What your child learns in Grade 1 in New Brunswick
Grade 1 is where reading, writing and number sense start to grow quickly. Children work with numbers to 20, patterns and shapes, and explore nature, community and well-being through Explore Your World. Early French Immersion starts this year for families who choose it.
Grade 1 subjects in the New Brunswick Curriculum
Math
Big Ideas
- Number: Number Sense. Develop number sense.
- Number: Operations. Develop number sense.
- Statistics and Probability: Data Analysis. Collect, display and analyze data to solve problems.
9 units, including numbers to 20, make 10, adding, take away.
English Language Arts
Big Ideas
- Interactions: Expression. Express feelings and opinions and give simple descriptions of experiences.
- Interactions: Exchanges. Begin to ask and respond to questions.
- Interactions: Reception. Receive the ideas and opinions of others.
10 units, including word families, blend it, short vowels, sh, ch, th.
Science
Big Ideas
- Literacies and Communications: Communicative Practices. Examine how language learning is beneficial.
- Literacies and Communications: Multimodal Literacies. Refer to environmental print in multiple languages.
- Literacies and Communications: Literate Identities. Demonstrate being a reader, writer, and communicator in multiple languages.
6 units, including living things, what living things need, animal survival, sky & seasons.
Social Studies
Big Ideas
- Literacies and Communications: Communicative Practices. Examine how language learning is beneficial.
- Literacies and Communications: Multimodal Literacies. Refer to environmental print in multiple languages.
- Literacies and Communications: Literate Identities. Demonstrate being a reader, writer, and communicator in multiple languages.
6 units, including different & alike, respect & inclusion, my community, community services.
French Immersion
Big Ideas
- Speaking and Listening: Oral Comprehension. Understand different oral texts on topics related to students' experiences.
- Speaking and Listening: Oral Production. Speak on topics closely related to students' experiences using precise language.
- Speaking and Listening: Oral Interaction. Participate in small conversations related to topics closely related to students' experiences using precise language.
7 units, including je me présente, majuscule et point, est-ce que…?, les verbes d'action.
What to look for on the report card
Look for comments on reading simple texts, writing a few sentences, counting and adding, and taking part in class.
New Brunswick report cards describe learning with Working below, Approaching, Meeting, Excelling. See what each level means.
The Global Competencies grow through every subject from Kindergarten to Grade 12. Read about global competencies.
Ready for Grade 1?
Grade 1 builds on what your child practised in Kindergarten. If a skill feels shaky, a few short practice sessions before or early in the year can help:
- Math: count to 10, numbers to 20, more, less, same, make 5 and 10, add & take away
- English Language Arts: book detectives, letter partners, first sounds, rhyme time, clap the beat
- Science: what living things need, animal features, weather & seasons, materials, push & pull
- Social Studies: all about me, families, we belong, needs & wants, fair & kind
Common questions
Grade 1 covers math, english language arts, science, social studies, french immersion in the New Brunswick Curriculum. Grade 1 is where reading, writing and number sense start to grow quickly. Children work with numbers to 20, patterns and shapes, and explore nature, community and well-being through Explore Your World. Early French Immersion starts this year for families who choose it.
New Brunswick report cards describe learning with Working below, Approaching, Meeting, Excelling.
Short, regular practice works better than long sessions: 10 to 15 minutes a few times a week, on the skills your child's teacher flags. Read together, use math in real life, and praise effort.
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