Complete 1st Grade Curriculum at Home
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Complete 1st Grade Curriculum at Home
36 weeks of phonics, reading, writing, spelling and math — planned for you
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A complete first-grade year in about 45 minutes a day: phonics from short vowels to vowel teams and suffixes, a spelling list and check every week, grammar mini-lessons, a new reading passage with questions each week, writing prompts, and first-grade math — facts to 20, place value to 120, two-digit adding and subtracting, time, money, fractions and graphs.
What's inside
- ✓36 weekly plans — open the week and go
- ✓Weekly spelling list, phonics sort and spelling check
- ✓A reading passage with questions every week
- ✓Math: facts to 20, place value, time, money, fractions
- ✓Includes a 19-page Parents' Guide and an 80-page Answer Key
- ✓Colour + Black & White editions · US Letter & A4
Page by page: 180 reading pages · 139 math pages · 108 spelling pages · 36 weekly plan pages · 36 phonics pages · 36 grammar pages · 36 writing pages · 31 read-aloud fact pages · 2 tracing pages · 2 compare & order pages · 1 drawing page, plus a how-to page and a certificate.
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About this book
Complete 1st Grade Curriculum at Home
This 1st grade homeschool curriculum covers a full year in 36 planned weeks, with about 45 minutes of work a day. It is written for 6 and 7 year olds who can already read simple words and are ready to grow.
Each week is built around one phonics pattern, moving from short vowels and blends to digraphs, silent e, vowel teams like ai, oa and igh, r-controlled vowels, -ed and -ing endings, and prefixes and suffixes. The week's spelling list uses that pattern, with a sort, practice pages and a spelling check. A grammar mini-lesson covers things like nouns and verbs, question marks, contractions and commas in a list.
There is a new reading passage every week, from Sam and the Big Map to Fireflies at Night and A Careful Astronaut, with comprehension questions and a writing prompt. Math covers facts to 20, place value to 120, two-digit adding and subtracting, time, money, fractions and graphs.
You get three printable PDF books of 12 weeks plus a 19-page Parents' Guide (a typical day and week, the year at a glance, scope and sequence, learning objectives, tips, FAQ, progress trackers and a certificate), 635 pages in all, in a Colourful Edition and an ink-saving Black & White Edition, each for US Letter and A4. There is also an 80-page Answer Key with every page that has set answers filled in. In the UK, children of this age are in Year 2.
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A real week from the plan
What Week 1 looks like
Week 1: Back to School. About 45 minutes a day — spelling and phonics, grammar, reading, writing and math — the week plan page tells you what to do each day.
- Spelling pattern:
- short a and i
- Spelling words:
- cat, map, bag, hat, sit, pin, big, lip, dig, win
- Sight words:
- the, of, and
- Grammar:
- capital letters and periods
- Reading:
- “Sam and the Big Map”
- Math:
- Addition facts to 10
Day 1 · Monday
Spelling & phonics
- Meet this week's pattern: short a and i.
- Read the spelling list together and do the phonics sort.
Day 2 · Tuesday
Grammar & sight words
- Mini-lesson: capital letters and periods.
- Practice the sight words the, of, and.
Day 3 · Wednesday
Math
- Addition facts to 10.
- Use objects or drawings first, then the pages.
Day 4 · Thursday
Read
- Read “Sam and the Big Map” twice — once together, once on your own — and answer the questions.
Day 5 · Friday
Write & review
- Writing prompt, the spelling check and the theme page.
Every week covers
- Spelling & phonics
- Grammar
- Sight words
- Reading
- Writing
- Math
- Weekly theme
The whole plan
The year at a glance
36 weekly plans in 3 books (Weeks 1–12, Weeks 13–24, Weeks 25–36). Plus a 19-page Parents' Guide and an 80-page Answer Key.
Weeks 1–9
Spelling & phonics
Short a and i · Short o, u and e · Consonant blends (l and r) · Consonant blends (s) · Digraphs sh and ch · Digraphs th and wh · Ending -ck, -ng, -nk · Long a with silent e · Long i with silent e
Grammar
Capital letters and periods · Nouns (people, places, things) · Verbs (action words) · Adjectives (describing words) · Plural nouns (-s, -es) · Question marks · Pronouns (he, she, it, they) · Nouns review · Verbs: past tense -ed
Math
Addition facts to 10 · Subtraction facts to 10 · Addition facts to 20 · Subtraction facts to 20 · Missing numbers · Doubles and near doubles · Tens and ones · Place value to 99 · Comparing two-digit numbers
Sight words
27 new: the, of, and, a, to, in…
Themes
Back to School · Friends · Fall Leaves · Apples · Community Helpers · The Five Senses · Pumpkins · Weather · Night Animals
Weeks 10–18
Spelling & phonics
Long o and u with silent e · Long e (ee, ea) · Long a (ai, ay) · Long o (oa, ow) · Long i (igh, y) · R-controlled ar · R-controlled or · R-controlled er, ir, ur · Vowel teams oo
Grammar
Adjectives: size and color · Commas in a list · Sentences: telling and asking · Compound words · Verbs: is and are · Possessive nouns ('s) · Adjectives that compare (-er, -est) · Contractions (can't, don't, I'm) · Verbs: past tense (irregular: ran, saw, came)
Math
Adding tens and ones · Subtracting tens and ones · Counting to 120 · Time to the hour · Time to the half hour · Pennies, nickels and dimes · Counting coins · Halves · Shapes and their parts
Sight words
27 new: by, words, but, not, what, all…
Themes
Being Thankful · Healthy Food · Things That Go · Winter · Holidays Around the World · Animals in Winter · The Arctic · My Body · Friendship
Weeks 19–27
Spelling & phonics
Diphthongs ou and ow · Diphthongs oi and oy · Ending -ed and -ing · Vowel team aw and au · Soft c and g · Kn, wr and silent letters · Two-syllable words · Compound words · Prefix un- and re-
Grammar
Capital letters for names and places · Verbs and nouns review · Verbs: -ing (now) and -ed (before) · Adverbs (how: slowly, quickly) · Punctuation review (. ? !) · Synonyms (words that mean the same) · Antonyms (opposites) · Compound words review · Prefixes un- and re-
Math
Tally charts and graphs · Measuring length · Word problems to 20 · Adding three numbers · Halves and fourths · Telling time review · Comparing numbers · Place value review · Two-digit addition
Sight words
27 new: then, them, these, so, some, her…
Themes
Our Country · Dinosaurs · The Ocean · Plants & Spring · Butterflies · Earth Day · On the Farm · Bugs · Ponds & Frogs
Weeks 28–36
Spelling & phonics
Suffixes -ful and -less · Vowel team ew and ue · Long vowel review · R-controlled review · Diphthong review · Prefix and suffix review · Two-syllable review · Vowel team review · First grade celebration
Grammar
Suffixes -ful and -less · Adjectives review · Sentence types review · Verbs review · Nouns review · Prefixes and suffixes review · Writing a paragraph · Grammar review · Review
Math
Two-digit subtraction · Time and measurement · Money review · Fractions review · Data and graphs · Mixed facts to 20 · Two-digit addition review · First grade math review · Year-end review
Sight words
27 new: water, been, called, who, oil, now…
Themes
Space · Maps & My Town · Families · Healthy Habits · Animals Around the World · Summer Safety · The Beach · Growing Up · Celebrate Learning
Is this the right level?
Pick the year that fits your child
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