Grade 1: Free Study Materials and Practice

Grade 1 Math

7 lessons

2D and 3D Shapes
The child names and sorts 2D and 3D shapes by counting sides, vertices, faces and edges and recognizes them in any position.
Addition and Subtraction Word Problems
The child solves one-step story problems about joining, separating, comparing and finding a missing part, and shows the thinking with drawings or a bar model.
Halves and Quarters
The child finds a half and a quarter of a shape, a length or a small group of objects and knows the parts must be equal.
Measuring with Hand Spans and Steps
The child measures lengths and capacities by repeating the same small unit without gaps and explains why different units give different counts.
Number Patterns and Missing Numbers
The child continues and explains number patterns with a term-to-term rule and finds missing numbers in number sentences using inverse operations.
Tens and Ones
The child reads, writes, builds and compares two-digit numbers and explains the value of each digit as tens and ones.
Tally Charts and Pictographs
The child collects simple data with tally marks, shows it in a picture graph and answers questions about how many more or fewer.

Grade 1 Language Arts

5 lessons

Opinion Writing
The child names a topic or book, states an opinion, gives reasons linked with because, and and also, and writes a closing sentence.
Digraphs, Blends and Silent E
The child reads and spells words with consonant digraphs (sh, ch, th, wh, ck, ng), consonant blends, silent e (split digraphs, as in cake and bike) and the endings -s, -ed and -ing.
Vowel Teams and R-Controlled Vowels
The child reads and spells common vowel teams (ai, ay, ee, ea, oa, ow, igh), r-controlled vowels (ar, or, er, ir, ur) and diphthongs (oi, oy, ou, ow), and learns that one sound can have several spellings.
Story Elements
The child retells stories with key details, describes characters, setting and major events, finds the lesson and says who is telling the story.
Narrative Writing
The child plans, drafts, revises and edits stories and true accounts with events in order, details, description and dialogue.

Grade 1 Science

6 lessons

Animal Groups
The child groups animals as fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, compares their bodies, and sorts them as carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.
Being a Scientist
The child asks simple questions, observes closely with a magnifier, sorts and compares, carries out a simple test with help and records results in pictures, tally charts and pictograms.
Growing Up Healthy
The child explains that animals including humans have offspring that grow, names basic needs, and links exercise, a balanced plate and handwashing to staying healthy.
Hot and Cold Places of the World
The child explains why places near the equator are hot and places near the poles are cold, and describes how people, plants and animals live in hot, cold and temperate places.
Sun, Moon and Stars
The child observes and records where the Sun rises and sets, how the Moon's shape changes over a month, and that stars are seen at night, and describes these as repeating patterns.
Weather and Seasons
The child measures and records weather with simple instruments over weeks, compares seasons, and notices how day length changes through the year.

10 lessons

African American History
The child meets African Americans whose courage, ideas and work shaped the United States, follows their story from African homelands and slavery to freedom, civil rights and today, and explains why the country remembers…
American Symbols and Holidays
Read together: the child recognizes the American flag, the Pledge of Allegiance, the bald eagle, the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell and the White House, and says why Americans celebrate Independence Day,…
Changes within Living Memory
The child compares daily life, toys, school, technology and transport now and when parents and grandparents were young, and explains what changed and what stayed the same.
Continents and Oceans
The child names and locates the continents and oceans, the equator and the poles, and finds their own country and some others on a world map.
Diversity, Respect and Belonging
Explore who you are and where you belong, discover how people and families differ and are alike, spot stereotypes, prejudice and unfair treatment, and show respect so everyone is included.
Earning, Spending and Saving Money
The child learns that people earn money by working and use it to buy goods and services, chooses between spending, saving and sharing, saves for a goal with a simple plan and keeps money safe.
How We Know About the Past
The child finds out about the past from objects, pictures, buildings, written records and older people, and asks what each source can and cannot tell.
Maps and Compass Directions
The child reads simple maps and plans, uses a globe and compass directions, and makes a map of a familiar place with a key.
Goods and Services
The child sorts needs from wants and goods from services, meets the jobs people do in the community and why they work, and sees that people make choices because they cannot have everything.
Children's Rights
Explain why groups need rules and make fair ones, understand rights and responsibilities, get to know the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and know what to do when rights are not respected.

Grade 1 Health Education

4 lessons

Feelings and Wellbeing
The child names a range of feelings, uses ways to cope with worry and anger, keeps friendships healthy, and knows when and whom to ask for help.
Germs, Clean Air and Water
The child explains how germs spread in places people share and how everyone helps to stop them, why clean air, clean water and safe rubbish collection keep a community healthy, and who in the community works to keep…
Exercise, Sleep and Hygiene
The child explains why daily activity, enough sleep, handwashing and toothbrushing keep them healthy, and builds routines for them.
Health Labels, Ads and Medicines
The child spots how adverts and packaging try to make them want food, toys and health products, reads simple labels, knows that medicines are taken only from a trusted adult, and knows where to find health help and…

Grade 1 Computers & Technology

5 lessons

Computers Then and Now
The child compares how everyday life changed with computing, says what people and computers each do well, meets the people who design technology and why it must work for everyone, explores computing jobs, and weighs…
Sequences and Debugging
The child programs a floor robot or on-screen sprite with a sequence of commands, predicts what it will do, and finds and fixes mistakes.
Inside Our Devices
The child names the parts of a computer system, explains input, processing, output and storage, and recognises computers inside everyday objects.
Online Safety
The child keeps personal information private, uses strong passwords, behaves kindly online and knows when and how to tell a trusted adult.
What Is AI for Kids
The child spots AI in everyday tools, trains a simple model by sorting labelled examples, sees how new or unfair examples change its answers, compares how people and machines learn, and uses an AI tool responsibly.