¶ Learning Resources

Holy Rosary • 1st Grade. What your child is learning this year, the best family resources for each subject, and simple ways to help at home.

¶ Religion

Christ Our Life: God's love, forgiveness and following Jesus.

What we’re learning

1. The Trinity, the Our Father and the Ten Commandments
2. Bible: Creation, the Good Shepherd, parables
3. The liturgical year and Mary's feast days
4. Living as a disciple through service and kindness

Family resources

• Christ Our Life (Grade 1) Our classroom religion program.
• FORMED Catholic family movies and teachings.
• Sunday Readings for Kids Break open the weekly Mass readings.
• Prayer Card Set The prayers 1st graders learn this year.

How to help at home

1. Pray a high point/low point at dinner — a gratitude habit.
2. Let your child lead the Hail Mary at bedtime.

¶ Reading & Language Arts

Blending, fluency, comprehension and writing complete sentences.

What we’re learning

1. Blending phonemes and decoding single-syllable words with blends
2. Sight words and reading with fluency and expression
3. Story elements: characters, setting, moral of the story
4. Writing complete sentences with capitals and punctuation

Family resources

• Raz-Kids Leveled readers with comprehension quizzes.
• Lexia Core5 Adaptive reading skills practice.
• Epic! Library Read-aloud and leveled digital books.
• Sentence Writing Practice Printable pages for complete sentences.

How to help at home

1. Read 15–20 minutes nightly and ask: who, what, where, why.
2. Keep a family word wall of new sight words.

¶ Math

Numbers to 120, place value and addition/subtraction within 20.

What we’re learning

1. Counting, reading and writing numbers to 120
2. Tens and ones; place value
3. Addition and subtraction within 20; fact families
4. Telling time to the hour and half hour; coins

Family resources

• IXL Grade 1 Standards-aligned math practice.
• XtraMath Daily addition and subtraction facts.
• Coin Counting Practice pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters.
• Ten-Frame Practice Printable ten-frames for making 10.

How to help at home

1. Practice make-10 facts in the car.
2. Count coins from the piggy bank together.

¶ Science

Light, sound, plants and animals — hands-on inquiry.

What we’re learning

1. Light and sound: sources, shadows and vibration
2. Plants and animals: needs, parts and life cycles
3. Weather and seasonal patterns
4. Science practices: observe, predict, record

Family resources

• Mystery Science Hands-on lessons with simple supplies.
• National Geographic Kids Animals and nature videos.
• Plant Life Cycle Journal Observation pages for a classroom plant.
• SciShow Kids Short, curious science videos.

How to help at home

1. Make shadow puppets with a flashlight.
2. Keep a moon-watching calendar for a month.

¶ Social Studies

Family, community, citizenship and our country.

What we’re learning

1. Families then and now; traditions and heritage
2. Community helpers and how communities work
3. Maps, globes and cardinal directions
4. Rules, citizenship and American symbols

Family resources

• Studies Weekly Grade 1 social studies magazine.
• Maps & Globes Direction and map-skill games.
• American Symbols Learn the flag, bald eagle and Liberty Bell.
• Where in the World Explore continents and oceans.

How to help at home

1. Share a family tradition story from your childhood.
2. Find your street on a paper map or online map.

¶ Specials

Spanish, Art, Music and PE throughout the week.

What we’re learning

1. Spanish: greetings, numbers, colors, simple phrases
2. Art: line, shape, color and texture
3. Music: rhythm, pitch and performance
4. PE: coordination, sportsmanship and fitness

Family resources

• Duolingo Spanish basics for kids and families.
• Chrome Music Lab Experiment with sound and rhythm.
• GoNoodle Movement and mindfulness breaks.
• Art for Kids Hub Guided drawing fun.

How to help at home

1. Ask your child to teach you a Spanish word each week.
2. Give them real drawing time, not just screens.

Pick one or two resources a week rather than trying to do everything. Consistency beats cramming, and read-aloud time counts double.