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Unit Title: Theme 4
Essential Questions:
How do animals’ bodies help them?
How do animals help each other?
How to animals survive in nature?
What insects do you know about? How are they alike and different?
How do people work with animals?
Standards:
 CC.1.1.1.B Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of text
 CC.1.1.1.C Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds/phonemes
 CC.1.1.1.D Know and apply grade level phonics and word analysis skills and decoding of words
 CC.1.2.1.A Identify the main idea and retell key details of text
 CC.1.2.1.B Ask and answer questions about key details in a text
 CC.1.2.1.G Use illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas
 CC.1.2.1..J Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, and being read to, as well as responding to texts, including words that signal connections and relationships between the words and phrases
 CC.1.3.1.A Retell stories including key details and demonstrate understanding of their central message/lesson
 CC.1.3.1.B Ask and answer questions about key details in a text
 CC.1.3.1.C Describe characters, setting, and major events in a story using key details
 CC.1.3.1.G Use illustrations and details in a story to describe characters, setting, or events
 CC.1.3.1.H Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown or multiple meaning words or phrases based on grade level reading or content
 CC.1.4.1.R Demonstrate a grade appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
 CC.1.4.1.X Write routinely for a range of discipline specific tasks, purposes, and audiences
 CC.1.5.1.A Participate in collaborative conversations with peers and adults in small and large groups
 CC.1.5.1.B Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if not understood
 CC.1.1.5.C Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood
 CC.1.5.1.E Produce complete sentences appropriate to task and situation
 CC.1.5.1.G Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English when speaking based on Grade 1 level and content

Summative Unit Assessment: Weekly Tests and Theme Test
Summative Assessment Objective
Students will demonstrate understanding of weekly objectives through weekly tests and final theme test. Students will score 85% or better to show proficiency.
Assessment Method (check one)
____ Rubric ___ Checklist __X__ Unit Test ____ Group
____ Student Self-Assessment
_X___ Other (explain) Weekly tests.
(Each five day week consists of the following routine. There are five weeks in this unit, with an additional two days for end of Unit Testing for a total of about 27 days.)
Day Objective (s)
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LEVEL
Activities / Teaching Strategies Materials / Resources Assessment of Objective (s)
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Students will
 Ask questions to clear up any confusion about the topics and texts under discussion.
 Participate in collaborative discussions with diverse partners.
 Know final –e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
 Spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.
 Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
 Use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in basic sentences.
 Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future.
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 Discuss the Essential Question
 Oral Vocabulary Words
 Read the Big Book
 Listening Comprehension
 Phonological Awareness (Word Work)
 Phonics Practice (new sound/spelling pattern)
 Spelling Practice (Word Work)
 High Frequency Words
 Shared Read: Reading/Writing Workshop
 Shared Writing
 Grammar
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 Teacher Manual
 Practice Workbook
 Online Resources
 Poster
 High Frequency Word Cards
 Sound Spelling Cards
 Word Building Cards
 Photo Cards
Formative
Teacher Observation
Summative
Completed Workbook Pages
Student Self-Assessment
Self-Check Papers

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Students will
 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
 Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds in spoken single-syllable words.
 Know final –e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
 Use conventional spelling for words with common patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
 Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story using key details.
 Understand folktale genre.
 Use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in basic sentences.
Students will
 Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
 Read text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, & expression.
 Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes) including consonant blends.
 Know final –e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
 Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring regular words.
 Use glossaries and beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases.
 Use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in basic sentences.
Students will
 Know and use various text features
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 Discuss the Essential Question
 Oral Vocabulary Words
 Read the Interactive Read Aloud
 Listening Comprehension
 Phonemic Awareness (Word Work)
 Phonics Practice
 Structural Analysis
 Spelling Practice (Word Work)
 High Frequency Words
 Comprehension: Reading/Writing
Workshop
 Interactive Writing
 Grammar
 Discuss the Essential Question
 Oral Vocabulary Words
 Listening Comprehension
 Phonemic Awareness
 Structural Analysis
 Spelling Practice (Word Work)
 High Frequency Words
 Develop Comprehension: Literature
Anthology
 Independent Writing
 Grammar
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 Discuss the Essential Question
 Text Feature
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 Teacher Manual
 Practice Workbook
 Online Resources
 Poster
 High Frequency Word Cards
 Sound Spelling Cards
 Word Building Cards
 Photo Cards
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 Teacher Manual
 Practice Workbook
 Online Resources
 Poster
 High Frequency Word Cards
 Sound Spelling Cards
 Word Building Cards
 Photo Cards
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Teacher Manual
Practice Workbook
Formative
Teacher Observation
Summative
Completed Workbook Pages
Student Self-Assessment
Self-Check Papers
Formative
Teacher Observation
Summative
Completed Workbook Pages
Student Self-Assessment
Self-Check Papers
Formative
Teacher Observation

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(headings, tables or contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text.
 Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key details.
 Recognize and read gradeappropriate irregularly spelled words.
 Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
 Know final –e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
 Use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in basic sentences.
Students will
 Recognize and read gradeappropriate irregularly spelled words.
 Know final –e common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
 Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
 Use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in basic sentences.
2  Listening Comprehension: Literature
Anthology
 Phonemic Awareness: Word Work
 Phonics Practice
 Structural Analysis
 Spelling Practice (Word Work)
 High Frequency Words
 Independent Writing
 Grammar
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 Online Resources
 Poster
 High Frequency Word Cards
 Sound Spelling Cards
 Word Building Cards
 Photo Cards
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 Theme 4 Weekly Test (Test will be read aloud to the students by the teacher. The students will complete the assessment independently.)
 At the conclusion of Week 5 of Theme 4, the students will complete Theme 4 Unit
Test. (Test will be read aloud to the students by the teacher. The students will complete the assessment independently.)
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 Teacher Manual
 Practice Workbook
 Online Resources
 Poster
 High Frequency Word Cards
 Sound Spelling Cards
 Word Building Cards
 Photo Cards
Summative
Completed Workbook Pages
Student Self-Assessment
Self-Check Papers
Summative
Weekly Test and Theme Test