Q4 Reading Objectives: Dramatizing Characters in Small Groups/ Reading Clubs (4 weeks)
· Readers read and reread to pay close attention to characters and get inside their heads.
· Readers select important moments to think more deeply and talk about them with partners.
· Readers read and reread more challenging books in small groups/reading clubs.
· Readers read between the lines.
· Readers celebrate by performing.
RL1. 6 – Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.
RL1.10 – With prompting and support, read prose and poetry of appropriate
complexity for grade 1.
RF1.4 - Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
b - Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
c - Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
Becoming Science or Social Studies Experts (4 weeks)
· Science/social studies readers build up a strong base of knowledge on a topic by reading deeply about a topic.
· Readers compare/contrast different texts on the same topic.
· Readers learn more by asking power questions.
· Readers celebrate with a science/social studies fair.
RI1.2 – Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text
RI1.7 – Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key details.
RI1.10 – With prompting and support, read informational texts appropriately
complex for grade 1.
c - Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
Writing Objectives: Fabulous First Grade Readers: Readers Celebrate All Their Hard Work (1 week)
Author’s Choice in Writing (4 Weeks)
· Introduction, Immersion, and Generating Ideas
· Planning and Drafting
· Work with Partners and Mentor Texts to Lift Writing
· Preparing for Publication.
W1.1 - Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book
they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and
provide some sense of closure.
W1.3 - Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately
sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use
temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.
Writing Like a Scientist or Historian (5 weeks)
· Introduction, Immersion, and Shared Writing
· Scientists Write About Science Investigations
· Writers Write More: Add Details and Elaboration
· Writers Form an Opinion and their Topic and Share their Reasons
· Writers Prepare their Writing for Publication
W1.1 - Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book
they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and
provide some sense of closure.
W1.2 – Write informative/ explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply
some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
Language Objectives:
L1.1j - Produce and expand complete simple and compound declarative,
interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentence in response to prompts.
L1.2d – Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English
capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. Use conventional
spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring
irregular words.
· Readers read and reread to pay close attention to characters and get inside their heads.
· Readers select important moments to think more deeply and talk about them with partners.
· Readers read and reread more challenging books in small groups/reading clubs.
· Readers read between the lines.
· Readers celebrate by performing.
RL1. 6 – Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.
RL1.10 – With prompting and support, read prose and poetry of appropriate
complexity for grade 1.
RF1.4 - Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
b - Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
c - Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
Becoming Science or Social Studies Experts (4 weeks)
· Science/social studies readers build up a strong base of knowledge on a topic by reading deeply about a topic.
· Readers compare/contrast different texts on the same topic.
· Readers learn more by asking power questions.
· Readers celebrate with a science/social studies fair.
RI1.2 – Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text
RI1.7 – Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key details.
RI1.10 – With prompting and support, read informational texts appropriately
complex for grade 1.
c - Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
Writing Objectives: Fabulous First Grade Readers: Readers Celebrate All Their Hard Work (1 week)
Author’s Choice in Writing (4 Weeks)
· Introduction, Immersion, and Generating Ideas
· Planning and Drafting
· Work with Partners and Mentor Texts to Lift Writing
· Preparing for Publication.
W1.1 - Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book
they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and
provide some sense of closure.
W1.3 - Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately
sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use
temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.
Writing Like a Scientist or Historian (5 weeks)
· Introduction, Immersion, and Shared Writing
· Scientists Write About Science Investigations
· Writers Write More: Add Details and Elaboration
· Writers Form an Opinion and their Topic and Share their Reasons
· Writers Prepare their Writing for Publication
W1.1 - Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book
they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and
provide some sense of closure.
W1.2 – Write informative/ explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply
some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
Language Objectives:
L1.1j - Produce and expand complete simple and compound declarative,
interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentence in response to prompts.
L1.2d – Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English
capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. Use conventional
spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring
irregular words.