First Grade Unit 5 Nature Watch

	First Grade Unit 5 Nature Watch
Week 1/Week 2/Week 3/Week 4/Week 5
Enduring Understanding We see nature around us every day. Essential Question: What can we learn about the world of nature?		Oral Vocab Cards Notebook slides for each week. (Place in full screen mode) Visual Vocab Cards Notebook slides for each week. (Place in full screen mode)
Treasure Quest Nature Watch Research Project
Week 1: Kitten's First Full Moon	Teacher Resources	Student Resources
Word Study	Er, Ir, Ur Activity R Controlled Vowels Er, Ir, Ur (Blending) Lucky Lilly (sight word story) Miss Burn’s Herb Garden (Decodable story)	Treasures Spelling Practice ( ir, er, ur words) ER, IR and UR practice (choose er,ir,ur)
Enduring Understanding: Good readers understand what happens in a story and why the events happen. Essential Question: What events in the story happened because of something the character did?	Kitten’s First Full Moon (cause and effect) How the Milky Way Came To Be (vocabulary extension) The Moon (small group reading) Kitten's First Full Moon Comprehension	Cause and Effect
Week 2: Meet Ben Franklin	Teacher Resources	Student Resources
Word Study	AR Blending AR Matching (match ar pictures to words)	Treasures Vocabulary Practice (sight word practice) Treasures Spelling Practice (ar) R Controlled Vowel Practice (choose the right word for the picture) AR Practice (choose ar)
Enduring Understanding: Good readers use clues from the story to make inferences about the characters and setting. Essential Question: What inferences about the characters or setting can you make based on details from the story?	Meet Ben Franklin Comprehension Making Inferences #1 Making Inferences #2 Making Inferences #3	Making Inferences
Week 3: Stormy Weather	Teacher Resources	Student Resources
Word Study	Or Activity R Controlled (spelled or, oar and ore_) No More Mort the Short (decodable) Antonyms Antonyms (bridge map) Antonyms	Treasures Vocabulary Practice (sight word practice) Treasures Spelling Practice (or match) More R Controlled Vowel Practice (match pictures and words) OR Practice (choose or)
Enduring Understanding: Good readers compare and contrast details to understand text. Essential Question: What do you learn when comparing important pieces of information?	Stormy Weather (compare and contrast) What Will the Weather Be? (small group reading) Warm and Cold Days (sight word story) Stormy Weather Comprehension	Winter Poem (create a winter acrostic poem) Weather Wiz Kidz (research different kinds of weather) Web Weather for Kids (research different kinds of weather)
Week 4: Happy Fall!	Teacher Resources	Student Resources
Word Study	Ou, Ow Activity Ou, Ow Practice Ou, Ow Dipthongs Ou, Ow Blending Ou, Ow Game	Treasures Spelling Practice (ou, ow sort ) OW and OU Practice (choose ou,ow)
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 in the story? Tell them in order.	Happy Fall Seasons Happy Fall Comprehension
Week 5: A Tiger Cub Grows Up	Teacher Resources	Student Resources
Word Study	Oi, Oy Activity	Dipthongs (ow, oy and ay) Treasures Vocabulary Practice (sight word practice) Treasures Spelling Practice (oi, oy) OI and OY Practice (choose oi, oy)
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 in the story? Tell them in order.	Sequencing A Tiger Cub Grows Up Comprehension	Descriptive Words (use words to describe pictures)

Theme Connections
Curriculum Links	Resources
Online research tool for primary students	Pebble Go
A WebQuest to learn about weather.	Weather, Weather, Everywhere
Choose a type of weather to write a report about.	Weatherwiz Kids Web Weather for Kids
Use the websites weather tools to learn how weather works.	Interactive Weather Maker
Repeated from top	Treasure Quest Nature Watch Research Project

Teacher Notes
Standards	Resources
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 Nature Watch Research Project
Common Core Standard: Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables and sounds Technology Standard:3.0 Technology for learning and collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	ER, IR, UR AR Blending AR Matching Treasures Spelling Practice ER, IR, and UR practice AR Practice R controlled vowel practice More R Controlled Vowel Practice OR activity OR Practice Dipthongs-Pixie OI, OY activity OU, OW activity
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.	Vocabulary Extention-Student Use Treasures Spelling Activities Treasures Vocabulary Activities
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.	Lucky Lilly Miss Burn’s Herb Garden No More Mort the Short
Common Core Standard: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. Technology Standard: Standard 3: technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Happy Fall Seasons Happy Fall Comprehension The Moon
Common Core Standard: Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text. Technology Standard: Standard 3: technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Kitten’s First Full Moon Kitten's First Full Moon Comprehension Stormy Weather Stormy Weather Comprehension Cause and Effect The Moon What Will the Weather be? Warm and Cold Days
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.	Sequencing A Tiger Cub Grows Up Comprehension
Common Core Standard: L1.f Use frequently occurring adjectives. Technology Standard: Standard 3: technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Descriptive Words Winter Poem
Common Core Standard: RI.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in text. Technology Standard:Standard 3: technology for Learning and Collaboration.	How the Milky Way Came To Be- Vocabulary Extension Meet Ben Franklin Comprehension Making Inferences Making Inferences 1, 2, 3
Common Core Standard: KL5b Demonstrate understanding of frequently occurring verbs and adjectives by relating them to their opposites.	Antonyms Antonyms (bridge map) Antonyms Smart Responder Activity

August 2014