Grade: 1st Grade
Timeline
Big Idea
Content Area English Language Arts
Next
Generation
CSO
Student I Can
Statement(s) /
Learning
Target(s)
Academic
Vocabulary
Second 9
Weeks
Key Details
ELA.1.R.C1.1
ELA.1.R.C1.4
Ask and answer
questions about
stories and poems
cause/effect,
describe,
comprehension,
sequence, order,
story elements,
summarize,
character, settings,
genre
Second 9
Weeks
Retell
Informational
and Literary
Text
ELA.1.R.C1.2
ELA.1.R.C1.5
Retell and give
central message of
story
cause/effect,
describe,
comprehension,
sequence, order,
story elements,
summarize,
character, settings,
genre (types)
Strategies/
Activities/
Resources
Basal reader,
leveled reader,
self-selected
reading, nursery
rhymes, poems,
big books (shared
reading), read
aloud anthology,
Scholastic News
Magazine,
writingfix.com,
readworks.org
jmeacham.com
the2sisters.com
Basal reader,
leveled reader,
self-selected
reading, nursery
rhymes, poems,
big books (shared
reading), read
aloud anthology,
Scholastic News
Magazine,
writingfix.com,
readworks.org
jmeacham.com
Assessments
Fluency assessment,
end of selection
tests, journal entry,
progress monitoring,
readworks.org
Graphic organizers,
retell cards, progress
monitoring,
presentations to
class
Notes / Self Reflection
the2sisters.com
Second 9
Weeks
Story Elements
ELA.1.R.C1.3
Describe character,
setting, and major
events
Characters, setting,
beginning, middle,
end, sequence
Second 9
Weeks
Connections
ELA.1.R.C1.6
Describe the
connection
between two
things in a text
(people, events, or
pieces of
information)
Compare/contrast,
describe,
alike/different
Second 9
Weeks
Reading on
Grade Level
ELA.1.R.C4.1
ELA.1.R.C4.2
ELA.1.R.C8.1
Read and
comprehend prose
and poetry in
literary and
informational text
on grade level
Fluency,
comprehension
Basal reader,
leveled reader,
self-selected
reading, big books
(shared reading),
read aloud
anthology,
Scholastic News
Magazine,
writingfix.com
readworks.org
jmeacham.com
the2sisters.com
Basal reader,
leveled reader,
self-selected
reading, big books
(shared reading),
read aloud
anthology
Scholastic News
Magazine,
writingfix.com
readworks.org
jmeacham.com
the2sisters.com
teacherspayteache
rs.com
Debbie Miller
Reading with
Meaning
newstoyou.com
Basal reader,
leveled reader,
self-selected
reading, nursery
rhymes, poems,
big books (shared
reading), read
aloud anthology,
Scholastic News
Magazine,
writingfix.com
readworks.org
Graphic organizer,
sequencing of
events, oral retell,
Basal resources
Graphic organizer,
journals, Basal
resources, informal
reading assessments
Fluency assessment,
DIBELS, progress
monitoring, retell,
selection assessment
Running records
Fountas-Pinnell
Comparison Charts
(heinemann,com)
audacity.com
Self monitoring
charts for fluency
readinga-z.com
Second 9
Weeks
Print Concepts
ELA.1.R.C5.1
ELA.1.R.C15.1
ELA.1.R.C15.2
Recognize and use
features of a
sentence
Capital letters,
punctuation,
sentence, complete
sentence, spell,
singular, plural,
nouns, verbs, word
order, commas
Second 9
Weeks
Determining
word meaning
ELA.1.R.C17.2
Sorting words by
category, identify
real-life
connections,
distinguish shades
of meaning and
intensity
Vocabulary,
adjectives,
category, sort,
attributes,
meaning, dictionary
jmeacham.com
the2sisters.com
Journals, creative
writing, Basal
resources, Daily
messages,
dictation,
writingfix.com
readworks.org
jmeacham.com
the2sisters.com
Word sorts,
glossary,
dictionary, close
reading strategies,
Context clues in
passages,
writingfix.com
readworks.org
jmeacham.com
the2sisters.com
Journals, creative
writing, dictation
assessment
Word sorts,
appropriate use of
words in journal
entries and oral
vocabulary, Basal
resources, Edmark
Reading Program(See
Cathy Duffield)