First Grade Unit 1 All About Us
Week 1/Week 2/Week 3/Week 4/Week 5
Enduring Understanding We are all special in our own way. Essential Question: What makes you special?		Oral Vocab Cards Visual Vocab Cards (Notebook slides for each week.  (Place in full screen mode)   Vocabulary Extension Activity (for student use)
Treasure Quest    All About Me Research Project       All About Me Quilt
Week 1: Pam and Sam	Teacher Resources	Student Resources
Word Study	Short A  Word Family Practice (classify words by short a family) Singular and Plural Nouns That Big Cat The Princess and the Pea	Short A Practice (sort short a words)    Short A Circle Map (listen for short a) Treasures Vocabulary Activity (sight word practice) Treasures Spelling Activity (at and an sort)     Rhyming Words (ap and in word families) Matching Rhyming Words (Game) Rhyming Practice (Game) Short A Word Families (practice short a words) Word Families -at -an (Kidspiration) Short A,a Circle Map (Kidspiration) More Word Families (-ill, -am, -ad, -ap) (Kidspiration) Short A Review and Practice (Login to Discovery Education before selecting the link.)
Enduring Understanding: Good readers understand the characters and setting of the story. Essential Question: Who are the main characters in the story, and where does the story take place?	Story Elements Pam and Sam Comprehension Pam and Sam Flow Map Mary Had A Little Lamb The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse	Research and Inquiry Activity (What I do best)
Week 2: I Can, Too!	Teacher Resources	Student Resources
Word Study	I Can, Too Flow Map Run! Jump! Swim! Text Features	Treasures Vocabulary Activity (sight word practice) Treasures Spelling Activity (rhyming words) Beginning Letter Sounds (Match beginning sounds)Kidspiraton
Enduring Understanding: Good readers can use the words and pictures of a story to understand the sequence of events. Essential Question: What are the important events?	Retell A Story I Can Too Comprehension The Tortoise and the Hare	Research and Inquiry Activity (Moving Animals)
Week 3: How You Grew	Teacher Resources	Student Resources
Word Study	Spelling Practice (short i)	Treasures Vocabulary Activity (sight word practice) Treasures Spelling Activity (long a short a) Challenge Rhyming Activity (Match words that rhyme) Short I,i Circle Map (Kidspiration)
Enduring Understanding: Good readers can use the words and pictures of a story to understand the sequence of events. Essential Question: What are the important events?	Retelling How You Grow Comprehension	Research and Inquiry Activity (Growing Up) Sequencing (sequence 3 story events)
Week 4: Flip	Teacher Resources	Student Resources
Word Study	Flip Day 1  Flip Day 2  Flip Day 3   Flip Day 4	Treasures Vocabulary Activity (sight word practice) Treasures Spelling Activity (finish the word)   Statements and Questions (use a period or question mark)
Enduring Understanding: Good readers pay attention to what happens in a story, what the problem is, and how the problem is solved. Essential Question: What is the problem in the story, and how does that problem get solved?	Flip Plot Flip Comprehension	Research and Inquiry Activity (Unusual Pets)
Week 5: Soccer	Teacher Resources	Student Resources
Word Study	Punctuation	Treasures Vocabulary Activity (sight word practice) Treasures Spelling Activity (Is it spelled correctly?) Sight Word Practice Friends in Your Community What's My Job
Enduring Understanding: Good readers look for clues that tell why the author wrote about that topic. Essential Question: Why do you think the author chose this topic to write about?	Soccer Comprehension	Research and Inquiry Activity (Teamwork)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Theme Connections

Treasure Quest    All About Me Research Project   Repeated from Top

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teacher Notes
Standards	Resources
Common Core Standard: W6 With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers. Technology Standard: Standard 3:  Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	All About Me Research Project All About Me:  Pixie Quilt
Common Core Standard: Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words. Technology Standard: Standard 3:  Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Treasures Spelling Activities Treasures Vocabulary Activities Matching Rhyming Words Rhyming Words -ap-in Rhyming Practice Mary Had A Little Lamb Challenge Rhyming Activity
Common Core Standard: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Technology Standard: Standard 3:  Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Short A Practice Short A Circle Map Short A Word Family Practice Short A Word Families Word Families -at -an More Word Families Spelling Practice Short A Review and Practice
Common Core Standard: Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes). Technology Standard: Standard 3:  Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Beginning Letter Sounds
Common Core Standard: Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words. Technology Standard: Standard 3:  Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Short A, a Circle Map Short I, i Circle Map
Common Core Standard: Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words. Technology Standard: Standard 3:  Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Sight Word Practice
Common Core Standard:  Spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions. Technology Standard: Standard 3:  Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	See and Spell Short Vowels
Common Core Standard: Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings. Technology Standard: Standard 3:  Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Research and Inquiry Activities
Common Core Standard:  Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. Technology Standard: Standard 3:  Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	That Big Cat The Princess and the Pea Story Elements Pam and Sam Flow Map I Can, Too! Retell A Story The Tortoise and the Hare Retelling Sequencing
Common Core Standard:  cc-1e-rl-7. Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events. Technology Standard: Standard 3:  Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Pam and Sam Comprehension I Can Too Comprehension How You Grew Comprehension Flip (Day 1-4) Flip Plot Flip Comprehension Soccer Comprehension
Common Core Standard: Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text. Technology Standard: Standard 3:  Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Friends in Your Community What's My Job
Common Core Standard:  Know and use various text features (e.g. headings, table of contents, glossaries, menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text. Technology Standard: Standard 3:  Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Run! Jump! Swim!
Common Core Standard:  L2.b Use end punctuation for sentences. (SC, 1) Technology Standard: Standard 3:  Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Statements and Questions Punctuation
Common Core Standard: Use common, proper, and possessive nouns. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Singular and Plural Nouns
Common Core Standard:  Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase Technology Standard: Standard 3:  Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Town Mouse Country Mouse

 

 

 

 

 

 

August 2014