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First Grade Unit 6 Adventures |
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| Enduring
Understanding An adventure is an exciting new experience. Essential Question: What kinds of adventures can we have on any day? Treasure Quest Adventures Research Project  |
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. |
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| Week 1: Olivia | Teacher Resources | Student Resources |
 Word Study |
Book Card
( Blending oo words )
Spoon Card( Blending oo words )
Review oo Words(Blending oo words ) |
Treasures Vocabulary Activity (sight word practice) Treasures Spelling Practice ( oo words ) |
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Enduring Understanding: Good readers understand if the story they are reading is about something real or fantasy. Essential Question: What details of the story help you to determine if it is fantasy or reality? |
Fantasy or Reality Olivia
Comprehension |
Real or Make Believe?  Summer Writing Activity (describe a summer adventure) |
| Week 2:
Whistle for Willie |
Teacher Resources | Student Resources |
 Word Study |
AW Game |
Treasures Vocabulary Activity (sight word practice) Treasures Spelling Practice ( au, aw sort ) AW Practice (practice reading aw words) |
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Enduring Understanding: Good readers use clues from the story to make inferences about what they read. Essential Question: What inferences about the characters or setting can you make based on details from the story? |
Making Inferences Whistle
for Willie Comprehension |
Inferences (practice making inferences) |
| Week 3:
Cool Jobs |
Teacher Resources | Student Resources |
 Word Study |
Prefixes |
Treasures Vocabulary Activity (sight word practice) Making Words Using Prefixes (using prefixes to make real words) Prefix Memory Game (memory game) Synonyms (Kidspiration) |
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Enduring Understanding: Good readers find important details from the text and classify them. Essential Question: How do you classify and categorize the details you read from the text? |
Comprehension
for Cool Jobs |
Community Helpers (label and write about a community helper) Main Idea Practice (practice identifying the main idea) Sequencing (sequence story events) Describe It (describe a butterfly using adjectives) |
| Week 4:
Dot and Jabber and the Big Bug Mystery |
Teacher Resources | Student Resources |
 Word Study |
Open and Closed Syllables |
Treasures Vocabulary Activity (sight word practice) Open and Closed Syllable Concentration (match words with open and closed syllables) |
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Enduring Understanding: Good readers look for clues to help them predict what will happen next in a story. Essential Question: Which parts of the story help predict what is going to happen? |
Comprehension for Dot and Jabber and the Big Bug Mystery |
Make A Prediction (practice making predictions) |
| Week 5:
Super Oscar |
Teacher Resources | Student Resources |
 Word Study |
Digraphs Practice (read and spell digraph words) |
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Enduring Understanding: Good readers understand the characters and setting of the story. Essential Question: Who are the main characters in the story, and what is the setting? |
Plot Comprehension
for Super Oscar |
Characters and Setting (Listen to Cinderella and identify characters and setting) |
| Theme Connections | |
| Curriculum Links | Resources |
| This site is a database of countries for research. | Culture Grams Kids Edition |
| Travel with L. J. Bear Around the world. | L. J. Bear's Journey Around the World |
| Research Repeated from Top |
Treasure Quest
Adventures Research Project |
| Teacher Notes | |
| Standards | Resources |
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Common Core Standard: Define words by
category and by one or more key attributes Technology Standard: 3.0 Technology for learning and collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration. |
Synonyms |
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Common Core Standard: L1.f Use frequently
occurring adjectives. Technology Standard: 3.0 Technology for learning and collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration. |
Summer Writing Activity Describe It |
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Common Core Standard: Use knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel sound to determine the number of syllables in a printed word Technology Standard:3.0 Technology for learning and collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration. |
Open and Closed Syllables Open and Closed Syllable Concentration |
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Common Core Standard:Use frequently occurring
affixes as a clue to the meaning of a word Technology Standard:3.0 Technology for learning and collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration. |
Prefixes Prefix Practice Making Words Using Prefixes Prefix Memory Game |
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Common Core Standard:
Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words. Technology Standard:3.0 Technology for learning and collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration. |
Vocabulary
Extention-Student Use Treasures Spelling Activities Treasures Vocabulary Activities Community Helpers Book Card Spoon Card Review OO Words Digraphs Practice AW Game AW Practice |
| Common Core Standard: Ask
and answer questions about key details in a text.
Technology Standard: 3.0 Technology for learning and collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration. |
Main Idea Practice Make A Prediction Real or Make Believe Fantasy and Reality Olivia Comprehension Inferences Making Inferences Whistle for Willie Comprehension Comprehension for Dot and Jabber and the Big Bug Mystery |
| Common Core Standard: Retell
stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of
their central message or lesson. Technology Standard: 3.0 Technology for learning and collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration. |
Sequencing Characters and Setting Plot |
| Common Core Standard: Describe
the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of
informaiton in a text.. Technology Standard: 3.0 Technology for learning and collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration. |
Comprehension for Cool Jobs |
| Common Core Standard: Describe
characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key
details. Technology Standard: 3.0 Technology for learning and collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration. |
Comprehension for Super Oscar |
| Common Core Standard:
Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately
sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use
temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of
closure. Technology Standard:3.0 Technology for learning and collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration. |
Adventures
Research Project Culture Grams Kids Edition L. J. Bear's Journey Around the World |
August 2014