What our lesson guides include
Overview: The Reading-ELA Learning Roadmap Grade 1 lesson guide walks through basic principles of language. Such areas include grammar, writing styles, spelling, conventions, and usage. Students will study each of these areas during the appointed period. The first six weeks spotlight ELA areas, and the final four weeks spotlight reading skills.
Learn Bright learning roadmaps provide an excellent schedule to follow for teaching our lesson plans to elementary grades. Whether you are a teacher in a classroom or a homeschooler, these outlines will help you keep track of the lessons in all the subjects that you need to teach your students. The reading and ELA roadmaps for all grade levels provide students will a thorough study of language, grammar, writing, and reading.
Using the roadmap for each subject, you can figure out which lessons to teach and when. If you find that your students need extra practice, some roadmaps provide a few additional lesson plans that you can use. Additionally, you can use these lesson of you have spare time to fill. The roadmaps are a guide and are not meant to hold you to a rigid agenda. You can adjust as you wish to meet your specific needs and objectives.
Reading-ELA Learning Roadmap Grade 1
The grade 1 roadmap for reading and ELA introduces students to many of the basic foundations of language, reading, and writing. Students will learn about punctuation and grammar, writing, and reading and reading literature.
ELA, Punctuation, and Grammar
The first few weeks of every quarter focus on English language arts, punctuation, and grammar. Students will learn about the conventions of English grammar and usage. Some of the lessons you will find in this section include Letter Writing, Verbs and Tenses, End Punctuation for Sentences, and Word Connections.
ELA and Writing
Next, students will focus on English language arts and writing in weeks 4-6. These lessons involve developing the skill of research and the written response. Lessons include Producing Complete Sentences, Informative Writing, Narrative Writing with Details, and Rules for Discussions.
Reading Foundation Skill and Reading Literature
Finally, the last four weeks of every quarter explore reading and literature. Students will practice foundational reading skills and read stories appropriate for the grade. This section includes Basic Features of Print, Using Illustrations for Key Ideas, Consonant Digraphs, and Characters – Feelings.
In addition to these lessons, an extra section focuses on foundational reading skills. You may choose to incorporate some or all of these lessons into the existing schedule.