Grade 1

Unit 1.2 Instructional Strategies

Key Concepts to Be Developed

Reading ​
  Informational                                                                                       
  • Ask/Answer questions about details
  • Describe how people, events, or ideas connected
  • Identify main topic
  • Know text features
  • Find information from pictures and words
Writing
Informational                                                                             
  • Name a topic
  • Include 2 facts
  • Provide a sense of closure        
Speaking and Listening
  • Ask  and answer questions
  • Active participation
  • Responding to others' ideas
  • 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 
  • Use phonemic awareness to spell 
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

Building Science Skills with A Science Notebook

NGSS Video Series for Teachers

Learning Progressions

Before/During/After First Grade

Reading
Before
With prompting and support, identify main topic and key details
During
Identify main topic and key details 
After
Identify the main topic of specific and multi-paragraph texts

Writing
Before
Draw 1 event, with written support 
During
Write one event, with one detail 
After
Write two or more sequenced events

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

Language 
Before
Phonetic spelling of simple words 
During
Conventional spelling of simple words 
After
Understanding of  common spelling patterns

Foundational Skills 
Before
Segment and blend sounds in CVC words 
During
Blend one syllable words with short and long vowels 
After
Decode two syllable words

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