Your daily adventure rhythm
⏱️ ~180 min- 📅
1 · 10 min
Morning Warm-Up / Calendar
Date, weather, counting, and a quick brain-warmer to start the day.
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2 · 40 min
Math
Number sense, addition and subtraction, place value, time, and measurement.
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3 · 40 min
Phonics & Reading
Blends, digraphs, long vowels, word families, and decodable reading with fluency.
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4 · 20 min
Writing
Sentences, journaling, lists, and simple stories.
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5 · 15 min
Movement Break
Dance, stretch, obstacle course, or outdoor play.
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6 · 30 min
Science or Social Studies
Alternates by day — odd days do Science, even days do Social Studies.
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7 · 15 min
Independent / Buddy Reading
Quiet reading, audiobooks, or reading aloud to a buddy.
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8 · 10 min
Choice Time / Project
Art, building, or free play tied to the week's theme.
13 themed weeks
All About Me & My Senses
Days 1–7
🎯 Project: All About Me Mini-Book — fold paper into a book with pages for name and age, family, five senses, favorite thing, and neighborhood, then decorate the cover.
- Crack short-vowel word puzzles lik…
- Add and subtract within 10 like a …
- Count and write numbers to 20 with…
My Body & Staying Healthy
Days 8–14
🎯 Project: My Healthy Body Poster — draw a big body outline, label 5 parts, and add 3 healthy habits like sleep, eat veggies, and exercise around it.
- Read and write short o and u CVC w…
- Add and subtract within 20 using s…
- Compare numbers with more, less, a…
Animals & Their Homes
Days 15–21
🎯 Project: Habitat Diorama — build one habitat like ocean, forest, or desert in a shoebox, add at least 2 animals and what they need, and tell a grown-up about it.
- Read and blend beginning L-blends …
- Add and subtract within 20 with st…
- Understand the equal sign and true…
Plants & Growing Things
Days 22–28
🎯 Project: Plant Growth Journal — make a 4-page booklet showing your bean's growth on Days 1, 3, 5, and 7, with one sentence per page, comparing sun and no-sun beans.
- Read R-blends like br, cr, dr, fr,…
- Understand place value with tens a…
- Solve how-many-more comparison pro…
Light & Shadow
Days 29–35
🎯 Project: Shadow Tracing Clock — place a toy on paper outside or under a lamp and trace its shadow in the morning, midday, and afternoon, then write 2 sentences about what changed.
- Read digraphs sh, ch, th, wh, and ck
- Understand place value to 100 and …
- Add and subtract 10 from a 2-digit…
Sound & Music
Days 36–42
🎯 Project: Homemade Band — make 2 instruments like a rubber-band guitar and rice shaker, show how they vibrate, and perform a concert telling which is loud, soft, high, and low.
- Read long a spellings a_e, ai, and…
- Add and subtract within 20 fluentl…
- Begin telling time to the hour
Weather & Seasons
Days 43–49
🎯 Project: Weather Report — finish a weekly weather graph, count the sunny, cloudy, and rainy days, and present it as a weather reporter naming the most common weather.
- Read long i spellings i_e, igh, an…
- Tell time to the half-hour
- Measure length with non-standard u…
Maps & My Community
Days 50–56
🎯 Project: My Community Map — finish a neighborhood map with your home, 3 community places, roads, a compass rose, and a key with symbols, then present directions to the store.
- Read long o spellings o_e, oa, and…
- Count and write numbers to 120 wit…
- Solve add and subtract word proble…
Materials & Building
Days 57–63
🎯 Project: Build a Structure — use blocks, LEGO, cardboard, or recyclables to build a tower or bridge, test which materials make it strong, and measure its height in cubes.
- Read long e spellings ee, ea, and y
- Add two 2-digit numbers with no re…
- Measure and compare lengths
Living Things: Plants & Animals Together
Days 64–70
🎯 Project: Food Chain Poster — draw a food chain with at least 3 living things and the sun, using arrows to show where energy goes, and label which are plants and animals.
- Read long u and oo sounds oo, ew, …
- Subtract two 2-digit numbers with …
- Add and subtract within 20 fluently
Earth & Sky
Days 71–77
🎯 Project: Day & Night Mobile — draw a daytime sky on one side and a night sky with a constellation on the other, then explain day and night using a ball-and-flashlight model.
- Read r-controlled vowels ar, or, e…
- Review telling time and introduce …
- Count money with pennies, nickels,…
Stories & Storytelling
Days 78–84
🎯 Project: My Story Book — finish a story with a beginning, middle, and end, add a title, your name, and pictures, then read it aloud telling who the character is and the setting.
- Read tricky vowel teams ou, ow, oi…
- Solve two-step word problems withi…
- Review measurement, time, and money
Putting It All Together (Review & Celebrate!)
Days 85–90
🎯 Project: My Summer Portfolio Show — gather all your projects like a museum and give a family tour of your favorite 3 things, then award yourself a Grade 1 Graduate certificate.
- Review all phonics patterns from b…
- Review all math from addition to p…
- Review science topics light, sound…