Language Arts 1

Phonics

Using magnetized letter tiles and multisensory activities, the advanced PhonicsWorks program builds decoding skills and helps students become confident, independent readers and spellers. Handwriting Without Tears focuses on careful practice at a pace that matches your student’s development of fine motor skills.

Language Skills

• Composition—Students progress from writing words and sentences to writing a paragraph.
• Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics—Students learn basic rules of usage, as well as sentence structure and types, parts of speech, punctuation, and capitalization.
• Primary Analogies—Students develop test-taking and critical-thinking skills as they connect words and ideas.
• Public Speaking—Reciting a poem or reading a literary passage helps students learn to address a group confidently.

Literature

Literature lessons focus on classic folktales, fairy tales, fables, and poetry, such as “The Elves and the Shoemaker,” “The Lion and the Mouse,” and “The Tortoise and the Hare.” Read-aloud and guided reading lessons help students apply and extend the skills introduced in Phonics.


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Standard Curriculum Items

• PhonicsWorks™ Readers, Vol. 10–20
• PhonicsWorks™ Readers, Vol. 21–30
• PhonicsWorks™ Video
• PhonicsWorks™ Basic Tile Kit
• PhonicsWorks™ Advanced Tile Kit
• PhonicsWorks™ Student Guide – Semesters 1 & 2
• PhonicsWorks™ Teacher Guide – Semesters 1 & 2
• EPS Primary Analogies Book 1
• Junior Great Books, Sun Series Vol. 1–3
• Junior Great Books, Pegasus Series Vol. 1–3
• Listen My Children: Poems for First Grade (Core Knowledge Foundation)
• Classics for Young Readers Vol. 1
• Ready…Set…Read! The Beginning Reader’s Treasury, compiled by Joanna Cole and Stephanie Calmenson
• Weather, a book of poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins
• Handwriting Without Tears: My Printing Book
• Printing Teacher’s Guide
• Printed alphabet desk strips
• Wide double-lined paper
• Slate chalkboard

Additional Curriculum Items

Some lessons require additional resources, including common household items, and books that are readily available in your local library or for purchase:

• A Picture for Harold’s Room by Crockett Johnson (1960; HarperCollins, 1985)
• Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish (1963; HarperCollins, 1992)
• And I Mean It, Stanley by Crosby Bonsall (1974; HarperCollins, 1984)
• Bedtime for Frances by Russell Hoban (1960; HarperCollins, 1995)
• Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff (1958; HarperCollins, 1993)
• Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel (1970; HarperCollins, 1979)
• Harry and the Lady Next Door by Gene Zion (1960; HarperCollins, 1978)
• Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik (1957; HarperCollins, 1978)
• Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald (1957; HarperCollins, 1976)
• No Fighting, No Biting by Else Holmelund Minarik (1958; HarperCollins, 1978)
• Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel (1975; HarperCollins, 1982)
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig (Simon & Schuster, 1969)
• Tales of Amanda Pig by Jean Van Leeuwen (Penguin, 1983)
• The First Thanksgiving by Linda Hayward (Random House, 1990)
• The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaola (1983; Putnam, 1996)
• Who Will Be My Friends? by Syd Hoff (1960; HarperCollins, 1985)
• Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne (1926; Penguin, 1992)

NOTE: List subject to change.

Total lessons: 180

Lesson time: 120 minutes

You might choose to split the lessons into smaller segments and provide breaks for your student as needed. The K12 online lesson tracking system allows you to pick up wherever you left off in any given lesson.