1st Grade · Week 1 of 36 · Life Skills
Morning routine checklist
1. Hook
- Tap Read the lesson aloud (or a grown-up reads).
- Look at the pictures. Follow the numbered steps.
- Do the tap-and-try lab on this page. Do not skip it.
- Fill the short answers with a grown-up nearby.
- Do the quiz. Then teach it back in your own words.
You are at home on a computer or tablet. Everything you need is on this page.
What's the first thing you do when you wake up? Could a list help you get ready faster?
Then: lab → guided → quiz → teach it back. The lab is the lesson, not a decoration.
2. Teach
Today we learn: Morning routine checklist.
Standards alignment: CASEL SEL competencies (self-management, responsible decision-making) (domain-level; works with any state’s standards)
Name one next action you can actually do for: Morning routine checklist.
- A routine is a set of steps you do in the same order every day.
- A checklist lets you see what's done and what's next.
- A good morning list: bathroom, wash hands and face, get dressed, make bed, eat breakfast, brush teeth, pack backpack.
Put the checklist where you'll see it, like on your door.
Doing the same order each day makes it faster and easier to remember.
- Wake up.
- Bathroom and wash: ✓.
- Get dressed: ✓.
- Breakfast and teeth: ✓.
- Backpack by the door: ✓!
Make a picture checklist and use it every morning this week.
Doing steps in a random order and forgetting some.
Pilots and doctors use checklists so they never skip a step.
No classroom teacher today — this page is the lesson. A grown-up sits nearby. Model once, wait 10–20 seconds, then let the child try.
Quick check · from this week’s lesson
Tap the answer that fits. Every item comes from this week’s lesson.
Your work — type it here
Name one next action you can actually do today.
3. Guided practice
Try these with me — type the missing word, then check.
Reveal the thinking
Same steps, same order, check them off.
4. Independent practice
Work the set. Check when finished — this is practice (mastery quiz is next).
5. Mastery check
Scored quiz — results save to your gradebook.
Practice the skill
Life Skills is a habit you can show. Today: Morning routine checklist.
A grown-up sits nearby. This page is the teacher. A grown-up sits nearby. This page is the teacher.
6. Reflection / teach-back
Teach-back: Explain Morning routine checklist in your own words. Give one example and name the usual mistake.