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First Grade Literacy Currcilum
First Grade Literacy Currcilum
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Assess Prior knowledge
of
- isolated letter sound
-initial/ final consonant
sounds
- short vowel knowledge
-sight word recognition
Review
initial/medial/final
consonants
Short Vowel a
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I , a, and, is , the
Week 2
at, in, not, on, that
Spell lirst and Last
name
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Build community
Routines and procedures
Discuss readerly lives
Launch workshop
Introduce book boxes
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-routines and procedures
-encourage development of writing
stamina
-Launch writer's workshop
Portfolio- One Day Writing
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Short Vowel u
Initial and Iinal Blends
-th blends +
-sh blends
-ch blends
Plural Words
Week J
he, like, me, to , said
Week 2
are, for, have, was, you
Week 3
am, but, day, do , don't
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Introduce schema (prior
knowledge)
Making connections
Iix up /decoding strategies
Choosing just right books
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Add details to writing
Develop organization (beginning,
middle, and end)
Writing for an audience
Grammar mechanics
Intro to editing
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Short Vowel o
Short vowel e
Nouns
Week J
here, out, us, want, with
Week 2
all, away, from, give, his
Week 3
she, they, today, too,
your
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Making predictions
Introduce retelling
Monitor for meaning
retelling
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Review Short Vowel
Word Iamilies and CVC
words
Consonant Blends
- r blends(br cr dr fr gr pr
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- l blends (bl cl fl gl pl sl)
- s blends (sc sk, sm, sn,
sp, st ,sw)
Verbs
Compound words
Week J
as, come, has, how,
look
Week 2
see, some, their, were,
who
Week 3
about, by, did, get,
good
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plot (beginning , middle, end)
questioning
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-support text to text connections
-story elements (characters, plots,
setting, beginning, middle, end, villain,
ext.)
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Continue to develop strategies
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Using outline students will change the
setting and plot of the traditional
gingerbread story and make their own
fractured version
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assessment
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Begin Long Vowel
Word Study
Long Vowel a ( a_e, , -
ai, -ay
Long Vowel i (i_e, -igh,
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Adjectives
Week J
saw, then, these, way,
when
Week 2
also, could, each, if
more
Week 3
my, name, one, or,
people
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-review fix up strategies
-review metacognitive
strategies
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-features of a nonfiction book
-Gathering information
-main idea
-questioning
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Organize / extend
One Day Writing
Assessment
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-Intro to How to writing
-Using features of nonfiction writing
-Research and gather information on
specific topic of study
-Write a research report using and
implementing all features of
nonfiction
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Learn the parts o a letter and be able
to write their own riendly letter and
persuasie letter
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Long Vowel o ( -o_e, -
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Long Vowel e (-ee, -ea,
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Contractions
Week J
than, there, thing, went,
which
Week 2
around, after, before,
boy, find
Week 3
first ,girl, its, just, new
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Long Vowel u ( u_e, -
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Diphthong
-oy diphthong
-oi diphthong
Homophones (Dear, Deer)
Homonyms
Week J
off, old, right, two ,
why
Week 2
dear, friend, favorite,
always, please,
Week 3
never, should, because,
would, own
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-visualization
-mental imagery/adapting
mental imagery
-practice fluency/ expression
-poetry
- Readers 1heater (practice
fluency)
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Poetr,
Visual imagery
Rhythm/ rhyme
Provide formats and exposure to
different types of poetry to use a
guides for writing own poetry
Poetry Coffee house Celebration
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Diphthong
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Inflectional Lndings
-ed (says /d/ /t/ /id/)
-ing
Onomatopoeia
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start, something,
almost, often, along
Week 2
every, sometimes,
while, really, begin
Week 3
1ogether, enough,
being, below, better
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Diagraphs
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Antonyms
Synonyms
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under, once, finally,
later, important
Week 2 & Week 3
Word Wall Review
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-character study
-genre
-books that go together
-inferring
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-Iocus on the elements of a fairy tale
-PLAY- Little Red Riding Hood:
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- Students learn elements of a
fairy tale
-Students utilize their knowledge
of a fractured fairy tale and
fracture elements of classic
fairy tales to make their own
version.
-One Day Writing Assessment
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Review skills
Re- knowledge of
- isolated letter sound
-initial/ final consonant
sounds
- short vowel knowledge
-sight word recognition
Suffix
Prefix
Word Wall Review
Celebrate our readerly
Lives
-reflect
-assess
Celebrate our Writerly Lives
-Personal Narrative