Grade 1 · Reading and writing · Scope and sequence

Grade 1 Reading and Language Scope and Sequence

3 units in teaching order: 19 lessons, about 11 weeks in all.

These units do not fill a whole school year. Use the order and the number of weeks to fit them into your own year.

The units week by week

  1. Weeks 1–4

    Sounds, Spelling, and Syllables

    1. Rhyming words
    2. Word families
    3. Sound boxes
    4. sh, ch, and th
    5. Spell the picture word
    6. Syllables

    Standards, Common Core: L.1.2.d, L.1.2.e, RF.1.2.b, RF.1.2.d, RF.1.3.a, RF.1.3.b, RF.1.3.d, RF.1.3.e

  2. Weeks 5–7

    Reading Sentences and Stories

    1. Read and do
    2. Fill in the missing word
    3. Unscramble the sentence
    4. Who, what, where
    5. What happens next?

    Standards, Common Core: L.1.1.j, L.1.2.b, L.1.4.a, RF.1.4.a, RF.1.4.c, RL.1.7

  3. Weeks 8–11

    Words and How They Work

    1. ABC order
    2. Nouns, verbs, and adjectives
    3. He, she, it, they
    4. A or an: sort the words
    5. Write the opposite
    6. Two words that mean the same thing
    7. From a little to a lot
    8. Find the root word

    Standards, Common Core: L.1.1.d, L.1.1.f, L.1.1.h, L.1.4.c, L.1.5, L.1.5.d

Print the scope and sequence

The same table on paper, with a column for your own dates and a box to check off when you have taught a unit.

Scope and sequence (PDF)

The printable scope and sequence comes with the paid Teacher plan.

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