Grade 1 - Ontario Language - Lessons/Workbook Mega Bundle

This mega bundle provides everything you need to teach all the units in the Grade 1 Ontario Language Curriculum.

With your purchase, you will receive lesson slides that follow the 3-Part lesson format, engaging your students from start to finish. You will also receive the workbooks, which contain fun activities and worksheets for your students to demonstrate their understanding.

Foundations of Language Unit

Workbook

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Printing Practice
• Mastering Alphabetic Principles and Letter Identification
• Identifying Beginning Sounds and Ending Sounds
• Understanding Vowel Sounds and Silent 'E' Rules
• Enhancing Reading Accuracy with Phonics
• Developing Spelling Proficiency and Word Structure
• Position-Based Tendencies
• Understanding and Using Base Words
• Exploring Word Formation with Prefixes and Suffixes
• Distinguishing Sentence Types and Applying Correct Punctuation
• Differentiating Singular and Plural Nouns
• Recognizing Common Adjectives
• Verbs: Tense, Agreement, and Usage
• Understanding Common Adverbs
• Identifying Common Conjunctions
• Expanding Vocabulary with Suffixes (-s, -es, -ies, -ing, -ed)
• Enhancing Language with Prefixes (un, re, dis, non)
• Sentence Construction: Fragments vs. Complete Sentences
• Types of Sentences: Interrogative, Exclamatory, Imperative, Declarative
• Capitalization Rules: Beginning of Sentences
• Vocabulary Development and Sentence Building
• Fluency readings for each week using the word list for that week
• Oral communication activities – Simon Says, Listening Ears Drawing, Mystery Box Storytime, Picture Predictions
• Oral communication activities – Puppet Chat Time, Emoji Faces, Mime It Right, Silent Stories, Feelings in Phrases
• Oral communication activities – Grammar Chain Stories, Sentence Scramble, Picture Word Web, and more!
• Weekly quizzes (30 different assessments)
• Answer pages for all activities

Composition (Writing) Unit

Workbook

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Letter Formation Practice: Correct patterns, size, spacing
• Word Printing Activities: Emphasizing placement and clarity
• Basic Sentence Structure: Fundamental sentence-writing guidelines
• Descriptive Sentence Development: Enhancing simple sentences
• Scrambled Sentences: Organizing jumbled words correctly
• Writing in Voices: Expressing different tones
• Sentence Picture Prompts: Visual writing inspiration
• Paragraph Writing Basics: Main idea focus
• Topic Sentence Crafting: Starting paragraphs effectively
• Concluding Sentence Techniques: Ending paragraphs clearly
• Paragraph Publishing Steps: Editing and finalizing
• Text Form Exploration: Discovering writing varieties
• Idea Brainstorming Methods: Generating creative content
• Mind Mapping: Visual idea organization
• Procedural Writing Structure: Step-by-step instruction writing
• Sequencing Tasks: Ordering instructions logically
• Publishing Instructions: Finalizing procedural texts
• Formal Letter Framework – Using appropriate greeting, signature
• Informal Letter Style
• Understanding Writing Voices: Audience-tailored writing
• Narrative Elements: Setting and characters
• Expressing Emotions: Describing feelings in writing
• Narrative Structure: Beginning, middle, end
• Publishing Narratives: Revising personal stories
• Opinion Debate Prep: Discussing varied topics
• Fact vs. Fiction: Strengthening arguments
• Persuasive Fact Finding: Researching to convince
• Publishing Opinions: Finalizing persuasive texts
• Poetry Writing: Acrostic, haiku, limericks
• Report Crafting: Research, structure, publish
• Answer pages for all activities

Reading Comprehension Unit

Workbook

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• What is reading comprehension?
• Before reading: comprehension strategies – activating prior knowledge and reasons for reading
• During reading: comprehension strategies – questioning, making connections, inferences, predictions, visualizing
• After reading: comprehension strategies – summarizing, making inferences, visualizing
• Independent reading response package – booklet
• Letter writing – making inferences
• Email versus letters – text forms and text patterns
• Sentence structure in letter writing
• Narratives – myths
• Indigenous cultural stories
• Narrator’s point of view
• Different points of view in stories
• Literary devices in narratives – alliteration, onomatopoeia, and rhymes
• Sequencing the plot of a short story
• Cause and effect in short stories
• Procedural writing – following instructions to draw and make objects
• Comparing procedural writing – with visuals and without
• Text features in reports – headings, subheadings, table of contents, charts, pictures
• Summarizing reports – main idea
• Poetry – haiku, limerick, acrostic, and rhyming poems
• Visualizing poetry
• Indigenous poetry – critical thinking
• Literary devices in poetry – rhyme and alliteration
• Book reviews – finding bias and different points of view
• Graphic texts – timelines, comics, diagrams, infographics, maps
• Biographies – Isaac Newton, Tooth Fairy, Chris Hadfield, Mother Teresa
• Researching facts about a famous person
• Writing a biography about a friend
• Answer pages for all activities

Google Lesson Slides

Grade 1 - Google Lesson Slides - Ontario Language Curriculum. This resource is packed with all the lessons you need to teach the Grade 1, Ontario Language Curriculum.

We have structured these lessons to follow the popular 3-Part Lesson format. By using these lessons, you will be provided with learning goals, discussion questions, relevant YouTube videos, interactive slides, exit cards, and more. Check out the variety of activities you'll receive below.

Part 1: Minds On!
- Learning Goals
- Discussion Questions

- Polls/Surveys

- Picture Prompts

- Jokes and Riddles

- Relevant Quotes

Part 2: Action!
- Interactive Activities

- Drag and Drop

- Fill in the Blanks

- Matching

- Sorting

- Polls/Surveys and Graphing

- Embedded YouTube Videos

Part 3: Consolidation

- Exit Cards

- 3-2-1 Reflections

- One Word Reflections

- Act It Out!

- Quick Draw

- One Sentence Summary

After purchasing this resource, you will be able to download copies of the Google Slides for the three different units to your Google Drive. From there, you can complete these lessons with your class, and/or assign these slides in Google Classroom.