What your child learns in Grade 1 in Alberta

Big Ideas

• Number and operations: children interpret and explain quantities to 100 and count forward, back and by 2s, 5s and 10s.
• Addition and subtraction: children combine and take apart quantities within 20 and recall addition facts to 20 and the related subtraction facts.
• Fractions: children begin with one half as one of two equal parts.

12 units, including numbers to 20, numbers to 100, count it up, equal or not.

Big Ideas

• Speaking and listening: children share experiences and information clearly, with suitable words, volume and speed.
• Reading: children show they know letter–sound relationships and recognize common words automatically.
• Understanding stories: children retell the main idea, characters and details of a story or poem.

11 units, including blend it, short vowels, sh, ch, th, word families.

Big Ideas

• Matter: objects have measurable properties, such as length, area and weight, and some physical changes can be made to them.
• Energy: objects, people and animals move in different directions, pathways and speeds.
• Earth and space: the seasons bring changes to environments, plants and animals, and affect our daily choices.

9 units, including think like a scientist, length, area & weight, how things move, seasons in alberta.

Big Ideas

• Focus: local communities and cultures.
• Key physical features and landmarks help us describe and find places in our communities.
• Communities include diverse cultures, such as First Nations, Métis, Inuit and francophone communities.

9 units, including my community, respect & inclusion, different & alike, cultures in alberta.

Big Ideas

• Listening and speaking in French grow every day when French is the language of learning.
• Reading French texts of many kinds builds comprehension and the habit of reading for meaning.
• Writing in French for a purpose and an audience uses the conventions of the language.

7 units, including je me présente, majuscule et point, est-ce que…?, les verbes d'action.