Grade guide · Grade 1
Grade 1 in British Columbia: what your child learns this year
Grade 1 has 79 short lesson videos on Knowledge Made Fun across Mathematics, English Language Arts and five more subjects. Each lesson is about a minute long, follows the British Columbia curriculum and comes with a transcript. Two lessons play free without an account.
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What a family can do with this grade today, without paying.
- Watch two Grade 1 lessons on the website without an account. Grade 1 lessons
- Sign in free, no payment and no card, to watch three lessons a day. Pick a lesson
- Print Grade 1 worksheets free after a free sign-in. Worksheets
- Draw and print graph paper, no account needed. Graph paper
- Put a timer, a name picker, dice, a noise meter or a scoreboard on the screen, no account needed. Classroom tools
Subject
Arts Education
6 lessons for Grade 1, by strand.
All Grade 1 Arts Education lessons
Music
- Beat and Rhythm: The Steady Pulse and the Pattern on TopBeat and rhythm: the steady pulse and the pattern on top
- Fast or Slow, Loud or Soft: Tempo and DynamicsFast or slow, loud or soft: tempo and dynamics
- Drawing Sounds: Long, Short, Loud and SoftDrawing sounds: marks for long, short, loud and soft
Visual arts
- Kinds of Lines: Thick, Thin, Wavy and ZigzagKinds of lines: thick, thin, wavy and zigzag
- Texture: smooth, rough and fuzzyTexture: how things feel and how a picture shows it
Arts in general
- Colours and Sounds That Show a FeelingColours and sounds that show a feeling
The full curriculum is on the Province's site.
Subject
Career Education
4 lessons for Grade 1, by strand.
All Grade 1 Career Education lessons
Career education
- Setting a Goal and Taking Small StepsSetting a goal and taking small steps
- Trying Something NewTrying something new
- Ways I Help: Home, School and CommunityWays I help: jobs at home, at school and in the community
- Jobs People Do in a CommunityJobs people do in a community
The full curriculum is on the Province's site.
Subject
English Language Arts
16 lessons for Grade 1, by strand.
All Grade 1 English Language Arts lessons
Story/text
- The Parts of a Story: Who, Where and What HappensThe parts of a story: characters, setting and events
- Sound Words: Buzz, Splash, PopSound words: buzz, splash, pop
- Parts of a Book: Cover, Title, Author, Illustrator and PagesParts of a book: cover, title, author, illustrator and pages
Strategies and processes
- Using the Pictures to Predict What HappensUsing the pictures to predict what happens
- Word Families: Change the First Letter, Read a New WordWord families: change the first letter, read a new word
- Check Your Reading: Look Right, Sound Right, Make SenseChecking your reading: does it look right, sound right and make sense?
- Make Your Writing Better: Read It Again, Add, FixMaking writing better: read it again, add, fix
Language features, structures, and conventions
- Letters Stand for SoundsLetters stand for sounds
- How print works: left to right, word by word, with spaces between words
- Letters Make Words, and Words Make SentencesLetters make words, and words make sentences
- Rhyming Words: The Same Sound at the EndRhyming words: the same sound at the end
- Syllables: Clap the Beats in a WordSyllables: the beats in a word
- Blending and Splitting Sounds: c, a, t Makes catBlending and splitting sounds: c-a-t makes cat
- A Sentence Tells a Whole Idea: Who Did WhatA sentence tells a whole idea: who did what
- How Do We End a Sentence? Period, Question Mark or Exclamation MarkEnding a sentence: period, question mark or exclamation mark
- Capital Letters: Start, Names and ICapital letters: the start of a sentence, names, and I
The full curriculum is on the Province's site.
Subject
Mathematics
21 lessons for Grade 1, by strand.
All Grade 1 Mathematics lessons
Number
- Counting On and Counting Back with a FrogCounting on and counting back from any number
- Skip-counting by 2s and by 5s
- Comparing and Ordering Numbers to 20Comparing and ordering numbers to 20
- Teen Numbers: One Ten and Some MoreTeen numbers: one ten and some more
- Making 10: Counters and Empty SpacesMaking 10: pairs of numbers that add to ten
- Adding Joins Groups, Subtracting Takes Some AwayAdding joins groups, subtracting takes some away
- Make a 10 First: 8 + 5Adding by making a 10 first
- Doubles: Adding a Number to ItselfDoubles: adding a number to itself
- Adding and subtracting are related
Patterns and algebra
- Repeating Patterns: Find the Part That RepeatsRepeating patterns: find the part that repeats and what comes next
- 7 and 3 More Makes 10How an amount changes: 7 and 3 more makes 10
- Equal and Not Equal on a BalanceEqual and not equal on a balance
Geometry and measurement
- Measuring length with units: from a starting line, no gaps, no overlaps
- Why Measuring Units Should All Be the Same SizeWhy measuring units should all be the same size
- Flat Shapes and Solid Objects: A Square and a BlockFlat shapes and solid objects
- Position Words: Above, Below, Beside, In and OutPosition words: above, below, beside, in and out
- Two Triangles Make a SquarePutting shapes together: two triangles make a square
Data and probability
- Block Graphs: Which Row Is Longer?A concrete graph: one object for each, then compare the rows
- How likely is it? Never, sometimes, always
Financial literacy
- Coins and What Each One Is WorthCoins and what each one is worth
- Money Is for Trading: Needs and WantsMoney is for trading: needs and wants
The full curriculum is on the Province's site.
Subject
Physical and Health Education
10 lessons for Grade 1, by strand.
All Grade 1 Physical and Health Education lessons
Healthy and active living
- Food and Water: Energy to Grow, Learn and PlayFood and water: energy to grow, learn and play
- What Moving Does to Your BodyWhat moving does to your body
- Why We Need SleepWhy we need sleep
- Washing Hands to Stop GermsWashing hands to stop germs
- Body parts and their jobs: heart, muscles, arms and legs
- Who to ask about health: doctors, nurses, safety signs and trusted adults
Social and community health
- Only a Trusted Adult Gives MedicineMedicines and poisons: only a trusted adult gives medicine
- Stop, Look, Listen: Crossing the Road with a Grown-UpStaying safe near roads
- Caring for Each Other in Families and GroupsCaring for each other in families and groups
Mental well-being
- Feelings: What Happened, How We Felt, What We DidFeelings: what causes them and what they make us do
The full curriculum is on the Province's site.
Subject
Science
15 lessons for Grade 1, by strand.
Biology
- Living or Non-Living: What Living Things DoLiving or non-living: what living things do
- Plant Parts and Their Jobs: Roots, Stem and LeavesPlant parts and their jobs: roots, stem and leaves
- Bones Inside, Shell Outside, or Neither?Animal bodies: a skeleton inside, a hard shell outside, or neither
- Getting Through Winter: Hibernate, Rest or MigrateGetting through winter: hibernate, rest or migrate
- Hiding and Copying: How Insects Stay SafeHiding and copying: camouflage and mimicry
- Plants Grow Toward the LightPlants grow toward the light
Physics
- Light and Sound: From Nature or Made by PeopleLight and sound from nature and from things people make
- How We See: Giving Off Light or Bouncing ItHow we see: some things give off light, others reflect it
- Shadows: When Something Blocks the LightShadows: when something blocks the light
- High and Low, Loud and SoftHigh and low, loud and soft: sounds depend on what makes them
Earth science
- Why the Sun seems to move: sunrise and sunsetDay and night: sunrise and sunset
- The Moon and Stars at NightThe moon and stars at night
- The Four Seasons: How the Weather ChangesThe four seasons: how the weather changes through the year
The full curriculum is on the Province's site.
Worksheets
Worksheets for this grade
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