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All 36 weeks of 1st grade math, planned and ready, with the exact topic for every week below. Start with Week 1 free, no card needed.
Open the free Week 1 lesson See plans
Each lesson walks through a worked example, then hands-on or visual practice (ten-frames, fraction bars, number lines, coordinate planes), then a quiz that grades itself.
Topics and standards come straight from the live course. Standards codes are listed for reference; Life Academy is built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states.
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Add within 10 fluency | |
| 2 | Partners of 10 | |
| 3 | Add within 10 story problems | |
| 4 | Make 10; missing addend | |
| 5 | Add within 20 (count on) | |
| 6 | Add within 20: make 10, then add the rest | |
| 7 | Doubles to 20: 6+6, 7+7, 8+8, 9+9, 10+10 | |
| 8 | Near-doubles (7+8) | |
| 9 | Subtract within 10 fluency |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Subtract within 20 | |
| 11 | Related facts (+/−) | |
| 12 | Mixed +/− within 20 check | |
| 13 | Tens & ones with sticks | |
| 14 | Build teens & twenties | |
| 15 | Compare 2-digit numbers | |
| 16 | Place value: 47=4 tens 7 ones | |
| 17 | +10 / −10 mental | |
| 18 | Place value & +/−20 battery |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Time to hour | |
| 20 | Time to half-hour | |
| 21 | Coin ID: ¢ values | |
| 22 | Count on by 5s/10s coins | |
| 23 | Money to $1 (mixed) | |
| 24 | Word problems +/−20 | |
| 25 | Measure in inches (ruler) | |
| 26 | Nonstandard→standard measure | |
| 27 | Graph: tally favorite fruit |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | Fair shares (halves) | |
| 29 | Mixed word problems | |
| 30 | Review place value games | |
| 31 | Fluency +/− within 20 | |
| 32 | Data: pictograph read | |
| 33 | Timed +/− gentle check | |
| 34 | Shape attributes review | |
| 35 | Math battery: PV, +/−20, time, $ | |
| 36 | Math games night |
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Week 1 is free with no card needed: open the Week 1 math lesson. Weeks 2–36 unlock with a Student plan ($35/month) or a Family plan for up to 4 students ($69/month).
Plan on about 15–25 minutes a day for math. There is one lesson per week of the school year, broken into short daily steps.
No. Life Academy is not accredited. It's built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states, and parents are the school of record. Why that's usually fine.
Yes. Every lesson prints as a worksheet with a separate parent answer key.
Life Academy is a parent-directed online K–12 curriculum, built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states. It is not accredited, and parents issue the homeschool transcript. Nothing here is legal advice. Check your state's law at HSLDA. Questions? Email david.dukes77102@gmail.com.