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1st Grade Unit 4 / Systems / Suggested Time Frame: / 6 WeeksTAKS Objective: / 1, 3, 4 / TEKS: / 1.12C, 1.12D,1.12F, 1.12G, 1.14E, 1.14G, 1.14I
Unit Overview
In this unit students will be involved in the study of different types of systems. They will learn that in order for a system to function properly, all of its parts must be in place. Students will also discover that there is a set of comprehension strategies that can be used to help determine the meaning of the text. A variety of literary forms will be examined.
Enduring Understandings
- Systems are a combination of everything working together towards a common goal.
- A variety of comprehension strategies are used to determine the meaning of text.
- What happens if all the parts of a system are not functioning?
- What makes systems work?
- What strategies do good readers use to determine meaning of text?
- What is a system?
Adding details to a sentence
Adding additional sentences to the story
Write with readers in mind
*Model through shared writing/
independent practice in Writer’s Workshop
Focus and Coherence
Staying on topic
*Model through shared writing/
independent practice in Writer’s Workshop
Organization
Story flows in sequence
Writing more clearly (Calkins)
*Model through shared writing/
independent practice in Writer’s Workshop
Depth of Development
Elaborating on a single idea or thought
*Model through shared writing/
independent practice in Writer’s Workshop
Voice
Model during read-alouds and think alouds
*Model through shared writing/
independent practice in Writer’s Workshop
Conventions
Elaboratesentences / stories
- add detail, descriptive language
- Capitalization (people’s names, first word of sent., pronoun “I”, days of week, months of year, places, etc.)
- punctuation (appropriate end of sent. punctuation)
- spacing: words and sentences
- identify / use nouns, verbs, and adjectives in sentences
Inflected endings (s, es, ed, ing, etc.) , verb tenses
Spells all Word Wall words correctly
R-controlled vowels, final cons. f, l, s, ck
Studentsshould exhibit greater control of these conventions this six weeks
*Model through shared writing/
independent practice in Writer’s Workshop
Language of Instruction
See Instructional Resources
Vocabulary
Vocabulary is generated from teacher selected reading material.
Word Wall Words
about
after
any
around
because
find
friend
into
many
mine
ride
some
thank
think
those
then
use
were
with
your
Glue words (written in black and white) are in BOLD.
Words with rimes are written on bright colored paper. / Relationships and/or Connections that should emerge
- Plants and animals have multiple parts that work togetherwithout all of its parts; the systems no longer work properly.
- response journal
- student made booklets
- class made big books
- five senses flap book
- plant needs accordion book
- Abraham Lincoln Top Hat
- Weather maps
Word Works Lessons
Week 1: LS 10, 11
Blends
Week 2: HF 6, WM 2
High freq. words,synonyms
Week 3: WSA 5, 6, 7
Making words
Week 4: WSA 8, LS 12, 13
Word parts,Long/Short vowels
Week 5: LS 14, 15, 16
Long/Short vowels
Week 6: SP 6, 7, HF 7
Word Families,HF words
1st Grade Unit 4 / Systems / Suggested Time Frame: / 6 Weeks
TAKS Objective: / 1, 3, 4 / TEKS: / 1.12C, 1.12D,1.12F, 1.12G, 1.14E, 1.14G, 1.14I
Unit Overview
In this unit students will be involved in the study of different types of systems. They will learn that in order for a system to function properly, all of its parts must be in place. Students will also discover that there is a set of comprehension strategies that can be used to help determine the meaning of the text. A variety of literary forms will be examined.
Text Resources
- Kilgo Leveled Books
- Winners Never Quit!
- What Time Is It? (Benchmark)
- Keeping Time (Benchmark)
- What Comes Next?(Benchmark)
- Big Silver Space Shuttle
- The Librarian who Measured theEarth
- We Use Technology (Benchmark)
- Technology Today (Benchmark)
- Why?
- How Magnets Work (Benchmark)
- A New Ice-Cream Machine (Rigby)
- What the Sun Sees / What the Moon Sees
- Sunshine Makes the Seasons
- Understanding Graphs (Benchmark)
- Our Sun
- Our Moon
- Down Comes the Rain
- Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll
- Look Inside
- Changing Weather
- Head, Body, Legs
- From Head to Toe
- Your Body
- The Bear Under the Stairs
- Jolly Postman
- Read the Room (use pointers to read the room)
- Reading Boxes (use text from Guided Reading)
- Class Library (fiction and non-fiction books)
- Buddy Reading
- Pocket Chart Activities
- Making Words (magnetic letters, etc.)
- LetterCenter (a variety of alphabet activities)
- Writing (write the room, make books, journals, etc.)
- Listening
- Overhead
- Computers (Waterford, etc.)
- Dramatic Play (baskets of books and props (Mrs. Wishy Washy, etc.)
- Flannel boards
This website is FABULOUS!! Great resource for struggling readers, activities for instruction, skill activities, word lists with pictures, center activities, etc….
This website has grade specific activities in all subject areas that are aligned with the TEKS.
Interactive reading children’s literature.
Themes, lesson plans, arts and crafts.
□1.5A
□1.5G
□1.5H
□1.5J
□1.7B
□1.7G
□1.8A
□1.8B
□1.8E
□1.8G
□1.10A
□1.10B / □1.11A
□1.11B
□1.11C
□1.12A
□1.12B
□1.12D
□1.13A
□1.13B
□1.15B
□1.16A
Writing Skills/Processes
□1.18A
□1.18B
□1.18C
□1.18D
□1.18E
□1.18F / □1.19A
□1.19B
□1.19C
□1.19D
□1.19E
Writing Mini-Lessons
TEKS: 1.17 C, F, G; 1.18 D,E; 1.19 A-D; 1.20 A-E; 1.21 A,B; 1.22 A-C; 1.23 B
Week 1
/Revising and Editing
First Grade Writers, Chapter 4 pg.91-94
Week 2
/Learning the Basics of Revision
Calkins Book 4, Session I, pg.1-10
Calkins Book 4, Session II, pg. 11-18
Week 3
/Learning the Basics of Revision (cont.)
Calkins Book 4, Session IV, pg. 27-33
Calkins Book 4, Session V, pg. 35-42
Week 4
/Learning Qualities of Good Writing
Calkins Book 4, Session VI, pg. 43-50
Calkins Book 4, Session VII, pg. 51-57
Week 5
/Learning Qualities of Good Writing
Calkins Book 4, Session VIII,
pg. 59-66
Calkins Book 4, Session IX,
pg. 67-74
Calkins Book 4, Session XI,
pg. 83-90
Week 6
/Preparing for Publication
Calkins Book 4, Session XV,
pg. 115-118/ Graphic Organizers
- Topic Lists
- Illustrations
- Simple Webs
- Venn Diagrams
Units of Study for Primary Writing by Lucy Calkins
First Grade Writer’s by Stephanie Parsons
Interactive Writing by Fountas and Pinnell / Method(s) of Assessment
Observation
AObservation evaluated by peers
BStudents engaged in learning activities
CDirect questioning
DObservation of performance or process
Constructed Response
- TEKS Check
- Open-ended
- Essay
- Research Paper
- Log / Journal
- Story / Play / Poem
- Model / Map / Video
- Oral / Visual / Multimedia Presentation
Your Body by Benchmark Education
Plants by Benchmark Education
Selected Response
1Fill-in-the-blank test
2Matching test
3Multiple choice test
4True/False test
First Grade ELA 4th Six Weeks Summary
2007-2008
In this brief summary, dates will fluctuate according to your students, calendar, and special events.
Systems
January 3rd – February 15th
- Systems are a combination of everything working together towards a common goal.
- A variety of comprehension strategies are used to determine the meaning of text.
- Retell or act out the order of important events in stories.
- Monitor his/her own comprehension and act purposefully when comprehension breaks down using strategies.
- Make and explain inferences from texts such as determining important ideas.
- Identify similarities and differences across texts such as in topics, characters and problems.
- Understand literary forms by recognizing and distinguishing among such types of text as stories and poems.
- Analyze characters, including their traits, feelings, relationships and changes.
- Recognize the story problem or plot
8/27/2007DRAFT 3