New Brunswick · Grade 1
English Language Arts, Grade 1
New Brunswick’s Grade 1 English course, from Interactions to Representations.
- Units
- 3
- Lessons
- 7
- Skills
- 22
- Provincial exam
- None
- Official curriculum
- New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
Unit by unit
Every skill in the course, numbered by unit.
Unit 1 · 9 skills
Interactions
Sharing feelings, ideas, and listening well
Sharing feelings and opinions
I can tell others how I feel and describe something that happened to me.
Skill 1.1
Telling facts, ideas, and opinions to others
I can share a fact, an idea, or an opinion with my class and my teacher.
Skill 1.2
Beginning to ask and answer questions
I can ask a question and answer a question.
Skill 1.3
Giving and following simple directions
I can give a one- or two-step direction and follow one too.
Skill 1.4
Responding to stories and presentations
I can tell what I think and feel about a story or a presentation.
Skill 1.5
Welcoming the ideas of others
I can listen to and accept the ideas and opinions of my classmates.
Skill 1.6
Kind language and community habits
Exploring words of harmony and respect
I can use kind words that help everyone get along.
Skill 1.7
Exploring how we talk together
I can take turns and look at the speaker when we talk.
Skill 1.8
Exploring social habits when we interact
I can use friendly greetings and polite habits when I talk with people.
Skill 1.9
The official wording · 9 outcomes
- 1.1
- Express feelings and opinions, and give simple descriptions of experiences.
- 1.2
- Present simple facts, ideas, and opinions to peers and teachers.
- 1.3
- Begin to ask and respond to questions.
- 1.4
- Give and follow simple, one or two step directions or instructions.
- 1.5
- Respond personally to presentations, oral stories, and multi- modal text.
- 1.6
- Receive the ideas and opinions of others.
- 1.7
- Explore the language of harmony and respect.
- 1.8
- Explore appropriate communication conventions.
- 1.9
- Explore social conventions when interacting.
Key ideas
Feelings have names: happy, sad, excited, worried, proud.
Words of harmony help people feel welcome (please, thank you, I'm sorry).
An opinion is what YOU think about something (a favourite colour, a book you liked).
Respectful language means speaking to others the way you want to be spoken to.
A simple description tells what happened, using words like first, then, and.
Watch out for
- Thinking a feeling and an opinion are the same thing.
- Thinking manners only matter with grown-ups, not with classmates.
- Giving only one word ('good') instead of describing the experience.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 2 · 8 skills
Reading
Print, sounds, and cracking the code
Identifying concepts of print
I can show how print works on a page.
Skill 2.1
Hearing the sounds in spoken words
I can hear and play with the sounds inside spoken words.
Skill 2.2
Using letters and sounds to decode words
I can sound out words by matching letters to their sounds.
Skill 2.3
Reading smoothly and making meaning
Reading familiar words with accuracy and expression
I can read words I know smoothly and with feeling.
Skill 2.4
Using a range of words to communicate
I can use interesting and precise words when I talk and share.
Skill 2.5
Constructing meaning from stories and text
I can understand and retell what a story is about.
Skill 2.6
Choosing books and knowing text kinds
Choosing texts for a purpose
I can pick the kind of text that fits what I want to do.
Skill 2.7
Beginning to identify kinds of text
I can start to notice what makes different texts different.
Skill 2.8
The official wording · 8 outcomes
- 2.1
- Identify concepts of print.
- 2.2
- Demonstrate an awareness of sounds in spoken language.
- 2.3
- Apply letter-sound knowledge to decode words and connected text.
- 2.4
- Read familiar words in developmentally appropriate text passages with accuracy and expression.
- 2.5
- Use a range of vocabulary when communicating.
- 2.6
- Construct meaning from oral stories, read-alouds, and text.
- 2.7
- Select and engage with a variety of text forms for specific uses.
- 2.8
- Begin to identify characteristics, forms, features, and types of text.
Key ideas
Print carries the message — the pictures help, but the words say it.
Familiar words are ones you recognize quickly without sounding out.
Different texts do different jobs (a story to enjoy, a sign to warn, a list to remember).
In English we read left to right and top to bottom.
Accuracy means reading the words that are really there.
Watch out for
- Thinking the pictures, not the print, carry the words to read.
- Reading in a flat robot voice with no expression.
- Thinking all texts are the same kind of reading.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 3 · 5 skills
Representations
Printing letters and spelling words
Printing letters, words, and sentences
I can print letters, words, and sentences to share my ideas.
Skill 3.1
Using basic spelling to write words
I can spell words using the sounds I hear and words I know.
Skill 3.2
Composing sentences and creating texts
Composing complete thoughts and sentences
I can write a complete sentence that shares a whole idea.
Skill 3.3
Organizing ideas and creating texts
I can put my ideas in order to make a short written or media text.
Skill 3.4
Beginning to seek information for ideas
I can start to look for information to help my ideas.
Skill 3.5
The official wording · 5 outcomes
- 3.1
- Print or represent letters, words, and sentences using a writing utensil or assistive technology.
- 3.2
- Apply basic spelling conventions when creating written works.
- 3.3
- Compose complete thoughts and sentences.
- 3.4
- Organize ideas and create written or media texts.
- 3.5
- Begin to seek information to support ideas and construct meaning.
Key ideas
Letters have a shape and a starting point; neat printing helps others read it.
A complete sentence tells a whole thought (who and what they do).
Words have spaces between them so readers can tell them apart.
It starts with a capital letter and ends with a mark (. ? !).
A writing utensil (pencil) OR assistive technology (a device) are both fine ways to write.
Watch out for
- Thinking the tool (pencil vs. device) is a separate skill — it is just the way you write.
- Writing a fragment (just 'the big cat') and calling it a sentence.
- Running all the words together with no spaces.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Plan the term
Pick your term and the days you study. Each unit gets its share of the weeks and comes back a week later for a review. The last two weeks go over the whole course.
The official curriculum
This page follows New Brunswick’s own curriculum for English Language Arts, Grade 1.
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Questions about English Language Arts, Grade 1
What is English Language Arts, Grade 1?
New Brunswick’s Grade 1 English course: 3 units and 22 skills, from Interactions to Representations.
What units are in English Language Arts, Grade 1?
1. Interactions, 2. Reading and 3. Representations.
Is there a provincial exam for English Language Arts, Grade 1?
No. New Brunswick gives no provincial exam for English Language Arts, Grade 1.
What comes after English Language Arts, Grade 1?
English Language Arts, Grade 2.
Can MapleMind help with English Language Arts, Grade 1?
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