Library Six Weeks At-A-Glance

Grade 1 Unit 6 Theme: Adventures Essential Question: What kinds of adventures can we have on any day? Theme Related Library Resources

OC: Communication OI: Communication

Literature Selection /
Genre /
Technology / Media /
Comprehension Strategies and Skills /
Vocabulary Strategies /
Text Features/ Literary Element/ Study Skills /
Writing /
Writer’s Workshop /
OI Guiding Questions and OI Learning Target /
6th Six Weeks:
Communication /
Olivia
By
Ian Falconer /
Main Selection
Literary Text/Fiction
fairy tales
Paired Selection
Informational Text/ Expository / McGraw Hill
TX Treasures TE,
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MEDIA LITERACY
Media in motion-
techniques and the role of motion in
movies & TV
Presentations- Using images from the Internet
TERMS
slide/ slide show
layout
IC: Interpret visual media:
visual sources such as pictures, symbols, electronic media, maps, literature, and artifacts.
IC optional connections book title—Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (Steig)
IC - Stories Communicate
connected stories:
Ant and the Grasshopper, Tortoise and the Hare, Johnny Appleseed
When Turtle Grew Feathers (Tumblebooks)
The Patchwork Quilt
(Flournoy)
Permanent Link
http://safari.pisd.edu/?a=100118&ch=2&d=05245AA
IC Moving On
Connected book--
A House for Hermit Crab (Carle)
IC A Day in the Life of…magazine students write and illustrate a magazine article about themselves as a scientist
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Strategy
Visualize
Skill
Fantasy vs. Reality
Spiral Review
Character/ Setting /
Use a Dictionary/ Other Sources /
Maps /

6+1 Trait: Voice

Perspective

True Story of the 3 Little Pigs (Scieszka)Personal narrative, (sentence fluency)

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Why is communication important?What examples of communication are in our world?

How does communication help us make connections to the past, present, and future?

LT:I can explain theimportance of communication

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SCIENCE
Investigation and reasoning skills
Scientists - types of scientists and TEKS connections:
Botanist – parts of a plant
Zoologist – physical characteristics of animals and their habitat
Physicist –ways objects move, location change of an object
Chemist – classification of materials, physical properties, changes w / heating & cooling
Geologist – physical components of soil
Meteorologist –data collection--recording relative temp, clear/cloudy, rain/ice –compare months
SOCIAL STUDIES
Good Citizenship / character traits:
Benjamin Franklin,
Eleanor Roosevelt
Francis Scott Key
Historic Figures
Alexander G. Bell
Thomas Edison
Technology – Inventions

Symbols, customs, celebrate State and national patriotic symbols, including the United States and Texas flagsThe Liberty Bell,

The Statue of Liberty The Alamo6 Types of communicationCulture, Folktales/ Legends: Beliefs, Customs, Lang. & Traditions

April 22, 2012 is Earth Day. Activities for celebrating Earth Day are located on the Resources tab on the IC Planner! GO EARTH!!

biography cards of historic figures outlined in the TEKS have been added to the Resources tab on the IC Planner.

Whistle for Willie
By
Ezra Jack Keats / Main Selection
Literary Text/Fiction
folktale
Paired Selection
Informational Text/ Expository / Strategy
Visualize
Skill
Make Inferences
Spiral Review
Plot /
Context Clues /
Numerical Lists /

6+1 Trait:

Sentence FluencyBeginnings and Transitions

Owl Moon (Yolen)
Meanwhile.. (Feiffer)
Cool Jobs
Time For Kids Informational /
Main Selection
Informational Text/ Expository / Strategy: Monitor Compreh/ Reread
Skill
Classify and Categorize
Spiral Review Retell /
Use a Dictionary: Antonyms / Media Center and Internet /

Expository Narrative:Plan, Draft, Revise, Edit

Dot and Jabber and the Big Bug Mystery
By
Ellen Stoll Walsh / Main Selection
Literary Text/Fiction
Paired Selection
Informational Text/ Expository
Poetry / Strategy
Monitor Comprehension/ Reread
Skill
Make Predictions
Spiral Review
Fantasy/Reality /
Word Parts: Inflectional Endings -ed and -ing / Heads /

Genre: How-To Article

Super Oscar
by
Oscar de la Hoya / Main Selection
Literary Text/Fiction
Paired Selection
Literary Text Poetry / Strategy: Monitor Compreh./ Reread
Skill: Character/ Setting
Spiral Review
Make Inferences / Context Clues /
Rhyming Patterns /

Genre: Friendly Letter / Autobiography (personal narrative)

Review and Assessment Week /
Fiction, Nonfiction /
Fantasy /Reality, Make Inferences, Classify and Categorize, Make Predictions, Character, Setting /
Review and Assess /
Maps, Lists,
Media Center, Internet, Heads, Rhyming Pattern /

Writing Process:Expository Report

PlanDraftReviseEditPublish

Persuasive Book Report

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McGraw–Hill TexasTreasures, TE Grade 1; Plano ISD Elementary ELA Planner, IC Planner, Writer’s Workshop