Grade 1

Unit 1.1 Instructional Strategies

Key Concepts to Be Developed

Reading
Literary
  • Retell story details using words and pictures
  • Describe and name characters
  • Identify topic
  • Answer who, what, when or where questions about a story
  • Explain what the story is about, including important details and events
  • Describe how the story makes you feel 
  • Describe similarities and differences between characters​
Writing
Narrative
  • Recount two or more sequenced events
  • Include details
  • Use temporal words to signal event order
  • Use temporal words to provide a sense of closure​
Speaking and Listening
  • Ask  and answer questions
  • Active participation
  • Responding to others
  • Speak in complete sentences
  • Follow rules when speaking with classmates
Language
  • Using common spelling patterns
  • Sort words into categories
  • Print upper and lower case letters
  • Produce simple sentences
  • Use context clues 
Foundational Reading
  • Identify common punctuation
  • Identify first word needing capitalization
  • Identify short and long vowels
  • Recognize and read high frequency words
  • Know common consonant diagraphs
  • Know double consonants
  • Decode regularly spelled words
Humanities
1. Students will be able to locate Brazil, India, Russia, and Ethiopia on a map and to name the continent that each is on.
2. Students will identify at least four basic human needs that reflect common values.
3. Students will describe themselves (their own identities) and see connections between themselves and others (others’ identities), thus gaining interpersonal skills.
4. Students will discuss the meaning of their names and the importance of names, thereby deepening their understanding of common values.
5. Students will make comparisons between two things that may initially seem unfamiliar and different, thereby developing perspective-taking skills.
6. Students will write their own poetry and make visual art that they then share with children in other parts of the world.

Pedagogical Considerations

Video: Using Text Dependent Questions

Learning Progressions

Skills that a student will have mastered prior to the unit and during the unit, as well as the skills the student will master during the next grade of instruction.
Reading
Prior:          With prompting and support, identify main topic and key details
During:       Identify main topic and key details
Next:          Identify the main topic of specific and multi-paragraph texts

Writing
Prior:           Draw 1 event, with written support
During:       Write 1 event, with one detail
Next:           Write two or more sequenced events

Speaking/Listening
Prior:           Follow agreed upon riles for discussion
During:        Build on talk in conversation by asking questions and responding to comments
Next:           Connecting  comments to others remarks

Language
Prior:           Phonetic spelling of simple words
During:       Conventional spelling of simple words
Next:           Understanding of  common spelling patterns

Foundational Skills
Prior:           Segment and blend sounds in CVC words
During:        Blend one syllable words with short and long vowels
Next:           Decode 2 syllable words

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