Language, Grade 1
Ontario · Grade 1 · English Language Arts — the complete curriculum-aligned outline, taught skill by skill by MapleMind's AI tutor.
4Units
16Lessons
67Skills
Unit 1: Literacy Connections and Applications
Using digital tools and online spaces safely and kindly, and exploring stories and voices from many communities, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit cultures.
Being Safe and Kind Online
- My rights and choices online
- Staying safe and private online
- Finding out and checking what we learn
- Noticing how videos and pictures are made
- Who made this and who is it for?
- Using digital tools to make something new
- Working together kindly online
Stories From Many Voices
- Seeing identity and belonging in stories
- Learning from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit stories
Unit 2: Foundations of Language
Listening and speaking well, sounding out and building words, and learning the building blocks of sentences: capital letters, punctuation, and simple grammar.
Listening and Speaking With Others
- Listening carefully and asking questions
- Using tricks to understand what I hear
- Taking turns and knowing how much to say
- Using gestures and expression to share meaning
- Choosing good words when I talk
Hearing the Sounds in Words
- Blending sounds into a word
- Breaking a word into its sounds
Letters and Their Sounds
- Naming and writing letters quickly
- Matching letters to their sounds
Reading and Spelling Words
- Sounding out words to read and spell
- Choosing the right spelling for a sound
Word Parts, New Words, and Reading Smoothly
- Word parts that change meaning
- Learning and using new words
- Reading smoothly and with expression
Kinds of Sentences
- Telling, asking, commanding, and exclaiming sentences
- Joining two sentences with 'and'
Naming Words, Action Words, and Describing Words
- One thing or more than one
- Using the word "I"
- Talking about yesterday, today, and tomorrow
- Describing words for things and actions
- Joining words like "and" and "so"
Starting and Ending Sentences
- Starting a sentence with a capital letter
- Choosing the right end punctuation mark
Unit 3: Comprehension: Understanding and Responding to Texts
Reading and understanding simple stories and information texts, noticing how they're built, making predictions, and thinking about what they mean.
Reading and Understanding Simple Texts
- Reading and understanding short stories
- Story books and information books
- How pictures and titles help us read
- How pictures connect to the words
- Noticing how a story sounds and feels
- Whose voice is telling the story?
- Reading and viewing First Nations, Métis, and Inuit stories
Tricks for Understanding What We Read
- Using what I already know to understand
- Why are we reading this?
- Guessing what happens next
- Fixing up a confusing part
- Connecting a story to my life and other stories
- Finding the big idea in a story
- Naming which trick helped me understand
Thinking Deeply About Stories
- Rhyme, alliteration, and fun sound tricks
- Figuring out clues the story doesn't say
- Putting story events in order
- Noticing symbols and values in stories
- Whose perspective is being shown?
- Sharing my own thoughts and feelings about a story
- Connecting First Nations, Métis, and Inuit stories to today
- Naming the thinking skill that helped me
Unit 4: Composition: Expressing Ideas and Creating Texts
Planning, drafting, printing, editing, and sharing our own simple stories and texts.
Planning What to Write
- Choosing a topic, purpose, and audience
- Coming up with ideas to write about
- Finding facts from one source
- Putting my ideas in order
- Naming the trick that helped me plan
Writing and Printing My Text
- Writing a first try of my text
- Printing letters and words neatly
- Showing my own feelings in my writing
- Writing as "I"
- Fixing up my writing
Sharing My Finished Text
- Making a final copy of my text
- Reading my text aloud with expression
- Naming what helped me present well
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