Grade 1 Unit 1 ELA Theme: All About Us: What makes you special? ICP OC: Balance and Stability OI: My Place NOW!
Literature Selection / Genre / Technology
/Media / Comprehension Strategies and Skills / Fluency / Text Features/ Literary Elements/ / Writing / ICP: OI
Overview / 1st six weeks
OI My Place NOW!
Start Smart
Big Book
Animal Alphabet
Start Smart Readers
We Can!
We Like to Go!
We Have!
We Can!
Here We Are!
Look and See! / Big Book
Informational Text/ ABC Book / Digital Camera
McGraw Hill
Treasures
TE p. 137 I, J
Media Literacy
Examples of Media-- How is it a source of news; photos
TERMS
mouse
cursor
monitor
click
drag
keyboard
disk drive
disk
Maps 101 – site through planner
I Wonder topics: create a game using map of the world, experiment using a hand lens / Listening Comprehension
Strategy
Analyze Story Structure,
Summarize, Analyze Text Structure
Skill
Sequence of Events, Character, Plot, Details, Retell / Build Fluency: Sound/Spellings / Sentences /
Objectives
*record and organize data using pictures, numbers, and words
*express ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences
*create and interpret visual and written material
Learning Target
I cantalk about why balance and stability is important.
Guiding Questions How do family and school add balance and stability to my life?
How does good citizenship help me build a solid foundation for life?
How can asking good questions and conducting investigations help me build a foundation for learning? / HEALTH
Safety, Nutrition, Sleep, Exercise, Cleanliness and hygiene, Dental Care, Wellness, heart/ lung
health
SCIENCE
Investigation & reasoning skills(Weather Watchers)
Five Senses
SOCIAL STUDIES
Characteristics of GoodCitizens-- character
traits lesson #05
Life-Long Learner traits
Maps and Globes
Positional Words
Cardinal Directions
Map symbols
School, neighborhood,
city, state, country,
continent
Website activity lesson #17
My Zoo Map
Celebrations:
Constitution Day,
Freedom Week
Patriot Day 9/11
Pam and Sam
Written and illustrated by Nancy Tafuri / Main Selection
Literary Text/ Fiction
Paired Sel.
Informational Text/ Exposit. / Strategy
Analyze Story Structure
Skill
Character and Setting / Intonation / Photographs / Trait
Ideas
Personal Narrative
Literature Selection / Genre / Technology
/Media / Comprehension Strategies and Skills / Fluency / Text Features Literary Elements/ / Writing / ICP: OI Guiding Questions / 1st six weeks
OI My Place NOW!
I Can, Too!
Written by Cathy Roper
Illustrated by
Sofia Balzola / Main Selection
Literary Text/ Fiction
Paired Sel.
Informational Text/ Expository /
Research: the compass, historical geography
figures, scientists that
made an
impact on
health, germs, healthy snack
foods --
may usePowerPt / Strategy
Analyze Story Structure
Skill
Sequence of Events
Spiral Review
Character and Setting / Appropriate Phrasing / Labels / Trait
Ideas
Personal Narrative
How You Grew
Time For Kids Informational / Main Selection
Informational Text/ Expository / Strategy
Analyze Text Structure
Skill
Sequence of Events
Spiral Review
Informational text / Intonation / Book Parts / Trait
Ideas
Descrip.
Sentences
Flip
Written by Ezra R. Tanaka
Illustrated by
Michael Garland / Main Selection
Literary Text/ Fiction
Paired Sel.
Informational Text/ Expository /
Strategy
Analyze Story Structure
Skill
Plot
Spiral Review
Compare Fiction and Expository / Intonation / List / Trait
Voice
Descrip. Sentences
Soccer
Written by Patrick Lee
Photographs by Ken Cavanagh / Main Sel.
Informational Text/ Expository
Paired Sel.
Literary Text/ Poetry / Strategy
Analyze Text Structure
Skill
Author’s Purpose
Spiral Review
Expository Text? /
Appropriate Phrasing /
Rhyme /
Trait
Voice
Personal Narrative
McGraw–Hill Texas Treasures, TE Grade 1; Plano ISD Elementary ELA Planner, IC Planner