Trousdale County Schools Focused Lesson Plan
Teacher: 1st Grade
Unit Name: How Animals Communicate
Unit #: 2
Unit Length:
Week:
Subject:
8
Week of : 9-21-15
ELA
Tennessee State Standard(s) to be taught: (Write the entire standard)
RF.1.4b
Use commas in dates and to separate single words
in a series.
Read on-level text orally with accuracy,
appropriate rate, and expression on successive
readings.
RI.1.5
Know and use various text features (e.g., headings,
tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus,
icons) to locate key facts or information in a text.
L.1.2c
I can read short i words.
I can read words with beginning blends. (r)
I can use commas in a sentence.
I can infer/predict what will happen in a story.
I can identify a poem.
I Can Statements :
Accommodations for students, both regular and special populations :
Unit Vocabulary:
down, dance, smell
Sight words- of, how, make, some, why, animal
Daily Agenda
Resources, Technology, Formative and/or Summative Assessments,
Assignments, and a Daily Activity for citing text based evidence in
conversations and/or writing
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Monday Story: How Animals Communicate;
Informational Text
Read Together: Insect Messages; Informational Text
Phonics skills: short i; blends br, cr, dr, gr, tr
High Frequency Words: : animal, how, make, of,
some, why
Spelling words: in, will, did, sit, six, big
Grammar: Commas in a series
Comprehension: Details and infer/predict
Writing: Writing poetry and thinking about word choice.
Read Aloud: Prairie Dogs T112 - 113
Vocabulary: creek, warn, crowd, agreement,
discussed, bills T112 - 113
Decodable Reader/ Homework: Brad and Cris
Reader’s Notebook: Pg. 89 - 103
basal, guided reading books, Reader's Notebook
Discovery Ed, brainpopjr.com
Tuesday Story: How Animals Communicate;
Informational Text
Read Together: Insect Messages; Informational Text
Phonics skills: short i; blends br, cr, dr, gr, tr
High Frequency Words: : animal, how, make, of,
some, why
Spelling words: in, will, did, sit, six, big
Grammar: Commas in a series
Comprehension: Details and infer/predict
Writing: Writing poetry and thinking about word choice.
Read Aloud: Prairie Dogs T112 - 113
Vocabulary: creek, warn, crowd, agreement,
discussed, bills T112 - 113
Decodable Reader/ Homework: What Did Dad Get?
Reader’s Notebook: Pg. 89 - 103
basal, guided reading books, Reader's Notebook
Discovery Ed, brainpopjr.com
Wednesday Story: How Animals Communicate;
Informational Text
Read Together: Insect Messages; Informational Text
Phonics skills: short i; blends br, cr, dr, gr, tr
High Frequency Words: : animal, how, make, of,
some, why
Spelling words: in, will, did, sit, six, big
Grammar: Commas in a series
Comprehension: Details and infer/predict
Writing: Writing poetry and thinking about word choice.
Read Aloud: Prairie Dogs T112 - 113
Vocabulary: creek, warn, crowd, agreement,
discussed, bills T112 - 113
Decodable Reader/ Homework: How Animals
Communicate
Reader’s Notebook: Pg. 89 - 103
basal, guided reading books, Reader's Notebook
Discovery Ed, brainpopjr.com
Thursday Story: How Animals Communicate;
Informational Text
Read Together: Insect Messages; Informational Text
Phonics skills: short i; blends br, cr, dr, gr, tr
High Frequency Words: : animal, how, make, of,
some, why
basal, guided reading books, Reader's Notebook
Discovery Ed, brainpopjr.com
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Spelling words: in, will, did, sit, six, big
Grammar: Commas in a series
Comprehension: Details and infer/predict
Writing: Writing poetry and thinking about word choice.
Read Aloud: Prairie Dogs T112 - 113
Vocabulary: creek, warn, crowd, agreement,
discussed, bills T112 - 113
Reader’s Notebook: Pg. 89 – 103
Friday Spelling words: in, will, did, sit, six, big
Grammar: Commas in a series
Comprehension: Details and infer/predict
Writing: Writing poetry and thinking about word choice.
Read Aloud: Prairie Dogs T112 - 113
Vocabulary: creek, warn, crowd, agreement,
discussed, bills T112 - 113
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Reader’s Notebook: Pg. 89 – 103
Weekly Phonics, Vocabulary, spelling and Comprehension Tests
basal, guided reading books, Reader's Notebook
Discovery Ed, brainpopjr.com
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