Lumastery Curriculum by Grade

1st Grade Homeschool Curriculum

1st Grade (ages 6–7) · 108 structured lessons across 6 subjects, plus adaptive daily practice

First grade is when reading takes off — silent-e words, vowel teams, and longer words turn a letter-sounder into a real reader. In math, your child builds rock-solid addition and subtraction facts and starts thinking in tens and ones. Expect big leaps this year, and plan to read together every single day.

15 math lessons54 phonics & reading lessons6 reading comprehension lessons3 language arts lessons15 science lessons15 social studies lessons

Math

15 structured teaching lessons across 2 units, following Common Core standards. Each lesson teaches the concept first, then the adaptive engine builds fluency with daily practice and spaced review.

Bigger Numbers · 7 lessons

Counting to 100 · Number Recognition 0-100 · Place Value: Tens and Ones · Comparing Numbers to 100 · Skip Counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s · Telling Time: Hours and Half-Hours · Addition & Subtraction Within 100

Addition & Subtraction Fluency · 8 lessons

Addition Fact Fluency to 10 · Subtraction Fact Fluency to 10 · Unknown Numbers in Equations · Addition Within 20 · Subtraction Within 20 · Coin Identification and Values · Shapes & Equal Parts · Measurement: Comparing Lengths

See the full K-8 math scope & sequence · Free math placement test

Learning to Read

54 sequential phonics lessons typically covered around 1st grade. The reading program is paced by readiness, not the calendar — children enter when ready and move at their own speed, so your child may be ahead of or behind these units, and that's normal.

Digraphs & Spelling Patterns · 14 lessons · Beyond the Alphabet · End of K — early 1st

Silent-E & Long Vowels · 16 lessons · Beyond the Alphabet · 1st Grade

Common Vowel Teams · 12 lessons · Beyond the Alphabet · 1st Grade

R-Controlled Vowels & Other Patterns · 12 lessons · Beyond the Alphabet · 1st — early 2nd

Explore the full Learn to Read program · Free reading placement test

Reading Comprehension

6 structured lessons that teach comprehension as its own skill — then adaptive practice keeps it growing with leveled passages.

Understanding Stories · 5 lessons

Finding the Main Idea · Meeting the Characters · What Happened First, Next, Last? · Retelling a Story · What Will Happen Next?

Thinking About Stories · 1 lessons

Words We Know and Words We Learn

Language Arts (Grammar, Spelling & Vocabulary)

3 structured lessons mixing grammar, spelling, and vocabulary at the 1st Grade level, backed by adaptive skill practice.

K–1 Language Arts · 3 lessons

Word Detective Basics · Names Get Capital Letters · Verbs Tell Time

Science

15 interactive lessons following the NGSS framework, spiraling through Physical Science, Life Science and Earth & Space Science across the year. Every lesson is a story-driven investigation with case files and built-in re-teaching.

Physical Science 5Life Science 5Earth & Space Science 5

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Social Studies

15 story-driven lessons in G1 — The Ancient World River civilizations through ancient Rome — the first cities, writing, and ideas that still shape us. Part of our K-8 chronological sequence, taught as a weekly subject: one lesson a week fills the year, and nothing is locked.

First humans 1First farmers 1Mesopotamia 2Ancient Egypt 3Indus Valley 1Ancient China 2Ancient Greece 3Ancient Rome 2

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In development — not live yet

Writing: a structured K-8 writing program is designed and in an early pilot, but it is not yet part of the daily curriculum. The subjects above are what your child gets today.

Beyond the lessons listed here, every child also gets adaptive daily practice across individually tracked skills with spaced-repetition review, placement testing, and mastery-based progression — so your 1st Grade child works at their actual level, not just their grade label.

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