1st+Grade+Language+Arts

Treasures Unit 1, week 1 //Pam and Sam// || **__Additional reading selections:__** //I Can! Can You?// || **__Additional reading selections:__****Get Ready Story** //How You Grew// || **__Additional reading selections:__****Get Ready Story** What makes a good pet? || * Do people choose pets according to their needs and wants? //Pet Tricks// || **__Additional reading selections:__****Get Ready Story** What makes a team become a team? || * What are things done in groups? //Soccer// || **__Additional reading selections:__****Get Ready Story** //Animal Moms and Dads// || **__Additional reading selections:__****Get Ready Story** How does helping make us a better person? || * What does it mean to help? //Little Red Hen// || **__Additional reading selections:__** //A Prairie Dog Home// || **__Additional reading selections:__****Get Ready Story** //The Fun Kids' Band// || **__Additional reading selections:__****Get Ready Story** //On My Way to School// || **__Additional reading selections:__****Get Ready Story** //Kate's Game// || **__Additional reading selections:__****Get Ready Story** //Kids Can Help// || **__Additional reading selections:__**
 * ~ Unit ||~ Start Date (duration) ||~ Essential Questions ||~ Content / Concepts ||~ Skills ||~ Texts ||~ Supporting / Supplementary Materials CC ||~  ||
 * We are Special || 1 Week || What makes someone special? What makes you different from people in your class or family? || * What makes you special in your appearance and personality? || Students will be able to...
 * Decode short /a/ words spelled with an or at
 * Recognize HFW- jump, up, down, not
 * Identify sentences
 * Identify character and setting
 * Using inflectional ending- letter s
 * Interepreting photographs
 * Spell the words can, man, ran, cat, hat, mat || Main Story Selection:
 * Spell the words can, man, ran, cat, hat, mat || Main Story Selection:
 * Get Ready Story**
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project:**
 * Students will listen to the story, //The One and Only Club.// Students will work together as a class to come up with our own club. We will find one unique quality or characteristic that each student has in our class. Students will design their own badges to display their special trait. || Sample ||
 * Ready, Set Move! || 1 Week || How can we exercise? What would your body be like without exercise? || * What are the benefits of exercise, both emotional and physical?
 * What types of exercise you enjoy?
 * How can we make it part of our daily routine?
 * Can people will physical differences exercise the way we do? || Students will be able to...
 * Decode short /a/ words spelled with ad, ap, and ack
 * Recognize HFW- over, it, yes, too
 * Put sentences in order
 * Identify the sequence of events in a story
 * Using the inflectional ending- letter s
 * Adding labels to pictures
 * Spell the words dad, sad, nap, tap, sack, back || Main Story Selection: Treasures Unit 1, week 2
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project:**
 * Students will participate in a morning exercise program to help promote healthy habits. We will listen and do to the soundtrack of "Get Funky."
 * Students can write and reflect on their favorite way to exercise. ||  ||
 * Growing Up? || 1 week || What helps us grow? || * Things we need to live socially, emotionally, and physically.
 * What is the difference between what we need and want? || Students will be able to...
 * Decode words with short /i/ spelled with it, iss, and in
 * Read HFW- run, ride, be
 * Identifyand write statements with a period.
 * Identify the sequence of events in a story
 * Learn when to double the final consonants
 * Identify the parts of a book
 * Spell the words hit, kiss, miss, pin, sit, win || Main Story Selection: Treasures Unit 1, week 3
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project**
 * Students will write a class poem on healthy habits to stay healthy and help them grow.
 * We will make collages of healthy foods to eat on cuouts of a body.
 * Students will label all foods. ||  ||
 * Pets || 1 week || What would families be like without pets?
 * Different pets fill different roles? || Students will be able to...
 * Decorde r blends spelled with br, fr, cr, dr, gr, tr
 * Read HFW- come, that, on, good
 * Identify questions and exclamations.
 * Use the proper punctuation when writing questions and exclamations.
 * Identify character and setting in the story.
 * Use the pssessive s and learn how to write an apostrophe.
 * Make a list.
 * Spell the words- crib, crab, grab, grass, trap, trip || Main Story Selection: Treasures Unit 1, week 4
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project**
 * Make your own dog or cat puppet. ||  ||
 * Teamwork || 1 Week || What would it be like if you could only work by yourself?
 * What are things done independently?
 * What are the benefits of each? || Students wil be able to...
 * Decode ending blends spelled with nd, nk, nt, and st
 * Read HFW- help, now, use, very
 * Write sentences using the appropriate ending mark.
 * Understand the author's purpose.
 * Identify words spelled with the CVCC pattern
 * Listen for Rhyming words.
 * Spell the words- sand, sink, land, fast, list, ant || Main Story Selection: Treasures Unit 1, week 5
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project**
 * Students will participate in team building activities. They will be placed in groups depending on the activity or skill attempted.
 * Students will work to put together a large floor puzzle in a pattern.
 * Students will have to try to jump a rope together as a class.
 * Students will have to sit on each other's laps without falling over.
 * Students will have to build class pyramids. ||  ||
 * Animal Families || 1 week || What do animal families look like? || * Compare and contrast animal roles in a family.
 * Do baby animals resemble their parents? || Students will be able to...
 * Decode short o words spelled with og, ot, and op
 * Read HFW- one, two, they, her, does
 * Identify nouns as a person, place, thing, or animal.
 * Read to identify the main idea and details of a story.
 * Add the inflectional ending ed to a word to identify verbs in the past tense.
 * Look and listen for rhythmic patterns in poetry.
 * Spell the words hog, hot, log, top, hop, lot || Main Story Selection: Treasures Unit 2, week 1
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project**
 * Students will create their own animal family. They will use a variety of animal print papers to design their own family. They will include all the members and an appropriate background to illustrate their understanding of how animal families live. ||  ||
 * Helping Out || 1 week || How can we help at home and at school?
 * What kinds of chores do you have at home and at school? || Students will be able to...
 * Decode words with short e spelled eg, et, and en
 * Read HFW- who, some, of, no, eat
 * Write nouns in the plural tense
 * Retell a story
 * Write contractions using n't
 * Read a diagram
 * Spell the words beg, get, hen, leg, let, men || Main Story Selection: Treasures Unit 2, week 2
 * Get Ready Story**
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project**
 * Students will participate in making toiletry bags for people at the homeless shelter. They will decorate the bags and write cards wishing them a Happy Thanksgiving. The bags will be delievered on Thanksgiving Day. ||  ||
 * Where Animals Live || 1 week || Why do animals need a home? || * Animal homes are built according to animal needs.
 * Compare to human homes (ex. Humans need bathrooms and kitchens, but animals don't). || Students will be able to...
 * Decode words with sh and th
 * Read HFW- into, many, live, out
 * Spell and use irregular plural nouns in sentences.
 * Identify main idea and deatils.
 * Add inflectional ending -ing to verbs
 * Identify parts of a dictionary.
 * Spell the words fish, ship, thank, thin, shop, with || Main Story Selection: Treasures Unit 2, week 3
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project**
 * Students will pick an animal of their choice from National Geographic Kids online. They will research and fill out an "Animal Fact File" at home.
 * In school, students will use a variety of art supplies to create a shoebox diorama to display the type of habitat their animal lives in. ||  ||
 * Sing and Dance || 1 Week || How does music and dance allow us to express our feelings? || * How can we create our own instruments our of household items?
 * What defines an instrument? (ex. STOMP) || Students will be able to...
 * Decode words with short u spelled with un, ug, and ut
 * Read HFW- want, put, show, under, three, make
 * Identify/Name and capitalize proper nouns in writing
 * Retell a story.
 * Use contractions with an 's.
 * Write/ dictate directions on how to do something.
 * Spell the words bug, cut, run, rug, nut, fun || Main Story Selection: Treasures Unit 2, week 4
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project**
 * Students will create at home a handmade instrument. They will bring them to school to perform in a class wide school marching band. We will practice marching and playing together and perform up and down the halls.
 * Students will learn about Elvis Presely's life as a musician. They will watch a video biography and discuss what they learned. They will watch videos of Elvis performing his music. Students will write a biography and design their own "Elvis" guitar. ||  ||
 * Let's Laugh || 1 Week || What makes people laugh? Why is it important to laugh? || * Different people find different things funny.
 * What is the difference between something that is silly and something that is funny? || Students should be able to...
 * Decode l blends spelled wtih bl, cl, and fl
 * Read HFW- toay, way, school, late, away, why
 * Identify names of and capitalize Days, Months, and Holidays
 * Name the sequence of events in a story.
 * Read words that follow the CCVC pattern
 * Recognize familiar signs we see outside and in buildings. Identify why signs are important forms of communication.
 * Spell the words black, block, clock, clip, flip, flag || Main Story Selection: Treasures Unit 2, week 5
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project**
 * Students will listen to the book, //Even Monsters Get Haircuts.//
 * They will create their own "silly" monster using a variety of art supplies.
 * They will name and write about what their silly monster can do. ||  ||
 * Being Friends || 1 Week || What makes a good friend? || * Why do we need friends?
 * How can friends help? || Students will be able to...
 * Decode long a words spelled a_e including ake and ate words.
 * Read HFW- hello, could, pull, all, oh
 * Identify verbs in a sentence.
 * Make predictions while reading.
 * Using inflectional endings ed and ing.
 * Reading a map
 * Spell the words take, make, late, came, game, gate. || Main Story Selection: Treasures Unit 3, week 1
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project**
 * Students will share about what it means to be a good friend.
 * They will write and illustrate their ideas onto construction paper. The teacher will connect all projects together into a "class quilt display."
 * Students can use handprint cutouts. They will write or draw on each hand something to describe what it means to be a good friend. Students will arrange their hands into a circle/wreath shapes. ||  ||
 * Kids Around the World || 1 Week || What do kids around the world like to do? || * How are children in different parts of the world similar and different to you? || Students will be able to...
 * Decode words with s blends spelled with sn, sl, sp
 * Read HFW- girl, boy, together, when, people, care, water.
 * Spell and use present tense verbs.
 * Compare and contrast while reading.
 * Clap out one and two syllable words.
 * Choose a word to describe a noun.
 * Spell the words snake, spill, sled, snap, slip, spin || Main Story Selection: Treasures Unit 3, week 2
 * Get Ready Story**
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project**
 * Students will pick a country and illustrate how that child lives there. They will use different tpyes of clothing and accessories to dress up their characters. Students will draw the flag representing their country. ||  ||
 * Me and My Shadow || 1 week || How can shadows help you? || * How are shadows made?
 * What can you do with shadows?
 * Where do shadows come from? || Students will be able to...

Treasures Unit 3, week 3 //Short Shadows, Long Shadows// || **__Additional reading selections:__****Get Ready Story** Treasures Unit 3, Week 4 //Smile,Mike! A play// || **__Additional reading selections:__** Treasures Unit 3, Week 5 //Gram and Me// || **__Additional reading selections:__** Treasures Unit 4, Week 1 //Pelican was Hungry// || **__Additional reading selections:__** Treasures Unit 4, Week 2 //June Robot Cleans Up// || **__Additional reading selections:__** Treasures Unit 4, Week 3 //Stormy Weather// || **__Additional reading selections:__** Why are inventions helpeful to us? || * What scientists do you know about? Treasures Unit 4, Week 4 //Meet Ben Franklin// || **__Additional reading selections:__** Unit 4, Wek 5 //Little Rabbit// || **__Additional reading selections:__****Get Ready Story** What kind of art do you like to make? How do you make it? || Students will be able to... Treasures Unit 5, Week 1 //Olivia// || **__Additional reading selections:__** What kinds of toys can fly in the air? What moves in the air? || Students will be able to... Treasures Unit 5, Week 2 //The Kite// || **__Additional reading selections:__****Get Ready Story** Treasures Unit 5, Week 3 //Kids' Inventions// || **__Additional reading selections:__** How did you learn? || Students will be able to... Treasures Unit 5, Week 4 //Whistle for Willie// || **__Additional reading selections:__** What parts of plants can you eat? Compare fruits with one seed and many seeds. || Students will be able to... Unit 5, Week 5 //A Fruit is a Suitcase for seeds// || **__Additional reading selections:__** What are they like? How do bugs protect themselves? What insects fly? What insects crawl? || Students will be able to... || Main Story Selection: Treasures Unit 6, Week 1 //"Dot and Jabber and the Big Bug Mystery"// || **__Additional reading selections:__** What is in the sky? What is in space? How do astronauts work in space? || Students will be able to... || Main Story Selection: Treasures Unit 6, Week 2 //"Little Bear Goes to the Moon"// || **__Additional reading selections:__** What jobs do you like to do? What kinds of jobs do you have at school and home? || Students will be able to... || Main Story Selection: Treasures Unit 6, Week 3 "//Cool Jobs"// || **__Additional reading selections:__****Get Ready Story** How do baby animals change as they grow up? How do bear cubs change as they grow up? || Students will be able to... || Main Story Selection: Treasures Unit 6, Week 4 "//A Tiger Cub Grows Up"// || **__Additional reading selections:__****Get Ready Story** How would you built it? What materials can be used to make playhouses? || Students will be able to... || Main Story Selection: Treasures Unit 6, Week 5 "//Sand Castle"// || **__Additional reading selections:__****Get Ready Story**
 * Decode words with ch, wh, tch
 * Read HFW-light, our, would, your, again
 * Spelling past tense verbs
 * Identifying main ideas and details
 * Using the ending -es
 * Identify parts of periodicals and newspapers
 * Spell the words hose, joke, nose, note, vote, woke || Main Story Selection:
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project** ||  ||
 * Our Families || 1 week || What makes a family? || * Who is in your family?
 * Do families live in the same home?
 * How does family help you? || Students will be able to...
 * Decode words with long /i/ (i_e, ike, ine)
 * Read HFW- how, there, so, more, funny, call
 * Using is and are
 * Draw conclusions from the text
 * Spell/read CVCe words
 * reading charts
 * Spell the words: bike, hide, like, mine, ride, spike || Main Story Selection:
 * Get Ready Story**
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project** ||  ||
 * Family Time || 1 week || Why do we need our familes? || * What do families do together? || Students will be able to...
 * Decode words with 3 letter blends (scr, spl, str)
 * Read HFW- give, were, say, about, read, says
 * contractions with not
 * character and setting
 * contractions with 'll, 've, and 'm
 * numerical list
 * spelling: scrap, split, scrub, strike, splash, string || Main Story Selection:
 * Get Ready Story**
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project** ||  ||
 * Birds || 1 week || How do habitats help birds live? || * What do birds eat?
 * How do birds make their homes?
 * What kinds of birds do you know about? || Students will be able to...
 * Decode words with long o "o_e" (ome, ole)
 * HWF- every, any, saw, soon, opened, sparkled, floating
 * was and were
 * make inferences
 * inflectional endings: er, est
 * repetition
 * dictionary rules
 * spell: hose, joke, nose, note, vote,woke || Main Story Selection:
 * Get Ready Story**
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project** ||  ||
 * Recycling || 1 week || How does recycling help Earth? || * What can we recycle?
 * How else can we help Earth?
 * What can we do with materials that can't be recycled? || Students will be able to...
 * Decode words with long /u/ (u_e)
 * HWF- find, after, done, old, terrific, creation, new, work
 * has and have
 * drawing conclusions
 * CVCe words
 * reading floor plans
 * context clues
 * cute, flute, mule, tune, june, use || Main Story Selection:
 * Get Ready Story**
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project** ||  ||
 * Weather || 1 week || How does weather change the way we live? || * What types of weather do you know about?
 * How do storms affect people? || Students will be able to...
 * Decode words with long a (ay, ai)
 * HWF- great, know, warm, sounds, extreme, predict, cold, their
 * go and do
 * compare and contrast
 * compound words
 * telephone directory
 * dictionary
 * spell:day, mail, play, rain,, chain, way || Main Story Selection:
 * Get Ready Story**
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project** ||  ||
 * What Scientists Do || 1 week || How can new inventions change our lives?
 * What do scientists do? || Students will be able to...
 * Decode words with long e (ee, ea, e)
 * HWF- knew, kind, house, friends, by, far, curious, idea
 * See and say
 * Make inferences
 * Identify word parts
 * Read/Spell CVVC words
 * Identify bold print in the text
 * Spell: beak, feed, keep, me, seat, we || Main Story Selection:
 * Get Ready Story**
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project** ||  ||
 * Favorite Stories || 1 week || What would our world be without stories? || * What are your favorite stories?
 * What do you like to read about?
 * Have you ever read a story that has changed between authors? || Students will be able to...
 * Decode words with Long e (spelled -y)
 * HFW: heard, happen, fall, told, before, began, glared, haste
 * Contractions with not
 * Identify beginning, middle, and end of a story
 * Use context clues
 * add -es
 * Identify repetition in poetry
 * Spell: bumpy, penny, puppy, sandy, funny, bunny || Main Story Selection: Treasures
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project** ||  ||
 * Express Yourself || 1 week || What would it be like if we couldn't express ourselves? || How can you express yourself?
 * Decode words with long 0 (o, oa, ow)
 * HFW: mother, father, try, always, love, firm, supposed
 * Adjectives
 * Identify fantasy vs. reality
 * Use a dictionary
 * add -y to the end of a noun
 * Read/write captions to pictures/photographs
 * Spell: boat, coat, go, low, no, row || Main Story Selection:
 * Get Ready Story**
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project** ||  ||
 * Watch it Go || 1 week || What makes things move? || Why can't a kite fly without wind?
 * Decode long i words (i, igh, y)
 * HFW: ball, short, should, never, perhaps, laughter
 * Adjectives that compare (-er, -est)
 * Identify problem and solution
 * Identify word parts
 * Label a diagram
 * Spell- find, my, by, night, kind, right || Main Story Selection:
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project** ||  ||
 * Inventions || 1 week || What could you invent to make your day easier? || What materials do you need to invent something? || Students will be able to...
 * Decode r-controlled vowels (ar)
 * HFW: better, children, discovery, machine, round, or
 * Color words
 * Identify cause and effect
 * Use a dictionary
 * Use abbreviations (Mr. Sat. Dr.)
 * Spell- arm, art, barn, cart, harm, yarn || Main Story Selection:
 * Get Ready Story**
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project** ||  ||
 * I Can Do It? || 1 week || What would happen if we only tried something once? || What is something hard that you have learned to do?
 * Decode r-controlled vowels (or)
 * HFW: early, nothing, along, thought, errand, instead, suddenly
 * Number words
 * Make inferences
 * Identify word parts
 * Add -ed
 * Read a graph
 * Spell- born, fork, cork, corn, horn, pork || Main Story Selection:
 * Get Ready Story**
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project** ||  ||
 * How Does it Grow? || 1 week || What would the world be like without plants? || How do plants grow?
 * Decode r- controlled vowels (er, ir, ur)
 * HFW: places, animals, from, ground, beautiful, crowded, part, tiny
 * Synonyms and Antonyms
 * Classify and categorize
 * Use context clues
 * Add prefixes re-, un-
 * Identify rhyming pattern in poem
 * Spell- bird, burn, dirt, fern, fur, her || Main Story Selection: Treasures
 * Get Ready Story**
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project** ||  ||
 * Bugs, Bugs, Bugs || 1 week || How are bugs helpful to humas? How are they not? || What bugs do you know?
 * Get Ready Story**
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project** ||  ||
 * Exploring Space || 1 week || Can we learn from people who travel into space? || What do you think it is like to travel into space?
 * Get Ready Story**
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project** ||  ||
 * At Work || 1 week || Why do people work? || What jobs do you know about?
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project** ||  ||
 * Watching Animals Grow || 1 week || How are baby animals like you? || Why do baby animals need their moms and dads?
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project** ||  ||
 * Let's Build || 1 week || How can you play without using your imagination? || What kind of playhouse would you like?
 * Leveled Readers**
 * Big Book**
 * Teacher Recommendations**
 * Special Project** ||  ||