{"id":83,"date":"2026-06-26T14:57:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homeschoolingtwinadoes.com\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2026-07-10T14:53:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:53:52","slug":"1st-grade-scope-and-sequence-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.homeschoolingtwinadoes.com\/?page_id=83","title":{"rendered":"1st Grade Scope and Sequence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Please note that this document is still a work-in-progress as I\u2019m finishing development of this 1st grade language arts curriculum.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Reading and Listening Comprehension<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Features of print<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recognizing thinking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Asking and answering questions about the text<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visualizing and Inferring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Making connections to own experience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using background knowledge to enhance understanding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Making connections between texts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Revisiting ideas to further develop them<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using textual evidence to support ideas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Determining importance in text<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monitoring comprehension<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Summarizing and synthesizing information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Writing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note: This work is done verbally at first, with lots of practice. When writing, you can scribe for your child or have them write themselves, depending on their skill level and handwriting stamina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Identifying and fixing sentence fragments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using correct capitalization and end punctuation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identifying sentence types, including statements, questions, exclamations, and commands<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expanding sentences using who, when, where, and why<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using the basic conjunctions because and but.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Completing sentence stems beginning with the subordinating conjunctions after and before.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brainstorming more vivid or specific vocabulary for vague or overused words<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developing questions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adding the subordinating conjunctions if and when<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developing and writing a short narrative story with guidance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outlining and writing paragraphs with guidance, including an informative paragraph and an opinion paragraph<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Grammar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Common and proper nouns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Singular and plural nouns, including irregular plural nouns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Action verbs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Capitalizing sentences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simple sentences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Types of sentences: statements, questions, exclamations, and commands<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possessive nouns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Present, past, and future tense verbs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Irregular past tense verbs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Linking verbs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Subject and object pronouns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possessive pronouns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Indefinite pronouns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contractions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjectives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Articles: a, an<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adverbs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prepositions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conjunctions: and, or, but, so<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commas in a series<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commas in dates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visual Analysis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Illustrators make choices that affect how we read a text<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inferring from illustrations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Titles and subtitles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Page numbers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pages and page spreads<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Framing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Front and back cover, spine, title page, end papers, dedication page, copyright page<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacket, front and back jacket pages, wraparound jacket, jacket flaps<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Page layout, gutter, and facing pages<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interaction between words and pictures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shape, page orientation, color, contrast, negative space<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Typography (font, size, placement on page, impacts on tone and meaning)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pacing, page turns, and the passage of time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Listening and Speaking Skills<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Listening and taking turns while having conversations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Listening and responding to other people\u2019s comments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Asking questions during conversations to help with understanding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Asking and answering questions about what a speaker says<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using details when speaking to aid listener\u2019s understanding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using drawings or other visual aids to help listeners understand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Speaking in complete sentences when needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vocabulary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vocabulary instruction focuses on explicit and clear definitions young children can understand to learn words from or related to the week\u2019s text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thinking about and using new words in different ways<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applying new words in varying contexts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Relating and comparing words with similar meanings to understand connotations and nuance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below is a partial vocabulary list reflecting words that are studied through Week 7. An average of 4 words a week are studied in depth, for a total of 128 words over the school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>convince<\/td><td>marvelous<\/td><td>chances<\/td><td>murky<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>dashed<\/td><td>mighty<\/td><td>vibrant<\/td><td>gingerly<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>extraordinary<\/td><td>fierce<\/td><td>luminous<\/td><td>sturdy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>familiar<\/td><td>dedicated<\/td><td>sorrow<\/td><td>fierce<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>frightening<\/td><td>ambitious<\/td><td>aura<\/td><td>lurch<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>inseparable<\/td><td>spectacular<\/td><td>gloomy<\/td><td>pluck<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ashamed<\/td><td>awe<\/td><td>unite<\/td><td>enthusiastic<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>witness<\/td><td>freedom<\/td><td>whirl<\/td><td>swirl<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>roil<\/td><td>sway<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Literature Study<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Identifying and describing characters and main characters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Problem\/solution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fiction versus nonfiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Genre<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Text: poem, procedure, story, information text\/narrative informational text<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Topic sentences, paragraphs, and multi-paragraph texts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Narrative<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Story structure, events, and plot: beginning, middle, and end<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Point of view<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tone of voice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Setting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dialogue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Awareness of audience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Speaker\/narrator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Retell\/recount<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Similarities, compare and contrast<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Narrate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connotation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Context clues<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evidence, points, and reasons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Information and facts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ideas\/concepts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Main topic and key details<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Author\u2019s purpose and central message<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Topic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gist<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identify and use key text features to locate information in a text<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alliteration, rhyme\/rhyme scheme, rhythm, metaphor, onomatopoeia, repetition, stanza<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Author and illustrator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Features of print: front cover, back cover,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bold type\/bold print and italics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Text features: caption, chart\/table, diagram, graph, heading, label, subheading, text box<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Front and back matter: table of contents, glossary, index<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Map and legend<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Electronic menu, icons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Define and describe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inform\/explain\/answer and persuade<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Questions and question words<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drawing\/painting, illustration, photograph<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Differences and distinguishing between similar things<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Questions and question words<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Words that appeal to the senses or suggest feelings<br>Signal words<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please note that this document is still a work-in-progress as I\u2019m finishing development of this 1st grade language arts curriculum. 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