Grade 1
Grade 1 writing curriculum following CA State Standards with 30 sessions covering narrative, informational, and creative writing with comprehensive grammar instruction.
Three Writing Genres
Master narrative writing with beginning/middle/end, informational writing with facts and definitions, and opinion writing with reasons and conclusions.
Grammar Skills
Use nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns correctly, write different sentence types (statements, questions, exclamations), and apply proper capitalization and punctuation.
Writing Process
Learn brainstorming, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing through 30 structured sessions with peer feedback and teacher guidance.
Course Preview
An Integration Of Design Thinking And Reversed Logic -Model In The Field Of Education
- State Standard driven— Strictly follow CA State Standards with differentiated instruction based on specific needs
- Combining and bridging the gaps of research-based teaching materials
- Each session focuses on a set of specific learning objectives that matches CA State Standards and student developmental needs
- We believe in using a holistic approach to teach language arts, and each session will cover specific phonics, grammar, vocabulary, reading and writing skills
- Each grade level curriculum has two parts (part 1 and part 2), and each part has 15 sessions
- By attending the total of 30 sessions in each grade level, our students will master all skillsets required by CA State Standards
Class Structure
- We only assign class to teachers who have the most teaching experience and knowledge in specific subject and grade level
- Each class has no more than 4 students
- Class will be delivered through Zoom meeting, and homework will be provided for each session
- For G1 and above classes, constructive feedback will be provided for all homework assignments and writing assignments
Story Books:
- 27 story books
- 12 fiction
- 6 non-fiction (Cultural Books)
- 9 mentor texts
- Essential questions for each session
- Books are chosen to align with the skills that are listed in the standard
Teaching Methods/Strategies:
- Interactive read aloud
- Echo Choral reading
- Close reading
- Shared Reading
Reading Skills And Strategies:
- Main Idea and Key details
- Ask and answer questions
- Retelling
- Central Message
- Connections between characters and events
- Characters, setting, events
- Connection between text and Illustrations
- Compare & contrast
Writing Skills:
- Reading Response (ADDT-Answer, Detail, Detail, This Makes Me Think)
- Friendly Letter
- Poetry
- Opinion Writing
- How To Books
- Personal Narrative
Phonics:
- Digraphs
- Final e (Long Vowels)
- Two-syllable words
- Inflectional ending (s, ing, ed, es)
- Irregular spelled words
- Long and short vowels
- Phonemes
- Fluency Practice
Grammar:
- Proper nouns
- Possessive Nouns
- Subject Verb Agreement
- Past Tense, Present Tense, Future Tense Verbs
- Adjectives
- Conjunctions
- Determiners
- Simple, declarative sentences
- Compound, declarative sentences
- Simple Interrogative Sentences
- Simple imperative sentences
- Simple exclamatory sentences
Vocabulary:
- Oral vocabulary
- Echo read
- Define
- Act
Homework:
- Each session has 1-2 homework assignments
- Essential HW and additional HW to meet student’s’ needs
- Feedback and comments will be provided for each HW assignment
Example Of Outline——Reading And Writing Grade 1, Part 1, Session 1
