Nunavut · Grade 1

English Language Arts

Students learning English as an additional language follow the English 2nd Language (EL2) curriculum; French-language schools follow their own programs.

Outline

Lessons for this subject are being written.

Below is how the official curriculum organizes it. Each strand will get full lessons like the ones in Grade 1 Mathematics.

Curriculum strands

OCOral Communication

Follow 2- and 3-step directions, phonological skills, speak in complete sentences, retell experiences and oral stories

REReading

Decode single-syllable words, comprehension strategies with support, questions and connections, basic punctuation

WRWriting

Texts that narrate, describe and inform; plan and revise; simple complete sentences; spelling with letter-sound knowledge