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Decoding · Faith Readers core reading curriculum · full year
Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency Grade 1
Phonics patterns and readable confidence
Long vowels, blends, high-frequency words, suffixes, controlled reading, and cumulative review in a steady weekly rhythm.
1,496student pages
4quarter volumes
506teacher pages
Faith Readers · Grade 1 · Core reading curriculum
Key facts
- Grade
- Grade 1 — one book of the Kindergarten to Grade 5 sequence.
- Format
- Print-at-home PDFs. The teaching guide is read page by page in the browser.
- What is included
- A 1,496-page student textbook, 4 quarter-sized print editions, and a 506-page complete teaching guide.
- Lesson span
- Weeks 2–36, five lessons a week.
- Price
- Included in All Access — $39/month for every child in the household, cancel anytime.
- Open to everyone
- All 506 teaching-guide pages, and 8 zoomable sample pages of the student textbook.
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Inside Grade 1
A complete daily curriculum with a clear weekly path.
Long vowels, blends, high-frequency words, suffixes, controlled reading, and cumulative review in a steady weekly rhythm. The full student textbook preserves the year as one sequence; four quarter volumes make printing and binding manageable.
- Long vowels and blends
- High-frequency words
- Early suffixes
- Fluency and comprehension
Scope and sequence
What Grade 1 teaches, week by week
Every week pairs one phonics or word-study skill with one story from Scripture or history, one virtue, and one Scripture, and every week carries the same rhythm: drill sheet, decodable reader, scribe writing, daily exit tickets, and homework. Weeks are numbered as they are printed in the book (2–36), in four quarters. Preview a reading week, Monday to Friday, with the pages and minutes each day takes.
| Week | Story of the week | Skill | Virtue | Scripture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarter 1 | ||||
| 2 | AbramAbram and the Far Land | long IFocus words: time, ride, five, side, wide | Courage | Joshua 1:9 |
| 3 | SarahSarah's Promise | long OFocus words: home, hope, rope, stone, those | Diligence | Proverbs 31:27 |
| 4 | IsaacIsaac, the Promised Son | long UFocus words: use, tune, cube, rule, cute | Diligence | Proverbs 6:6 |
| 5 | HagarHagar in the Wilderness | long-vowel reviewFocus words: cake, time, home, ride, made | Humility | Philippians 2:3 |
| 6 | LotLot and the Green Valley | long-vowel contrastFocus words: mate, bite, note, cape, cane | Humility | Psalm 69:32 |
| 7 | AbrahamAbraham's Test | s-blendsFocus words: stop, spot, snap, slip, swim | Integrity | Proverbs 11:3 |
| 8 | RebekahRebekah at the Well | l-blendsFocus words: clip, flag, plan, glad, blot | Integrity | Leviticus 22:31 |
| 9 | JacobJacob and Esau | r-blendsFocus words: bring, crab, drip, frog, grin | Compassion | Galatians 6:2 |
| Quarter 2 | ||||
| 10 | Jacob | final blend -ndFocus words: land, hand, send, stand, found | Compassion | Psalm 34:18 |
| 11 | Jacob | three-letter blendsFocus words: strong, stream, string, spring, scrap | Wisdom | Proverbs 4:7 |
| 12 | Joseph | blend reviewFocus words: stand, stream, strong, blend, plan | Wisdom | Proverbs 8:11 |
| 13 | Joseph | long A (ai or ay)Focus words: rain, day, pray, sail, wait | Faithfulness | Lamentations 3:23 |
| 14 | Joseph | long E (ee or ea)Focus words: see, read, need, each, teach | Faithfulness | Luke 16:10 |
| 15 | Joseph | long O (oa or ow)Focus words: boat, grow, road, know, flow | Self-Control | Proverbs 15:18 |
| 16 | Joseph | long I (ie or igh)Focus words: pie, night, light, bright, tie | Self-Control | Galatians 5:23 |
| 17 | Joseph | long U (ue or ew or ui)Focus words: blue, few, fruit, dew, true | Gratitude | Psalm 9:1 |
| 18 | Joseph | long-vowel reviewFocus words: day, see, grow, night, true | Gratitude | Psalm 126:3 |
| Quarter 3 | ||||
| 19 | Joseph | high-frequencyFocus words: because, said, from, have, with | Justice | Proverbs 21:15 |
| 20 | Joseph | high-frequencyFocus words: their, they, where, were, could | Justice | Psalm 145:17 |
| 21 | Joseph | high-frequencyFocus words: come, some, where, would, could | Patience | Romans 5:3 |
| 22 | Joseph | high-frequencyFocus words: come, some, where, were, would | Patience | James 1:4 |
| 23 | Jesus | decodable textFocus words: all, give, open, share, live | Generosity | Proverbs 11:24 |
| 24 | Moses | reader fluencyFocus words: sow, reap, fully, give, keep | Generosity | 2 Corinthians 9:6 |
| 25 | Moses | suffix -s or -esFocus words: plays, boxes, wishes, talks, fishes | Courage | Exodus 14:13 |
| 26 | Moses | suffix -edFocus words: called, asked, walked, wanted, ended | Courage | Joshua 1:9 |
| 27 | Moses | suffix -ingFocus words: going, asking, saving, trusting, running | Diligence | Proverbs 31:27 |
| Quarter 4 | ||||
| 28 | Moses | suffix -er or -estFocus words: faster, fastest, kinder, kindest, older | Humility | Philippians 2:3 |
| 29 | Moses | suffix -ful or -lessFocus words: careful, fearless, thankful, helpless, joyful | Integrity | Exodus 20:16 |
| 30 | Moses | suffix reviewFocus words: walked, thirsty, hungry, helpful, wandering | Compassion | Galatians 6:2 |
| 31 | Joshua | fluency drillsFocus words: trust, lean, heart, all, wisdom | Wisdom | Proverbs 3:5 |
| 32 | Deborah | fluency with expressionFocus words: judge, morning, mercy, great, every | Faithfulness | Lamentations 3:22-23 |
| 33 | Gideon | decodable reader fluencyFocus words: calm, still, wait, trust, small | Self-Control | Proverbs 15:18 |
| 34 | Samson | reader applicationFocus words: praise, tell, marvelous, works, whole | Gratitude | Psalm 9:1 |
| 35 | Ruth | mastery assessmentFocus words: shepherd, want, lead, kind, love | Justice | Psalm 23:1 |
| 36 | Samuel | Review weekFocus words: listen, hear, speak, learn, celebrate | Faithfulness | Psalm 23:1-3 |
Practice · beside the lessons
Practice this grade
Printable 1st Grade phonics worksheets organized by skill, each with its own answer key, with free sheets in every set. Practice pages reinforce the lessons; they are not the lesson.
- Alphabetical Order & Picture Dictionary
- Blends & Digraphs
- Long E Teams
- Bossy R (r-controlled vowels)
- Word Games & Puzzles
- Phonemic Awareness
See all 1st Grade phonics worksheets →
Members can gather the practice pages they choose into one printable workbook for each child: see My Workbooks.
Student editions
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