LESSON PLANS
Week:
Jan. 13 – Jan. 17, 2014
READING
RL.1.2. – Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central
message or lesson.
RF.1.2.a. – tell the difference between long and short vowels
L.1.1.e. – Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future
RF.1.2.d. – break apart spoken words
RF.1.3.a. – Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant
digraphs (two letters that represent one sound).
RF.1.3.g – read sight words
QUESTION OF THE DAY, p. T390
READ ALOUD, p. T390
Big Book: Fireflies, Fireflies, Light My Way
WORD WALL, p. T391
PHONEMIC AWARENESS, p. T391
Phoneme Substitution
Introduce: Syllable /∂l/–le, p. T392
HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS, p. T396
Review: soon, make, elephant, family, join,
animals
READING, p. T396
Get Started Story, “Jungle Fun”
QUESTION OF THE DAY, p. T406
SHARED READING, p. T406
Big Book of Rhymes and Poems, “Elephant”
WORD WALL, p. T407
PHONEMIC AWARENESS, p. T407
Phoneme Substitution
Review: Syllable /∂l/–le, p. T408
HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS, p. T412
Introduce: buy, carry, money, other, paint,
paper, would
QUESTION OF THE DAY, p. T430
SHARED READING, p. T430
Big Book of Rhymes and Poems, “Elephant
Song”
WORD WALL, p. T431
PHONEMIC AWARENESS, p. T431 & T432
Phoneme Substitution
Review: Syllable /∂l/–le
HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS, p. T434
Review: buy, carry, money, other, paint,
paper, would
QUESTION OF THE DAY, p. T442
SHARED READING, p. T442
Big Book of Rhymes and Poems, “Elephant”
WORD WALL, p. T443
PHONEMIC AWARENESS, p. T443 & T444
Phoneme Substitution
Introduce: Inflections –ed, –ing
HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS, p. T446
Review: buy, carry, money, other, paint,
paper, would
QUESTION OF THE DAY, p. T452
SHARED READING, p. T452
Big Book of Rhymes and Poems, “Elephant”
HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS, p. T456
Review: buy, carry, money, other, paint,
paper, would
First Grade – Week 20
SCIENCE
S. S.
Physical Science Standard 1: 1,2,3
Objects have properties and can be grouped by their
properties.
Water can be a liquid or solid and can change back and
forth.
History Literacy Standard 4:
Understand chronological sequencing
RF.1.4.a. – Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
RF.1.4.b. – Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression.
RI.1.1. – Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RI.1.2. – Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
L.1.4.a. – Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning or a word or phrase.
L.1.5.c. – Identify real-life connections between words and their use (note places at home that are
cozy)
FLUENCY, p. T401
Intonation
COMPREHENSION, p. T402
Read-Aloud: “How the Rainbow Came to Be”
Preview: Main Idea
BUILD ROBUST VOCABULARY, p. T403
Introduce: agreement, unnoticed,
unthinkable
Reading Groups – BL
Practice Book p. 31-32
READING, p. T414
“Can Elephants Paint?”
Options for Reading
COMPREHENSION, p. T410 & T414
Introduce: Main Idea
Introduce: Reread
RETELLING/FLUENCY, p. T426
Intonation
BUILD ROBUST VOCABULARY, p. T427
Review: agreement, unnoticed,
unthinkable
Chapter 5
Looking at
Matter
Review pgs
97-111
Rocks, Rocks,
Rocks
Pg. 112-113
Reading Groups – OL
Practice Book p. 33-34
FLUENCY, p. T435
Intonation: “Can Elephants Paint?”
COMPREHENSION, p. T436
Review: Main Idea
Paired Selection: “An Elephant's Three T's”
CONNECTIONS, p. T438
BUILD ROBUST VOCABULARY, p. T439
Introduce: rejoice, predicament,
extraordinary
Chapter 5
Review pg. 114
Chapter 5 Test
Pgs. 1 & 4
Reading Groups – AL
Practice Book p. 35-36
FLUENCY, p. T447
Intonation: “Can Elephants Paint?”
COMPREHENSION, p. T448
Review: Main Idea
Big Book: Fireflies, Fireflies
BUILD ROBUST VOCABULARY, p. T449
Review: rejoice, predicament, extraordinary
Extra Support &
Challenge p.33
Chapter 6
Topic 3 & 4:
Solids and Liquids
Read pgs. 116-127
of events by creating basic timelines.
First Grade Studies
Weekly-Week 14
World Cultures
Students will learn
about art forms, folk
tales and holidays from
a variety of cultures,
past and present.
Words to know- ballet,
dance, sculpture,
temple, Greece,
Philippines, Russia
Explain that music
and dance are part
of a person’s culture.
Explain that Russia,
Philippines and
Greece are countries
that are part of our
world.
Brain Pop Jr.
Discuss Martin Luther
King, Jr.
Do easy quizzes over
Martin Luther King, Jr.
FLUENCY, p. T457
Intonation: “Can Elephants Paint?”
COMPREHENSION, p. T458
Review: Main Idea
WORD WALL, p. T453
PHONEMIC AWARENESS, p. T453 & T454
Phoneme Substitution
Review: Inflections –ed, –ing
Teacher:
BUILD ROBUST VOCABULARY, p. T459
Review
Lesson 17
Weekly Test
Topic 5 & 6:
Gases
Matter Can Change
Read pgs. 128-139
Weekly
Assessment
p. 16