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Grade 1 English lessons

Everything in Grade 1 English on one page: 10 units and 93 lessons for learners aged 6–7. Work through the units in order, or jump straight to the topic you need.

Unit 1 · 8 lessons

Listening and Speaking Foundations

  1. Listening attentively
  2. Understanding spoken words
  3. Following simple instructions
  4. Speaking clearly
  5. Introducing oneself
  6. Asking and answering questions
  7. Describing familiar objects
  8. Taking turns in conversations

Unit 2 · 10 lessons

Phonological and Phonemic Awareness

  1. Recognising environmental sounds
  2. Listening to words and sentences
  3. Identifying rhyming words
  4. Recognising syllables
  5. Identifying beginning sounds
  6. Identifying ending sounds
  7. Blending spoken phonemes
  8. Segmenting spoken words
  9. Adding and deleting sounds
  10. Oral sound manipulation

Unit 3 · 12 lessons

Alphabet Knowledge and Phonics

  1. Uppercase and lowercase letters
  2. Letter names and sounds
  3. Consonant sounds
  4. Short vowel sounds
  5. Consonant–vowel–consonant words
  6. Blending sounds into words
  7. Segmenting words for spelling
  8. Consonant digraphs
  9. Consonant blends
  10. Common long-vowel patterns
  11. Decodable word reading
  12. Phonics review and assessment

Unit 4 · 8 lessons

Beginning Reading and Fluency

  1. Print direction
  2. Words and sentences
  3. Reading decodable sentences
  4. Common irregular words
  5. Reading connected texts
  6. Reading with phrasing
  7. Repeated reading
  8. Reading familiar stories

Unit 5 · 9 lessons

Reading Comprehension

  1. Understanding story events
  2. Identifying characters
  3. Identifying settings
  4. Beginning, middle, and end
  5. Retelling stories
  6. Identifying important details
  7. Answering basic comprehension questions
  8. Making predictions
  9. Connecting stories to experiences

Unit 6 · 8 lessons

Vocabulary Development

  1. Naming familiar objects
  2. Action words
  3. Describing words
  4. Opposites
  5. Word categories
  6. Multiple-meaning words
  7. Vocabulary from stories
  8. Using new words in sentences

Unit 7 · 10 lessons

Grammar and Sentence Foundations

  1. Words and sentences
  2. Naming words
  3. Action words
  4. Pronouns
  5. Describing words
  6. Simple sentence construction
  7. Capital letters
  8. Full stops
  9. Question marks
  10. Basic sentence correction

Unit 8 · 10 lessons

Handwriting, Spelling, and Beginning Composition

  1. Letter formation
  2. Lowercase letters
  3. Uppercase letters
  4. Spacing between words
  5. Spelling simple words
  6. Writing complete sentences
  7. Writing about pictures
  8. Writing personal experiences
  9. Writing short descriptions
  10. Revising simple sentences

Unit 9 · 10 lessons

Stories, Poetry, and Literature

  1. Listening to stories
  2. Traditional tales
  3. Picture books
  4. Nursery rhymes
  5. Simple poems
  6. Story characters
  7. Story settings
  8. Retelling stories
  9. Acting out stories
  10. Creating oral stories

Unit 10 · 8 lessons

Early Research and Creative Communication

  1. Asking questions
  2. Observing familiar objects
  3. Describing pictures
  4. Gathering simple facts
  5. Sharing information orally
  6. Creating picture stories
  7. Making simple posters
  8. Presenting personal experiences

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