Language · Grade 1
Read, Write, Talk 1
From hearing the sounds in words to reading a short passage aloud and writing a few sentences of your own, with stories, conversation and retelling along the way.
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Unit 1 · reading, activity, quick check, quick check, activity
Listening and retellingListen to a story, find who it is about, and tell it back in order.
Unit 2 · reading, lab, activity, quick check, quick check, activity
Hearing the sounds in wordsListen inside words, split them into sounds, blend sounds back into words, and find rhymes.
Unit 3 · reading, activity, quick check, quick check, activity
Talking with othersTell a short story about yourself, then take turns asking and answering questions.
Unit 4 · reading, lab, activity, quick check, quick check, activity
Letters and their soundsCrack the code. Learn the sound each letter makes, and the letter pairs sh, ch, th and ck that team up to make one sound.
Unit 5 · reading, lab, activity, quick check, quick check, activity
Reading new wordsSound out any regular word and slide the sounds together, and see how a silent e changes cap into cape.
Unit 6 · reading, lab, activity, quick check, quick check, activity
Common words at a glanceSome words show up on almost every page. Learn to know the, said, was and their friends by sight.
Unit 7 · reading, lab, activity, quick check, quick check, activity
Reading aloud smoothlyRead a short story out loud with the right words, a steady pace and a voice that shows what it means.
Unit 8 · reading, lab, activity, quick check, quick check, activity
Understanding what you readAsk who, what, where and why, and use clues to work out how a character feels.
Unit 9 · reading, lab, activity, quick check, quick check, activity
Writing letters and wordsMake your letters on the lines, and spell any regular word by turning its sounds into letters.
Unit 10 · reading, lab, activity, quick check, quick check, activity
Writing sentencesWrite two or three sentences about something that happened, each with a capital letter and an end mark.