English for Grade 1

Kids Academy Classroom’s Grade 1 English curriculum strengthens early literacy foundations while helping children become confident, independent readers and writers. Through lessons, worksheets, games, videos, drills, and quizzes, students explore phonics, high-frequency words, literature, informational texts, vocabulary, and grammar. This structured, engaging approach builds fluency, comprehension, and strong communication skills.

Core areas covered:

Foundational Reading Skills

Phonological Awareness: Blend, segment, and manipulate sounds in spoken words.

Phonics and Word Recognition: Decode words using common spelling patterns and recognize familiar word families.

Vocabulary

Determine or Clarify the Meaning of Unknown Words: Analyze context clues, word parts like suffixes and prefixes, and illustrations to understand new vocabulary.

Reading Literature

Key Ideas and Details, Craft and Structure: Identify important details, understand story structure, and describe characters and settings.

Review Across Genres: Compare and discuss stories, poems, and other literary texts.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Connect ideas across texts, use illustrations to support understanding, and make simple inferences.

Reading Informational Texts

Key Ideas and Details, Craft and Structure: Identify main ideas, find key facts, and recognize text features such as headings and labels.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Compare information across texts and use visuals to support comprehension.

Review Across Content: Revisit concepts from various informational texts to strengthen understanding.

Conventions of Writing

Nouns and Pronouns: Identify and use nouns and pronouns correctly in sentences.

Other Parts of Speech: Use verbs, adjectives, and simple linking words to build clear sentences.

Capitalization and Punctuation: Apply capital letters, periods, question marks, and other basic punctuation in writing.

This comprehensive program ensures first graders develop solid literacy skills, setting the stage for fluent reading, effective writing, and academic success in later grades.