing idea: reading and listening are for understanding the meaning. Telling who is in a story and what happens, and answering questions about a text you have heard or read.
- Characters and what happens
- Answering questions about a story
Unit 8: Writing My Own Messages
Organizing idea: we make messages by planning, printing, and sharing them. Printing letters and simple words to share an idea, and drawing-then-writing a short sentence about it.
- Printing letters and words
- Drawing then writing a sentence
Unit 9: Writing Rules That Help
Organizing idea: little rules help our writing make sense. Starting a sentence with a capital letter and ending it with a period, and spelling small words the way we sound them out.
- Capital letters and periods
- Spelling small words
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