ENGLISH-CLASS-1

The English Language Arts 1 program comprises two courses, ELA 1 and Phonics 1. The program provides a well-balanced approach to literacy that integrates phonics, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, and handwriting. Students develop comprehension, build vocabulary, and gain a lifelong interest in reading. Thematic units in literacy contain workshops in which instruction is anchored by a focus text. Through a combination of teacher-led instruction (either live or via embedded video within the course) and independent practice (both online and offline), students build knowledge by exploring both classic and contemporary works in different genres and formats—fiction, poetry, drama, nonfiction, trade books, magazines, and e-books. Beginning in the second semester, students complete focused grammar activities and write a variety of compositions by following the writing process.

Phonics prepares students to become independent readers through teacher-led, systematic, multisensory instruction in a developmentally appropriate manner. Students review phonological awareness and learn advanced decoding skills and sight words. Letter tiles, a variety of interactive games and activities, and decodable readers (brief stories that consist entirely of words students can read independently) support multimodal learning. Spelling instruction begins in the second half of the first semester in ELA 1, building on the foundation of letter-sound knowledge previously mastered in Phonics.

Targeted handwriting activities provide gentle instruction to help students print letters correctly.

This course requires the following household materials:

crayons

dictation notebook

glue

index cards

scissors, round-end safety

sight words box

SEMESTER 1 - Language Arts

Unit 1: Kindness Is Important

Unit 2: All About Foxes

Unit 3: Wordly Wisdom

Unit 4: Midsemester A Reflect, Review, and Read

Unit 5: Up in the Sky

Unit 6: Lessons to Learn

Unit 7: In Space

Unit 8: Cats

Unit 9: Midyear Reflect, Review, and Read

SEMESTER 2

Unit 10: Little People Can Do Big Things

Unit 11: Lunch!

Unit 12: The Dungy Family

Unit 13: Animal Antics

Unit 14: Inventions

Unit 15: Midsemester B Reflect, Review, and Read

Unit 16: Unlikely Friends

Unit 17: Earth Is Our Home

Unit 18: Animals of the Woods

Unit 19: Let's Put On a Show

Unit 20: End-of-Year Reflect, Review, and Read

SEMESTER 2 - Phonics

Unit 1: Look Back: Sounds /ă/, /ŏ/, and /ŭ/

Unit 2: Look Back: Sounds /ă/, /ĕ/, /ĭ/, /ŏ/, and /ŭ/

Unit 3: Look Back: Digraphs sh, ch, and th

Unit 4: Look Back: Digraphs, Trigraphs, Sounds, Letters, and Vowel

Unit 5: Blends –nd, –ft, –lk, and –c

Unit 6: Blends –lp and –lt

Unit 7: Blends –mp and –sp

Unit 8: Blends –sk, –st, –nt, and –nch

Unit 9: Blends bl–, cl–, fl–, gl–, pl–, and sl–

Unit 10: Blends br–, cr–, dr–, fr–, gr–, pr–, and tr–

Unit 11: Digraph Blends shr– and thr–

Unit 12: Blends sc–, sp–, st–, sw–, sk–, sm–, sn–, and tw

Unit 13: Blends spr–, str–, squ–, scr–, and spl–

Unit 14: Words Ending in –ank, –ink, –onk, and –unk

Unit 15: Words Ending in –ang, –ing, –ong, and –ung

Unit 16: Silent e Spellings for Sounds /ā/, /ī/, /ō/, and /ē/

Unit 17: Silent e Spellings for Sounds /ū/ and Long Double o

Unit 18: Sounds /ar/ and /or/

Unit 19: Contractions and Sound /z/ Spelled s

Unit 20: Two-Syllable Words and Schwa Soun

Unit 21: Endings –ing, –est, and –ed

Unit 22: Consonant Ending –le and Digraph p

Unit 23: Spellings for Soft c and Soft g Sounds

Unit 24: Spellings for Sound /ā/

Unit 25: Spellings for Sound /ī/

Unit 26: Spellings for Sound /ō

Unit 27: Spellings for Sound /ē/

Unit 28: Spellings for Sounds /ū/ and Long Double o

Unit 29: Spellings for Double o Sounds

Unit 30: Long Vowels and Double o Sounds

Unit 31: Sound /er/ Spelled –er, –ir, –ur, and –ear

Unit 32: Sound /ĕ/ Spelled e

Unit 33: Sound /oi/ Spelled oi and oy

Unit 34: Sound /aw/ Spelled au and aw

Unit 35: Sound /ow/ Spelled ou and ow

Unit 36: Sound /ō/ Spelled ow