Everything you need for 1st Grade

Thank you all for the kind words we have received over the last few years. I felt the need to reorganize and make it simpler for you all to gain access to everything needed, still by grade but linked to the different lessons (both free and subscription versions) to help make your journey a lot easier. 

Before you grab what you need, I want to remind you that each state is different in terms of regulations as in what subjects, hours and days are needed. That being said all the information below can used in any state.

In New York State, 1st graders are expected to cover Reading, Spelling, Writing, Language Arts, US History and Geography, Arithmetic, Science, Visual Arts, Music, Health and Gym for a total of 900 hours in 180 days. You are also expected to cover Patriotism and Citizenship, fire safety, New York History, highway safety, constitution and alcohol, drug and tobacco misuse.

End of the Year Goals

Reading

– Daily reading

– Log and track progress

Language Arts

– Sentence structure

– Syllables

– Long and Short vowels

– Blending sounds and constant blends

– Phonics

– Word endings

– Common, proper and possessive nouns

– Singular and plural nouns

– Pronouns

– Past, present and future verbs

– Adjectives

– Opinion writing pieces

– Narrative writing pieces

– Writing using having research skills through a dictionary or thesaurus

– Writing use a word processor

– Spelling and vocabulary

Math

– Beginning addition

– Beginning subtraction

– Basic additions and subtraction using word problems

– Basic algebra (10 + X = 14)

– Count by 2s, 5s and 10s

– Greater, less than and equal to

– Place values

– Addition of two digit numbers

– Subtraction of two digit numbers

– The metric system

– Telling time

Social Studies

– Rights and Responsibilities of citizenship

– Places and people in different times

– Every day life in different times and places

– U.S Symbols, icons, and traditions

– Background of American citizens

– Basic economic concept

– My state

Science

– Materials can be solid, liquid or gas

– Material can change when mix

– Plants and animals inhabit different environments

– Food chain ecosystems

– How things work

– Investigations and experiments

Visual/Performance

– Dance, Music, Arts

– Drawing and Coloring

– Connect the dots

– Hands on Crafts

PE

English Language Arts

Reading

Literacy skills

Which could happen in real life?

Which feeling matches the picture?

What is the picture about?

What will happen next?

What am I?

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorist

The Bears’ Picnic by Stan Berenstain

  • Widget by Lyn Rossiter McFarland

  • Winter’s Eyes by Douglas Florian
  • Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
  • The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
  • Emily’s First 100 Days of School by Rosemary Wells
  • Little Cliff’s First Day of School by Clifton L. Taulbert
  • Miss Smith’s Incredible Story Book by Michael Garland
  • Ramona the Pest by Beverly Clearly
  • The New Girl…And Me by Jacqui Robbins
  • Is A Worry Worrying You by Ferida Wolff
  • Oh Brother! By Nikki Grimes
  • Dad, Jackie and Me by Myron Uhlberg
  • Big Bug Surprise by Julia Gran
  • Elena’s Serenade by Campbell Geeslin
  • The Empty Pot by Demi
  • Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant
  • I Knew You Could by Craig Dorfman
  • How to be a Good Dog by Gail Page
  • Raggedy Ann’s Wishing Pebble by Johnny Gruelle
  • What’s So Bad About Being An Only Child? By Cari Best
  • I Wish That I Had Duck Feet by Theo LeSieg
  • The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
  • The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
  • The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint- Exupery
  • Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Florence Atwater
  • The Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron
  • Fairytale News by Colin Hawkins
  • Flotsam by David Wiesner
  • The Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum by Kate Bernheimer
  • Goldilocks and the Three Martians by Stu Smith
  • How the Elephant Got Its Trunk by Robert James Phd
  • Let’s Play In the Forest While the Wolf Is Not Around by Claudia Rueda
  • Prancing, Dancing Lily by Marsha Diane Arnold
  • Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann
  • When the Library Lights Go Out by Megan McDonald
  • The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
  • Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
  • Minnie and Moo and the Case of the Missing Jelly Donut by
  • Why Don’t You Get a Horse, Sam Adams?
  • Stella, Queen of the Snow
  • George Washington’s Cows
  • The Giant Hug
  • Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
  • Smash! Mash! Crash! There Goes the Trash!
  • I Love You This Much: A Song of God’s Love
  • The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name
  • Wee One’s Bible Stories
  • The Beginner’s Bible: Timeless Children’s Stories
  • Precious Moments Bible
  • The Icky Bug Counting Book
  • The Nature Treasury: A First Look at the Natural World
  • The Polar Bears’ Home: A Story About Global Warming
  • Why Do Leaves Change Color?

Writing

Sentences

Identify statements

Identify questions

Identify exclamations

Identify commands

Choose the right end mark

Statement, question, command or exclamation?

Who, what, when, where or why?

Is it the naming or action part of the sentence?

Find the complete sentences

Complete the sentence

Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence

Spelling

Sight words

Choose the sight word that you hear

Complete the sentence with the correct sight word

Spell the sight word

Capitalization

Capitalize the names of people and pets

Capitalize days and months

Capitalize sentences and the pronoun “I”

Alphabetical order

Put the letters in ABC order

Put the words in ABC order

Word meanings

Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Choose the synonyms

Choose the antonyms

Sort words into categories

Which word is not like the others?

Find the words with related meanings

Describe the difference between related words

Order related words based on meaning

Multiple-meaning words with pictures

Use words with prefixes and suffixes

Understand words with prefixes and suffixes

Language Arts

Consonants and vowels

Sort consonants and vowels

Find the vowels in a word

Rhyming

Choose the picture that rhymes with the word

Which word does not rhyme?

Complete the rhyme

Complete the poem with a word that rhymes

Blending and segmenting

Blend the sounds together to make a word

Identify each sound in a word

Put the sounds in order

Consonant sounds and letters

Which two words start with the same sound?

Which two words end with the same sound?

Which letter does the word start with?

Which letter does the word end with?

Consonant blends and digraphs

Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend

Does the word start with a consonant blend?

Complete the word with the right final consonant blend

Does the word end with a consonant blend?

Fill in the missing consonant blend

Complete the word to match the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck

Choose the correct digraph

Complete the word with the right digraph

Spell the digraph word

Sort by initial consonant blend or digraph

Short vowels

Choose the short a word that matches the picture

Complete the short a word

Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture

Choose the picture that matches the short e word

Complete the short e word

Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture

Choose the short i word that matches the picture

Complete the short i words

Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture

Choose the short o word that matches the picture

Complete the short o word

Choose the short o sentence that matches the picture

Choose the picture that matches the short u word

Complete the short u word

Choose the short u sentence that matches the picture

Identify the short vowel sound in a word

Complete the word with the right short vowel

Spell the short vowel word

Complete the sentence with the correct short vowel word

Short and long vowels

Sort short and long vowel words

Match the short a and long a words to pictures

Match the short e and long e words to pictures

Choose the short i or long i word that matches the picture

Choose the short o or long o word that matches the picture

Choose the short u or long u word that matches the picture

Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words

Long vowels

Choose the silent e word that matches the picture

Complete the silent e words

Spell the silent e word

Choose the silent e sentence that matches the picture

Choose the picture that matches the vowel team word

Complete the vowel team words

Complete the word with the right vowel team

Choose the vowel team sentence that matches the picture

R-controlled vowels

Choose the r-control word that matches the picture

Complete the word with the right r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur

Diphthongs: oi, oy, ou, ow

Choose the diphthong word that matches the picture

Complete the word with the right diphthong: oi, oy, ou, ow

Syllables

How many syllables does the word have?

Sort by the number of syllables

Put two syllables together to create a word

Complete the two-syllable words

Complete the sentence with a two-syllable word

Nouns

Is the noun a person, animal, place or thing?

Complete the sentence with a noun to match the picture

Select the nouns

Identify nouns in a sentence

Sort common and proper nouns

Identify proper nouns

Regular plurals: select the word that matches the picture

Form regular plurals with -s and -es

Use singular and plural nouns

Irregular plurals: select the word that matches the picture

Select the possessive noun that matches the picture

Form the singular possessive

Pronouns

Choose between subject and object personal pronouns

Choose the correct personal pronoun

Complete the sentence with the correct personal pronoun

Choose the correct possessive pronoun

Use the correct possessive pronoun

Verbs

Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture

Identify action verbs

Use action verbs

One or more than one?

Complete the sentence with the best verb

Complete the sentence with the best subject

Pronoun-verb agreement: Complete the sentence with the best verb

Pronoun-verb agreement: Complete the sentence with the best subject

Select the sentence that tells about the present

Select the sentence that tells about the past

Select the sentence that tells about the future

Place sentences on a timeline

Form and use the regular past tense

Identify the irregular past tense

Place sentences with irregular verbs on a timeline

Complete the verb with the ending that you hear

Match the -ed and -ing sentences to the pictures

To be: use the correct present tense form

To be: use the correct past tense form

To be: use the correct form

To have: use the correct form

Articles

Use the correct article: a or an

Identify articles

Adjectives

Compare pictures using adjectives

Use number words

Use sense words

Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many?

Identify adjectives

Compare pictures using comparative and superlative adjectives

Identify comparative and superlative adjectives

Does the adjective compare two or more than two?

Prepositions

Select the best preposition to match the picture

Select the best preposition to complete the sentence

Transitions and sequence

Use conjunctions

Identify time-order words

Put the sentences in order

Contractions

Match the contractions

Form pronoun-verb contractions

Form contractions with “not”

Complete the sentence with the correct contraction

Arithmetic

Counting and number patterns 

Counting review – up to 10 

Count to fill a ten frame 

Counting review – up to 20 

Counting tens and ones – up to 30 

Count on ten frames – up to 40 

Counting by tens – up to 100 

Counting – up to 100 

Counting tens and ones – up to 99 

Counting by twos, fives and tens with pictures 

Counting by twos, fives and tens 

Counting forward and backward 

Number lines 

Counting on the hundred chart 

Hundred chart 

Even or odd 

Identify numbers as even or odd 

Even or odd numbers on number lines 

Which even or odd number comes before or after? 

Skip-counting patterns – with tables 

Sequences – count up and down by 1, 2, 3, 5 and 10 

Ordinal numbers 

Writing numbers in words 

Roman numerals I, V, X 

Understand addition 

Add with pictures – sums up to 10 

Addition sentences – sums up to 10 

Addition sentences using number lines – sums up to 10 Adding zero 

Addition skill builders 

Adding 1 

Adding 2 

Adding 3 

Adding 4 

Adding 5 

Adding 6 

Adding 7

Adding 9 

Adding 8 

Adding 0 

Addition 

Addition facts – sums up to 10 

Ways to make a number – addition sentences 

Make a number using addition – sums up to 10 

Complete the addition sentence – sums up to 10 

Addition word problems – sums up to 10 

Addition sentences for word problems – sums up to 10 Addition facts – sums up to 18 

Addition sentences using number lines – sums up to 18 Addition word problems – sums up to 18 

Addition sentences for word problems – sums up to 18 Addition facts – sums up to 20 

Make a number using addition – sums up to 20 

Addition sentences for word problems – sums up to 20 Related addition facts 

Addition sentences: true or false? 

Add a one-digit number to a two-digit number – without regrouping Add a one-digit number to a two-digit number – with regrouping 

Addition strategies 

Add doubles 

Add using doubles plus one 

Add using doubles minus one 

Add three numbers – use doubles 

Complete the addition sentence – make ten 

Add three numbers – make ten 

Add two multiples of ten 

Add a multiple of ten 

Add three numbers 

Add three numbers – word problems 

Understand subtraction 

Subtract with pictures – numbers up to 10 

Subtraction sentences – numbers up to 10 

Subtraction sentences using number lines – numbers up to 10 Subtract zero and all 

Subtraction skill builders

Subtracting 1 

Subtracting 2 

Subtracting 3 

Subtracting 4 

Subtracting 5 

Subtracting 6 

Subtracting 7 

Subtracting 8 

Subtracting 9 

Subtracting 0 

Subtraction 

Subtraction facts – numbers up to 10 

Ways to make a number – subtraction sentences Ways to subtract from a number – subtraction sentences Make a number using subtraction – numbers up to 10 Complete the subtraction sentence 

Subtraction word problems – numbers up to 10 Subtraction sentences for word problems – numbers up to 10 Subtraction facts – numbers up to 18 

Subtraction sentences using number lines – numbers up to 18 Subtraction word problems – numbers up to 18 Subtraction sentences for word problems – numbers up to 18 Make a number using subtraction – numbers up to 20 Related subtraction facts 

Subtraction sentences: true or false? 

Subtract a one-digit number from a two-digit number Subtraction strategies 

Relate addition and subtraction sentences 

Subtract doubles 

Subtract multiples of 10 

Subtract a multiple of 10 

Comparing 

Comparing – review 

Comparing numbers up to 10 

Comparing numbers up to 100 

Comparison word problems 

Estimation

Estimate to the nearest ten 

Fractions 

Equal parts 

Halves, thirds and fourths 

Simple fractions: what fraction does the shape show? Simple fractions: which shape matches the fraction? Simple fractions: parts of a group 

Fractions – word problems 

Compare fractions 

Two-dimensional shapes 

Name the two-dimensional shape 

Select two-dimensional shapes 

Count sides and vertices 

Compare sides and vertices 

Open and closed shapes 

Flip, turn and slide 

Symmetry 

Three-dimensional shapes 

Two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes Name the three-dimensional shape 

Cubes and rectangular prisms 

Select three-dimensional shapes 

Count vertices, edges and faces 

Compare vertices, edges and faces 

Identify shapes traced from solids 

Identify faces of three-dimensional shapes Shapes of everyday objects 

Spatial sense 

Above and below 

Beside and next to 

Left, middle and right 

Top, middle and bottom 

Location in a grid

Data and graphs 

Which picture graph is correct? 

Interpret picture graphs 

Which tally chart is correct? 

Interpret tally charts 

Which table is correct? 

Interpret data in tables 

Interpret bar graphs 

Which bar graph is correct? 

Measurement 

Long and short 

Tall and short 

Light and heavy 

Holds more or less 

Compare size, weight and capacity Measure using objects 

Read a thermometer 

Measure using a centimetre ruler Which metric unit of length is appropriate? Metric units of length: word problems Which metric unit of mass is appropriate? 

Money 

Coin values 

Count nickels and dimes 

Equivalent groups of coins 

Exchanging coins 

Compare money amounts 

Purchases: do you have enough money? 

Patterns 

Colour patterns 

Size patterns 

Shape patterns 

Find the next shape in a pattern 

Complete a pattern 

Make a pattern 

Growing patterns 

Find the next shape in a growing pattern Find the next row in a growing pattern

Mixed operations 

Addition and subtraction – ways to make a number Which sign makes the number sentence true? Fact families 

Addition and subtraction facts – numbers up to 10 Addition and subtraction facts – numbers up to 18 Addition and subtraction word problems 

Ten more or less 

Add and subtract tens 

Addition and subtraction terms 

Probability and statistics 

More, less and equally likely 

Certain, probable, unlikely and impossible 

Sorting, ordering and classifying 

Sort shapes into a Venn diagram 

Count shapes in a Venn diagram 

Put numbers in order 

Time 

Match analogue clocks and times 

Match digital clocks and times 

Match analogue and digital clocks 

Read clocks and write times 

A.M. or P.M. 

Times of everyday events 

Compare clocks 

Time and clocks: word problems 

Seasons of the year 

Days of the week 

Months of the year 

Read a calendar

History and Geography

Rights and Responsibilities of citizenship

Places and people in different times

Every day life in different times and places

U.S Symbols, icons, and traditions

Background of American citizens

Basic economic concept

My state

Science

Materials can be solid, liquid or gas

Material can change when mix

Plants and animals inhabit different environments Food chain ecosystems

How things work

Investigations and experiments

Health

Art

Music