Kindergarten and Grade 1 English – United States
Kindergarten and Grade 1 English
This is the FutureSchool Kindergarten and Grade 1 English course for students in the United States. It is matched to the Common Core State Standards, and to the state standards where a state sets its own. The course holds 25 lessons. Each lesson has a short video, worked examples and a printable worksheet. Lessons cover Do you like hamburgers?, It’s time to learn your A B C!, Hello! How are you? and Eight Purple Stars!, and more. Your child takes an assessment first, and the course then builds a study plan that names the lessons to work on. A lesson can be repeated as often as your child wants.
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| # | TOPIC | TITLE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do you like hamburgers? | It’s the alphabet! | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their listening skills and practice saying the alphabet. | ||||
| 2 | It’s time to learn your A B C! | The Alphabet! Full lesson available | ||
| Objective: Students will practice reading the letters of the alphabet and practice recognition of: a, b, c, d, e, f. | ||||
| 3 | Hello! How are you? | Hello! I’m Lulu. | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their comprehension skills by reading, and listening to, a picture story in which they will meet some new friends. | ||||
| 4 | Hello! How are you? | My name is Jack! | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their comprehension skills by reading, and listening to, a picture story in which new friends and new vocabulary are introduced. | ||||
| 5 | Eight Purple Stars! | Ten Little Pandas Full lesson available | ||
| Objective: Students will read a picture story and practice the numbers 1-10. | ||||
| 6 | Eight Purple Stars! | What color is it? | ||
| Objective: Students will read and practice the words for basic colors. They will learn to answer the question: ‘What color is …?’ and reply with ‘It’s …’. | ||||
| 7 | Fun at School | This is my father and mother. | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their reading skills. They will read a picture story and become familiar with ‘This is …’ and ‘That is …’. | ||||
| 8 | What’s this? | It’s my green eraser! | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their language skills by reading, and listening to, a picture story in which some possessive pronouns are used. They will also become familiar with the questions: ‘What’s this?’ and ‘What’s that?’. | ||||
| 9 | What’s this? | What’s in the box? | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their language skills by reading, and listening to, a picture story. They will learn to ask and answer the question ‘Is it a …?’. | ||||
| 10 | A New Boy at School | A Letter from Peter | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their language skills by reading, and listening to, a picture story. They will also revise colors and numbers, and learn to talk about their families. | ||||
| 11 | A New Boy at School | Where’s my dog? | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their language skills by reading, and listening to, a picture story. They will also become familiar with some prepositions. | ||||
| 12 | My Family | Where’s the red kite? | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their comprehension skills by reading and listening to a picture story. They will also practice the use of ‘in’, ‘on’ and ‘under’. | ||||
| 13 | My Family | My Family Tree | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their comprehension skills by reading a text about the family. They will increase their vocabulary for family relationships and occupations, and they will learn to use ‘this’ and ‘that’. | ||||
| 14 | About People | That’s his cow! | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their comprehension skills by reading a text about occupations. They will also learn about the possessive adjectives ‘his’, ‘her’ and ‘their’. | ||||
| 15 | About People | These are my feet. | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their comprehension skills and vocabulary by reading a text about the parts of the body. They will practice using ‘this’ and ‘these’, and learn to form plurals. | ||||
| 16 | Animal Mania! | What animal is that? Full lesson available | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their comprehension skills by reading a text about animals. Students will practice asking and answering questions, and they will revise colors and numbers. | ||||
| 17 | Animal Mania! | A Very Tall Giraffe | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their comprehension skills by reading a text about animals in which more adjectives are used. | ||||
| 18 | We like to play games. | Holidays! | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their comprehension skills by reading a picture story about fun activities to do in the holidays. Students will practice using ‘let’s’ and learn the days of the week. | ||||
| 19 | We like to play games. | What’s your favorite? Full lesson available | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their comprehension skills by reading a picture story about activities they like to do. They will learn to talk about their preferences. | ||||
| 20 | Do you like hamburgers? | At a Café | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their comprehension skills by reading a picture story about food preferences. | ||||
| 21 | Do you like hamburgers? | This is Bobby. | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their comprehension skills by reading a picture story. They will also learn to ask questions about likes and dislikes. | ||||
| 22 | It’s time to learn your A B C! | It’s time! | ||
| Objective: Students will develop their comprehension skills by reading a short text about asking and telling the time on the hour and half hour. | ||||
| 23 | It’s time to learn how to tell the time! | No school! It’s Sunday! | ||
| Objective: Students will increase their vocabulary and develop their reading skills by reading a short text about daily routines. | ||||
| 24 | It’s time to learn how to tell the time! | Where are my clothes? | ||
| Objective: Students will increase their vocabulary and develop their reading skills by reading a short text about items of clothing. They will learn about the prepositions – ‘on’, ‘under’, ‘in’. | ||||
| 25 | Sentences | The Sentence | ||
| Objective: To identify and use complete sentences. | ||||



