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First Grade Imagine It! Unit 1 - Back to School Unit 1 – Week 1/ Lessons 1-5
Read Aloud – First Day Jitters (realistic fiction) Big Book – Back to School (photo essay), And the Answer Is? (poem)
Phonics Phonemic Awareness Comprehension Language Arts /s/, /m/, /a/ and /t/ sound by sound blending Decodables: 5-8
Initial and final consonant sounds
Asking questions Answering questions Making connections Visualizing Clarifying Making connections Skills: Compare and contrast
Writing – Rules for Writing Pencil and paper position Alphabet practice: l / t Letter, word, sentence, writing Left to right top to bottom Listening Attentively
Unit 1 – Week 2/ Lessons 6-10 Suki’s Kimono (realistic fiction)
Wolf! (fantasy) /d/, /n/, /h/ Decodables: 9-13
Phoneme Replacement: Initial Consonants Sounds Phoneme Segmentation: Final consonant Sounds
Predicting Visualizing Clarifying Summarizing Skills: Drawing Conclusions Reality and Fantasy
Letters: I and n Writing Autobiographies Nouns Speaking: Using Appropriate Volume
Unit 1 – Week 3/ Lessons 11-15 School Then and Now (informational writing), School Bus (poem)
/p/, /l/, /o/, /b/ Decodables: # 14-18
Phoneme Segmentation: Dropping, Restoring, and Isolating Final Consonant Sounds
Answering questions Asking questions Making connections Clarifying Visualizing Skills: Compare and contrast
Letters: l, t, i, and n Spacing between letters and words Writing Autobiographies Singular and Plural Nouns Viewing: Learning from Pictures
First Grade Imagine It – Unit 1 Blue Band: Language Arts
Unit 1 – Week 1/ Lessons 1-5 Read Aloud – First Day Jitters (realistic fiction)
Big Book – Back to School (photo essay), And the Answer Is? (poem)
Penmanship Writing Grammar Listening/Speaking/Viewing
Pencil and Paper Position; The letters l and t
Rules for Writing Letter, Word, Sentence Writing Left to Right, Top to Bottom
Listening Attentively
Unit 1 – Week 2/ Lessons 6-10 Suki’s Kimono (realistic fiction)
Wolf! (fantasy) Letters: i and n
Writing Autobiographies Nouns
Speaking: Using Appropriate Volume
Unit 1 – Week 3/ Lessons 11-15 School Then and Now (informational writing), School Bus (poem)
Letters: l, t, i, and n
Writing Autobiographies
Singular and Plural Nouns
Viewing: Learning from Pictures
1st Grade Imagine It – Unit 2 - Where Animals Live Unit 2 – Week 1 / Lessons 1-5
Animal Habitats: The Best Home of All (fantasy) – Read Aloud Big Book – Red –Eyed Tree Frog (photo essay) - Under the Ground (poem)
Phonics Phonemic Awareness Comprehension Language Arts /k/ spelled c,k and _ck; /r/, /f/ spelled f and ff Decodables: 19-25
Phoneme Blending: Blending Initial Consonant Sounds and Consonant Blends Phoneme Segmentation Phoneme Replacement: Replacement Final Consonant Sounds
Predicting Making connections Asking questions Visualizing Skills: Cause and Effect
The Letters o and a Writing Descriptions Adjectives Speaking: Asking Questions
Unit 2 – Week 2 / Lessons 6-10 Day and Night in the Desert (informational writing)
Animals Black and White (expository text) /g/, /j/ spelled j and _dge; /u/, /z/ spelled z and zz Decodables: 26-31
Phoneme Blending: Blending One-Syllable Words Phoneme Segmentation: Counting Phonemes in Words and Initial Blends Phoneme Replacement: Replacement Final Consonant Sounds
Visualizing Clarifying Asking questions Predicting Skills: Classify and Categorize Compare and Contrast
The Letters e and c Writing Descriptions of Places Possessive Nouns Speaking: Using Descriptive Words
Unit 2 – Week 3 / Lessons 11-15 Polar Bears (informational writing) , Bear (poem) , Eggs (poem)
/ks/ spelled x; /e/ spelled e and _ea_; /ed/, /d/, /t/ spelled –ed Decodables: 32-37
Reviewing Phonemes Phoneme Replacement: Replacing Internal and Final Consonant Sounds Phoneme Segmentation: Initial Blends
Making connections Asking questions Summarizing Clarifying Skills: Main Idea and Details
The Letters o, a, e, and c Writing Word Poems Action Verbs and Helping Verbs
First Grade Imagine It – Unit 2 Blue Band: Language Arts
Unit 2 – Week 1 / Lessons 1-5 Animal Habitats: The Best Home of All (fantasy) – Read Aloud
Big Book – Red –Eyed Tree Frog (photo essay) - Under the Ground (poem) Penmanship Writing Grammar Listening/Speaking/Viewing
Letters o and a Writing Descriptions; prewriting, drafting, revising, publishing and presenting
Adjectives
Speaking: Asking Questions
Unit 2 – Week 2 / Lessons 6-10 Day and Night in the Desert (informational writing)
Animals Black and White (expository text) Letters: e and c
Writing Descriptions of Places; prewriting, drafting, revising, publishing and presenting
Possessive Nouns
Speaking: Using Description Words
Unit 2 – Week 3 / Lessons 11-15 Polar Bears (informational writing) , Bear (poem) , Eggs (poem)
Handwriting fluency; Introduce alignment; Letters: o, a, e and c
Writing Word Poems
Action Verbs and Helping Verbs
Viewing: Learning Across Media
1st Grade Imagine It – Unit 3 – I Am Responsible Unit 3 – Week 1 / Lessons 1-5
Manana, Iguana – Read Aloud Responsibility / What Does it Mean to Be Responsible? – Big Book
Phonics Phonemic Awareness Comprehension Language Arts /sh/ spelled sh, /th/, spelled th, /ch/ spelled ch and ch, /or/ spelled or and ore Decodables: #38-42
Listening for /sh/,/th/,/ch/,/or/ Phoneme Segmentation Phoneme Blending Replacement Final /sh/,/th/,/ch/ Count Phonemes
Clarifying Making connections Asking questions Visualizing Skills: Main Idea and Details
Letters s and r Rhyming Poems Mechanics: Spacing between Words and Sentences Capitalization: First Word of a Sentence Following and Giving Directions
Unit 3 – Week 2 / Lessons 6-10 Arthur’s Pet Business / Pigsty
/ar/ spelled ar, /m/ spelled mb, /w/ spelled w_ , /er/ spelled er, ir, ur Decodables: #43-49
Reviewing Phonemes Phoneme Blending Listening for /ar/, /m/, /w/, /wh/, /er/
Predicting Visualizing Summarizing Skills: Reality and Fantasy Sequence Making Inferences
Letters: h and f Choosing Something to Write About Declarative Sentences Speaking: Acting Responsibly
Unit 3 – Week 3 / Lessons 11-15 Talking about Our Environment / When I get Up in the Morning
schwa, /ng/ spelled ng, /nk/ spelled nk, /kw/ spelled qu_ Decodables: #50-55
Reviewing Phonemes Phoneme Blending Listening for schwa, /nk/, /kw/
Clarifying Summarizing Asking questions Visualizing Making connections Skills: Cause and Effect
Handwriting fluency; Introduce Uniformity of Letter size Review Letters: s, r, h and f Free-Verse Poems Interrogative Sentences Viewing: Getting Information from Videos
First Grade Imagine It – Unit 3 Blue Band: Language Arts Unit 3 – Week 1 / Lessons 1-5
Manana, Iguana – Read Aloud Responsibility / What Does it Mean to Be Responsible? – Big Book
Penmanship Writing Grammar Listening/Speaking/Viewing Letters s and r Rhyming Poems
prewriting, drafting, revising, publishing and presenting
Mechanics: Spacing between Words and Sentences Capitalization: First Word of a Sentence
Following and Giving Directions
Unit 3 – Week 2 / Lessons 6-10 Arthur’s Pet Business / Pigsty
Letters: h and f
Choosing Something to Write About prewriting, drafting, revising, publishing and presenting
Declarative Sentences
Speaking: Acting Responsibly
Unit 3 – Week 3 / Lessons 11-15 Talking about Our Environment / When I get Up in the Morning
Handwriting fluency; Introduce Uniformity of Letter size Review Letters: s, r, h and f
Free-Verse Poems prewriting, drafting, revising, publishing and presenting
Interrogative Sentences
Viewing: Getting Information from Videos
1st Grade Imagine It – Unit 4 – Our Neighborhoood at Work Unit 4– Week 1 / Lessons 1-5
What I Want To Be – Read Aloud Everybody Works – Big Book / Worksong - Poem
Phonics Phonemic Awareness Comprehension Language Arts /y/ spelled y; /v/ spelled v; syllable le; long /a/ spelled a and a_e Decodables: #56- 60
Listening for /y/, /v/, schwa /el/, long /a/, Listening for final /v/, Phoneme Blending
Making connections Visualizing Clarifying Skills: Main Idea and Details
Letters p and b Invitations Declarative, Interrogative, and Exclamatory Sentences Listening and Speaking: Recognizing Rhythm
Unit 4 – Week 2 / Lessons 6-10 Quinito’s Neighborhood – Big Book / Firefighters – Informal Writing
long /i/ spelled i and i_e; /s/ spelled ce and ci_; /j/ spelled ge and gi_ Decodables: #61-64
Listening for long /i/, Listening for final sounds, listening for /s/, /j/
Clarifying Asking questions Summarizing Visualizing Skills: Classify and Categorize Main Idea and Details
Letters: d and g Friendly Letters Declarative, Interrogative, Exclamatory and Imperative Sentences Listening and Speaking: Making Introductions
Unit 4 – Week 3 / Lessons 11-15 A Busy Day at Mr. Kan’s Grocery Store – Big Book / Wake Up! - Poem
long /o/ spelled o and o_e; long /u/ spelled u and u_e; Decodables: #65-67
Reviewing Phonemes Listening for long /o/, long /u/
Clarifying Summarizing Visualizing Asking questions Skills: Main Idea and Details
Handwriting fluency; Introduce Neatness Review Letters: p, b, d and g Friendly Letters Adjectives and Adjectives that Compare Speaking: Making Announcements
First Grade Imagine It – Unit 4 Blue Band: Language Arts Unit 4 – Week 1 / Lessons 1-5
What I Want To Be – Read Aloud Everybody Works – Big Book / Worksong - Poem
Penmanship Writing Grammar Listening/Speaking/Viewing Letters p and b
Invitations prewriting, drafting, revising, publishing and presenting
Declarative, Interrogative, and Exclamatory Sentences
Listening and Speaking: Recognizing Rhythm
Unit 4 – Week 2/ Lessons 6-10 Quinito’s Neighborhood – Big Book / Firefighters – Informal Writing
Letters: d and g
Friendly Letters prewriting, drafting
Declarative, Interrogative, Exclamatory and Imperative Sentences
Listening and Speaking: Making Introductions
Unit 4 – Week 3/ Lessons 11-15 A Busy Day at Mr. Kan’s Grocery Store – Big Book / Wake Up! - Poem
Handwriting fluency; Introduce Neatness Review Letters: p, b, d and g
Friendly Letters revising, revising with a partner, publishing
Adjectives and Adjectives that Compare
Speaking: Making Announcements
1st Grade Imagine It – Unit 5 – What’s the Weather? Unit 5– Week 1 / Lessons 1-5 I Call It Sky – Read Aloud
When a Storm Comes Up – Big Book / Listen to the Rain - Poem Phonics Phonemic Awareness Comprehension Language Arts /e/ spelled e, e_e, ee, ea Decodables: #68-70
Making connections Asking Questions Clarifying Visualizing Skills: Main Idea and Details
Lists Letters u and m Listening and Speaking: Fact or Opinion? Capitalization
Unit 5 – Week 2 / Lessons 6-10 On the Same Day in March: A Tour of the World’s Weather - Realistic Fiction - Big Book
Clouds, Rain, Snow, and Ice– Informational Writing / A Good Day for Kites – Realistic Fiction long /e/ spelled _y, _ie; /s/ spelled cy Decodables: #71-74
Listening for long /i/, Listening for final sounds, listening for /s/, /j/
Clarifying, Visualizing Asking questions Making connections Summarizing, Predicting Skills: Compare and Contrast Classify and Categorize Main Idea and Details Cause and Effect
News Stories Letters: v and w Listening and Speaking: Informal and Formal Language Capitalization and Punctuation
Unit 5 – Week 3 / Lessons 11-15 Deserts – Big Book / Snow is Good / Hurricanes – Informational Writing
long /o/ spelled o and o_e; long /u/ spelled u and u_e; Decodables: #75-78
Reviewing Phonemes Listening for long /o/, long /u/
Asking questions Making Connections Clarifying Skills: Main Idea and Details Cause and Effect Sequence
Letters: k and z Instructions Plural Nouns Speaking: Clear Speech
First Grade Imagine It – Unit 5 Blue Band: Language Arts Unit 5 – Week 1 / Lessons 1-5
What I Want To Be – Read Aloud Everybody Works – Big Book / Worksong - Poem
Penmanship Writing Grammar Listening/Speaking/Viewing Letters u and m
Lists prewriting, drafting, revising, publishing and presenting
Capitalization Listening and Speaking: Fact or Opinion?
Unit 5 – Week 2/ Lessons 6-10 Quinito’s Neighborhood – Big Book / Firefighters – Informal Writing
Letters: v and w
News Stories prewriting, drafting
Capitalization and Punctuation
Listening and Speaking: Informal and Formal Language
Unit 5 – Week 3/ Lessons 11-15 A Busy Day at Mr. Kan’s Grocery Store – Big Book / Wake Up! - Poem
Handwriting fluency; Introduce Neatness Letters: k and z
Instructions revising, revising with a partner, publishing
Plural Nouns
Speaking: Clear Speech
1st Grade Imagine It – Unit 6 – North, South, East, West Unit 6– Week 1 / Lessons 1-5
The Way to Captain Yankee’s – Read Aloud Me on the Map – Big Book / Classrom Globe - Poem
Phonics Phonemic Awareness Comprehension Language Arts long /o/ spelled oa_, ow Decodables: #79-81 High Frequency Words (no, their, away)
Predicting Clarifying Making connections Visualizing Skills: Main Idea and Details
Writing Instructions Letters u, m,v,w,k, and z Listening and Speaking: Speaking and Listening: Getting Information Capitalization and Punctuation
Unit 6 – Week 2 / Lessons 6-10 Looking at Maps and Globes – informational writing - Big Book
First Reader - A Trip to Grandma’s House– Realistic Fiction / The Special Day – Realistic Fiction long /oo/ spelled oo Decodables: #82-84 High Frequency Words (saw, blue, one)
Listening for long /i/, Listening for final sounds, listening for /s/, /j/
Asking questions, Clarifying Summarizing,Visualizing Making connections Skills: Classify and Categorize Main Idea and Details Sequence
Writing Stories Letters: x and y Listening and Speaking: Viewing: Learning from Pictures Sentences of Different Lengths
Unit 6 – Week 3 / Lessons 11-15 First Reader – Sam’s Map / Our Class Trip / The Zoo Trip – Realistic Fiction
long /oo/ spelled oo, _ue, u, _ew, and u_e; long /u/ spelled u and u_e; /oo/ spelled oo Decodables: #75-78
Reviewing Phonemes Listening for long /o/, long /u/
Asking questions Clarifying Predicting Summarizing Making Connections Skills: Drawing Conclusions Sequence Making Inferences
Writing Stories Letters: j and q Listening and Speaking Listening: Following One-Step Directions Commas in a Series
First Grade Imagine It – Unit 6 Blue Band: Language Arts Unit 6 – Week 1 / Lessons 1-5
What I Want To Be – Read Aloud Everybody Works – Big Book / Worksong - Poem
Penmanship Writing Grammar Listening/Speaking/Viewing Letters u, m,v,w,k, and z
Writing Instructions prewriting, drafting, revising, publishing and presenting
Capitalization and Punctuation
Getting Information
Unit 6 – Week 2/ Lessons 6-10 Quinito’s Neighborhood – Big Book / Firefighters – Informal Writing
Letters: x and y
Writing Stories prewriting, drafting
Sentences of Different Lengths Viewing: Learning from Pictures Sentences
Unit 6 – Week 3/ Lessons 11-15 A Busy Day at Mr. Kan’s Grocery Store – Big Book / Wake Up! - Poem
Letters: j and q
Writing Stories revising, revising with a partner, publishing
Commas in a Series
Listening and Speaking Listening: Following One-Step Directions
1st Grade Imagine It – Unit 7 – I Think I Can Unit 7– Week 1 / Lessons 1-5
Franklin Rides a Bik (fantasy) – Read Aloud The Kite (fantasy)
Phonics Phonemic Awareness Comprehension Language Arts /ow/ spelled ow and ou_, /n/ spelled kn_ Decodables: #88-91 High Frequency Words (are, brown, how, about, around, long, know, want, by)
Listening for /ow/, /n/ Predicting Summarizing Skills: Cause and Effect Reality and Fantasy
Make-Believe Story Spelling /ow/, /n/ Letters j,q,x and y Study Skills: Alphabetical Order Listening and Speaking: speaking: Formal and informal Language Quotation Marks
Unit 7 – Week 2 / Lessons 6-10 The Little Engine That Could (fiction) , Riddles (poem)
/aw/ Spelled au_ and aw, /aw/ spelled augh and ough Decodables: #92-94 High Frequency Words (into, before, yellow)
Listening for /aw/ Asking questions Visualizing Skills: Making Inferences
Make-Believe Story Spelling au, aw Capital Letters A and N Study Skills: Using the Library Listening/Speaking/Viewing: Speaking; Presenting a Story Singular and Plural Nouns
Unit 7– Week 3 / Lessons 11-15 The Itsy Bitsy Spider (rhyming fiction)
The Tortoise and the Hare (fable) /oi/ spelled oi and oy, /r/ spelled wr_, /f/ spelled ph Decodables: #95-98 High Frequency Words (old)
Listening for /oi/, /r/, /f /
Clarifying Predicting Summarizing Skills: Sequence
Biographies Spelling /oi/ and _oy Capital Letters: E and F Study Skills: Listening to Gain Information Listening/Speaking/Viewing: Singular Possessive Pronouns
Unit 7 – Week 4 / Lessons 16-20 Winners Never Quit! (rhyming fiction)
/er spelled ear, long /e/ spelled _ey, long vowels Decodables: #99-101 High Frequency Words any, from, water, come)
Listening for long /e/, /er/
Making Connections Predicting Summarizing Skills: Drawing Conclusions
Biographies Spelling ear, long e, _ey Capital letters I and L Study Skills: Interviewing Listening/Speaking/Viewing: Viewing: Main Ideas in Pictures Sentence Expansion with Describing Words
1st Grade Imagine It – Unit 8 – Away We Grow Unit 8– Week 1 / Lessons 1-5
Cactus Hotel (realistic fiction) – Read Aloud How a Seed Grows (realistic fiction) -
Phonics Phonemic Awareness Comprehension Language Arts long /a/ spelled a, a_e, ai_ and _ay Decodables: #102
Asking Questions Clarifying Summarizing Skills: Compare and Contrast
timed writing Spelling long a, a_e, ai_ Letters A,N, E, F, I, L Study Skills: Gaining information from Pictures Listening/Speaking/Viewing: Comparing Visual and Written Material Changing Sentences
Unit 8 – Week 2 / Lessons 6-10 The Garden from Frog and Toad (fantasy)
Saguaro (poem) long /i/ spelled i, i_e, _igh, _ie, and _y, /i/ spelled i Decodables: #103 High Frequency Words (five, would)
Making connections Summarizing Predicting Visualizing Clarifying Skills: Drawing Conclusions
Book Reports Spelling long /i/, i_e, _y Capital Letters O and C Study Skills: Completing a web Listening/Speaking/Viewing: Talking about pictures Plural Possessive Pronouns
Unit 8 – Week 3 / Lessons 11-15 Green and Growing: A Book about Plants (informational writing)
long /o/ spelled o, o_e,oa_ and _ow, /o/ spelled o Decodables: #104
Reviewing Phonemes Listening for long /o/, long /u/
Asking questions Making Connections Clarifying Skills: Classify and Categorize
Explaining a Process Spelling long /o/ o_e, oa_ Capital Letters: T and H Listening/Speaking/Viewing: Talking in Groups Synonyms
Unit 8 – Week 4 / Lessons 16-20 Flowers (photo-essay) – Flowers at Night (poem)
long /u/ spelled u, u_e, u, _ew, and; _ue /u/ spelled u Decodables: #105
Reviewing Phonemes Listening for long /o/, long /u/
Clarifying Asking questions Visualizing Making Connections Summarizing Skills: Compare and Contrast
Summaries Spelling long /u/ u, u_e Capital letters B and R Study Skills: Using Nonfiction Listening/Speaking/Viewing: Group Conversations Antonyms
Unit 8 – Week 5 / Lessons 21-25 Plants That Eat Animals (photo-essay)
Review long vowels High Frequency Words (pretty, your) Decodables: #106
Reviewing Phonemes Listening for long /o/, long /u/
Clarifying Making Connections Predicting Skills: Cause and Effect
Summaries Spelling long /i/ _ie and long /o/ _ow Capital letters O, C,T, H, B and R Study Skills: Presenting Orally Listening/Speaking/Viewing: Retelling Events in a Sequence Antonyms
First Grade Imagine It – Unit 8 Blue Band: Language Arts Unit 8– Week 1 / Lessons 1-5
Cactus Hotel (realistic fiction) – Read Aloud How a Seed Grows (realistic fiction)
Spelling / Penmanship Writing Grammar Listening/Speaking/Viewing Spelling long a, a_e, ai_ Letters A,N, E, F, I, L
Timed writing
Changing Sentences Study Skills: Gaining information from Pictures Listening and Speaking: Comparing Visual and Written Material
Unit 8 – Week 2/ Lessons 6-10 Quinito’s Neighborhood – Big Book / Firefighters – Informal Writing
Letters: x and y
Writing Stories prewriting, drafting
Sentences of Different Lengths Viewing: Learning from Pictures Sentences
Unit 8 – Week 3/ Lessons 11-15 A Busy Day at Mr. Kan’s Grocery Store – Big Book / Wake Up! - Poem
Letters: j and q
Writing Stories revising, revising with a partner, publishing
Commas in a Series
Listening and Speaking Listening: Following One-Step Directions
1st Grade Imagine It – Unit 9 – Home sweet Home Unit 9– Week 1 / Lessons 1-5
A House Is a House for Me (rhyming fiction) – Read Aloud Homes (informational writing)
Phonics Phonemic Awareness Comprehension Language Arts long /e/ spelled e Decodables: #107 High Frequency Words (four, put)
Asking Questions Summarizing Clarifying Skills: Compare and Contrast
Writing Reports Spelling long /e/ _ea_, ee Letters P and D Study Skills: Using Informational Resources Listening and Speaking: Listening: Listen and respond Present- and Past-tense verbs
Unit 9 – Week 2 / Lessons 6-10 Homes Around the World (photo-essay) Building a House (informational writing)
Consonant Blends Decodables: #108 High Frequency Words (where)
Clarifying Summarizing Skills: Classify and Categorize
Reports Spelling Consonant Blends Capital Letters S and U Study Skills: Alphabetical Order Listening/Speaking/Viewing: Stay on topic Present tense verbs, verbs ending in y
Unit 9 – Week 3 / Lessons 11-15 The White House (informational writing)
Snail’s Pace (poem) Consonant Digraphs Decodables: #109 High Frequency Words (both, open,buy,goes)
Asking questions Clarifying Summarizing Making Connections Visualizing Skills: Main Idea and Details
Explaining a Process Consonant Digraphs /sh/ sh, ch Capital Letters: G and Q Study Skills: Organzing Story Sequence Listening/Speaking/Viewing: Viewing:Main Ideas in Pictures Future-Tense Verbs
Unit 9 – Week 4 / Lessons 16-20 Finding Shelter (photo-essay) – Home (poem)
r-controlled vowels Decodables: #110
Asking Questions Summarizing Making Connections Skills: Compare and Contrast
Timed writing R-controlled vowels Capital letters P,D,S,U,G,and Q Study Skills: Using Nonfiction Listening/Speaking/Viewing: Group Conversations Antonyms
Unit 9 – Week 5 / Lessons 21-25 This House is Made of Mud (rhyming fiction)
Review long /e/ and short /e/, Consonant Blends, Consonant Digraphs, and r-controlled vowels Decodables: #111
Asking Questions Clarifying Summarizing Skills: Making Inferences
Opinion Statement Consonant Digraphs /wh/ spelling wh and th Capital letters K and M Study Skills: Entertaining and Informational Text Listening/Speaking/Viewing: Listening: Solving Problems Present-, Past-, and Future- tense verbs
First Grade Imagine It – Unit 9 Blue Band: Language Arts Unit 9– Week 1 / Lessons 1-5
A House Is a House for Me (rhyming fiction) – Read Aloud Homes (informational writing)
Spelling / Penmanship Writing Grammar Listening/Speaking/Viewing and Study Skills
Spelling long /e/ _ea_, ee Letters P and D
Writing Reports
Present- and Past-tense verbs
Study Skills: Using Informational Resources Listening: Listen and respond
Unit 9 – Week 2 / Lessons 6-10 Homes Around the World (photo-essay) Building a House (informational writing)
Spelling Consonant Blends Capital Letters S and U
Reports
Present tense verbs, verbs ending in y
Study Skills: Alphabetical Order Stay on topic
Unit 9 – Week 3 / Lessons 11-15 The White House (informational writing)
Snail’s Pace (poem) Consonant Digraphs /sh/ sh, ch Capital Letters: G and Q
Explaining a Process
Future-Tense Verbs Study Skills: Organzing Story Sequence Viewing:Main Ideas in Pictures
Unit 9 – Week 4 / Lessons 16-20 Finding Shelter (photo-essay) – Home (poem)
Unit 9 – Week 4 / Lessons 16-20 R-controlled vowels Capital letters P,D,S,U,G,and Q
Timed writing
Antonyms Study Skills: Using Nonfiction Listening/Speaking/Viewing: Group Conversations
Unit 9 – Week 5 / Lessons 21-25
This House is Made of Mud (rhyming fiction)
Spelling / Penmanship Writing Grammar Listening/Speaking/Viewing and Study Skills
Consonant Digraphs /wh/ spelling wh and th Capital letters K and M
Opinion Statement
Present-, Past-, and Future- tense verbs
Study Skills: Entertaining and Informational Text Listening: Solving Problems
1st Grade Imagine It – Unit 10 – I Am Brave Unit 10– Week 1 / Lessons 1-5
The Bravest of the Brave (rhyming fiction) – Read Aloud My Brother is Afraid of Just About Everything (realistic fiction)
Phonics Phonemic Awareness Comprehension Language Arts /oo/ spelled oo, __ue, __ew, and u_e Decodable: #112 High Frequency Words
Asking Questions Predicting Skills: Drawing Conclusions
Persuasive Posters Word Analysis: /oo/ spelled oo and /oo/ spelled oo Letters V and W Study Skills: Alphabetical Order Listening and Speaking: Listening: Listen and respond Adjectives that compare: synonyms and antonyms
Unit 10 – Week 2 / Lessons 6-10 There’s a Big, Beautiful World Out There! (realistic fiction)
Night Comes (poem) /ow/ spelled ow and ou_ /oi/ spelled oi and _oy Decodable: #113 High Frequency Words
Making Connections Summarizing Visualizing Skills: Drawing Conclusions Making Inferences
Summaries Word Analysis: Diphtongs /ow/ spelled ou_ and /oy/ spelled oi Capital Letters X and Y Study Skills: Organizing story sequence Listening/Speaking/Viewing: Speaking: Staying on topic Kind of sentences
Unit 10 – Week 3 / Lessons 11-15 Clyde Monster (fantasy)
The Mice in Council (fable) Base Words, Prefixes, and Endings Decodable: #114 High Frequency Words
Making Connections Clarifying Predicting Summarizing Skills: Reality and Fantasy
Fables Word Analysis: Common Endings spelled –s and -ed Capital Letters: J and Z Study Skills: Alphabetical Order Listening/Speaking/Viewing:
Drawing Conclusions
Word choice Reviewing capitalization
Unit 10 – Week 4 / Lessons 16-20 Ira Sleeps Over (realistic Fiction)
Review Decodable: #115
Predicting Visualizing Summarizing Skills: Main Idea and Details Drawing Conclusions
Realistic Stories Word Analysis: Endings spelled –ing and –ing after dropping final e Capital letters K, M,V,W, X,Y, J and Z Study Skills: Taking notes Listening/Speaking/Viewing: Role-playing a character’s part Review contractions
First Grade Imagine It – Unit 10: Blue Band: Language Arts Unit 10– Week 1 / Lessons 1-5
The Bravest of the Brave (rhyming fiction) – Read Aloud My Brother is Afraid of Just About Everything (realistic fiction)
Spelling / Penmanship Writing Grammar Listening/Speaking/Viewing and Study Skills
Word Analysis: /oo/ spelled oo and /oo/ spelled oo Letters V and W
Persuasive Posters
Adjectives that compare: synonyms and antonyms
Study Skills: Alphabetical Order Listening and Speaking: Listening: Listen and respond
Unit 10 – Week 2 / Lessons 6-10 There’s a Big, Beautiful World Out There! (realistic fiction)
Night Comes (poem) Word Analysis: Diphtongs /ow/ spelled ou_ and /oy/ spelled oi Capital Letters X and Y
Summaries
Kind of sentences Study Skills: Organizing story sequence Speaking: Staying on topic
Unit 10 – Week 3 / Lessons 11-15 Clyde Monster (fantasy)
The Mice in Council (fable) Word Analysis: Common Endings spelled –s and -ed Capital Letters: J and Z
Fables
Reviewing capitalization Study Skills: Alphabetical Order Listening/Speaking/Viewing: Word choice
Unit 10 – Week 4 / Lessons 16-20 Ira Sleeps Over (realistic Fiction)
Penmanship/Spelling Writing Grammar Listening/Speaking/Viewing and Study Skills
Word Analysis: Endings spelled –ing and –ing after dropping final e Capital letters K, M,V,W, X,Y, J and Z
Realistic Stories Review contractions Study Skills: Taking notes Listening/Speaking/Viewing: Role-playing a character’s part