Learning areas
The five Alberta Grade 1 subjects covered here, written for whoever is helping. Each page gives the expectations, the vocabulary behind them, and things to try at home.
English language arts and literature
Reading and writing
Sounding words out, knowing a short list by sight, and writing a sentence that starts and stops properly.
Open reading and writing
Mathematics
Numbers and facts to 20
Addition and subtraction facts recalled rather than counted, shapes sorted, things put in order, and the cycles of a year.
Open numbers and facts to 20
Science
Looking closely
Measuring properties, pushes and pulls, what the seasons do to plants and animals, and saying what you expect before you look.
Open looking closely
Social studies
Communities and cultures
The landmarks near home, the cultures in the community, goods and services, and Canada's own symbols.
Open communities and cultures
Physical education and wellness
Moving and feeling good
What activity does to the body, moving safely among other people, friendship, food choices, boundaries, and what money is worth.
Open moving and feeling good
The sixth subject
Alberta also teaches fine arts in Grade 1 â art, music, drama and dance. It is still taught from the older program of studies rather than the new Kâ6 curriculum, so there is nothing here for it yet.
The expectations above are paraphrased from Alberta Education's New Kâ6 curriculum fact sheets, which publish a snapshot of each grade rather than the complete program of studies. Alberta's full programs are at alberta.ca/curriculum.