Grade 1 Story Town Skills Matrix
Book 1-1
Week
Lesson
1
Literature
GSS: Tag
MS: Let’s Tap
PS: Wag, Hop,
Hide!
Leveled
Readers
(B) Let’s Go!
(O) Let’s
Help!
Phonemic
Phonics/
Awareness
Spelling
Word
Short
Segmentation
Vowel /a/a
Theme 1 Follow Me
High Frequency
Words
help, let’s, now
Focus
Skill
Make
Predictions
Focus
Strategy
Answer
Questions
Fluency
Grammar
Accuracy Sentences Form:
Labels
Inflection
-s
(A) A Hat for
Pat
Writing
Trait:
Conventions
(E) We Can
Help
Theme Writing
Lesson
2
GSS: Sad,
Sad Dan
MS: The Van
PS: People
Movers
Lesson
3
GSS:
Miss Jill
(B) Where
Are You,
Max?
(O) In the
Van
(A) The Bag
(E) Lot’s of
Vans
(B) Dad Can
Tap
MS: Big Rigs (O) Jill Can
Dig
PS: Trailer
Truck
(A) The Milk
Van
(E) Dad
Drives
Syllable
Blending
and
Reading-Writing Connection
in, no, too
Short
Vowel /a/a
Segmentation
Onset-Rime
Blending
and
Writing Form: Sentences About Me
Make
Use
Accuracy Word
Predictions Graphic
Order
Form:
Sentences
Organizers
Phonograms
Trait:
Conventions
-ap, -at,
-ag, -and
Segmentation
Rhyme
Recognition
and
Production
Short
Vowel /i/i
Contraction
’s
get, hold,
home, so,
soon
Classify/
Categorize
Monitor
Comprehension:
Make
Inferences
Punctuation
Naming
Form:
Parts of
Sentences
Sentences About Me
Trait:
Voice
Grade 1 Story Town Skills Matrix
Book 1-1
Week
Lesson
4
Literature
Leveled
Readers
GSS: Pick a (B) Look
Out, Mack!
Sack
MS: Get
Up, Rick!
(O) Mack
Can Tap
Phonemic
Awareness
Phoneme
Isolation
(all positions)
Phonics/
Spelling
Diagraph
/k/ck
Theme 2 One For All
High Frequency
Words
late, oh, yes
Phonograms
-ick, -ink,
-ill, -it
(A) The
Focus
Focus
Skill
Strategy
Story
Summarize
Elements:
Beginning,
Middle,
Ending
Fluency
Grammar
Writing
Punctuation
Telling
Parts of
Sentences
Form:
Caption
Sentences
Trait:
Ideas
PS: Cock-a- Backpack
DoodleDoo
(E) Jack’s
Day
Lesson
5
GSS: Jobs
MS: Dot
and Bob
PS:
Trees Help
Lesson
6
GSS: Tall,
Tall Wall
Theme Writing
Reading-Writing Connection
Writing Form: Sentences About Me (continued)
find, much,
Phoneme
Short
Story
Recognize
Accuracy Telling
thanks
Sentences
Categorization Vowel /o/o
Elements: Story
(all positions)
Characters Structure
(O) Jack
Inflection
and Mom
-ed, -ing
(no
(A) Ron
spelling
and Kim
change)
(B) Tom
and Jill
(E) My
Garden
(B) My
Home Map
MS: All on
the Map
(O) The
Pond Map
PS: Roads
(A) The
Store Map
(E) Up Hill
Phoneme
Isolation,
Identification,
and
Categorization
Variant
Vowel /o/a
(all)
Contraction
n’t, ’s
how, make,
some, of
Classify/
Categorize
Monitor
Comprehension:
Adjust
Reading
Rate
Punctuation
Questions
Form:
Sentences
About
Things
Trait:
Word
Choice
Form:
Sentences
About
Places
Trait:
Word
Choice
Grade 1 Story Town Skills Matrix
Book 1-2
Week
Lesson
Literature
Leveled
Readers
GSS:
Ten Eggs
(B) Fox
Gets Help
MS: Little
Red Hen
Gets Help
(O) Who
Will Help?
7
PS:
Let’s Make
Tortillas!
Lesson
8
GSS:
Thanks,
Seth!
MS:
Beth’s Job
Phonemic
Awareness
Phoneme
Blending
Phonics/
Spelling
Short
Vowel /e/e
Theme 3 Turning Corners
High Frequency
Words
day, eat, first,
said, time, was
Focus
Skill
Compare
and
Contrast
Focus
Strategy
Answer
Questions
Fluency
Grammar
Writing
Expression
Exclamations
Form:
Sentences
About
Events
Initial
Blends
with l
(A) Help
For Yak
Trait:
Ideas
(E) Let’s
Eat!
Theme Writing
Phoneme
Blending
(B) Jim’s
Job
Reading-Writing Connection
don’t, her, line,
Diagraph
Mr., news,
/th/th
says, water
(O) Liz Can
Mix
Writing Form: Describing An Event
Details
Use Graphic Expression Nouns:
Organizers
People or
Places
Short Vowel
/e/e
(A) Helping
Mr. Ross
Form:
Questions
Trait:
Conventions
Initial
Blends
with s
PS: Flowers
Grow
(E) I Help
Clean
Lesson
9
GSS: A Nut
Falls
MS: Plants
Can’t Jump
PS:
Cornfield
Leaves
(B) Dogs
Can’t Kick
(O) A Puppy
Can’t Clap
(A) Trees
Can’t Run
(E) Animals
Eat Plants
Phoneme
Segmentation
Short Vowel be does, food,
grow, live,
/u/u
many
Short Vowel
/e/e
Initial
Blends
with r
Details
Monitor
Comprehension:
Adjust
Reading
Rate
Phrasing
Nouns:
Form:
Animals or Lists
Things
Trait:
Organization
Grade 1 Story Town Skills Matrix
Book 1-2
Week
Lesson
10
Literature
GSS: Frog
Gets His
Song
MS: Soccer
Song
Lesson
11
PS: Now
You Know
About
Soccer
GSS: Sid
Scores
MS: Land
Of Ice
PS: My
Father’s Feet
Lesson
12
GSS: Fox
and His Big
Wish
MS: King
Midas and
His Gold
PS: Gold
and Money
Leveled
Readers
(B) Use Your
Feet!
Theme 3 Turning Corners (continued)
Phonemic
Phonics/
Awareness
Spelling
Phoneme
Diphthong
Segmentation
/ng/ng
(O) Cliff’s
Feet
Contraction
’ll
High Frequency
Words
arms, every,
feet, head,
school, use,
way, your
Focus
Skill
Plot
Focus
Strategy
Recognize
Story
Structure
Fluency
Grammar
Phrasing
One and
More
Than One
Writing
Form:
Dialog
Trait:
Voice
(A) Home
Run
(E) What
Game Is It?
(B) The Pond
(O) Hidden in
the Forest
Phoneme
Blending
and
Segmentation
(O) The Bag
of Gold
(A) The Three
Wishes
(E) Gold
animals, cold,
Compare
fish, from, their, and
under, very
Contrast
Monitor
Comprehension:
Phrasing
Make
Inferences
Special
Names
and Titles
for People
Compound
Words
(A) Under the
Warm Sea
(E) The Cold
Land
(B) The Gold
Eggs
r-Controlled
Vowel
/or/or, ore
Review
Blending
and
Segmentation
Diagraph
/sh/sh
Initial
Blends with
l, s, r
Form:
Sentences
About
Things
Trait:
Word
Choice
came, could,
gold, happy,
made, night,
saw, were
Setting
Ask
Questions
Expression
Special
Names of
Places
Form:
Riddles
Trait:
Conventions
Grade 1 Story Town Skills Matrix
Book 1-3
Week
Lesson
Literature
Leveled
Readers
GSS: Rich
Gets Big
(B) From
Chick to Hen
MS: A
Butterfly
Grows
(O) A Kitten
Grows
13
PS:
Caterpillars
Lesson
14
Lesson
15
Phonemic
Awareness
Phoneme
Deletion
Phonics/
Spelling
Diagraph
/ch/ch, tch
Theme 4 Wild and Wonderful
High Frequency
Words
air, fly, friends,
grew, need, play,
rain, watch
Focus
Skill
Focus
Strategy
Fluency
Sequence
Use
Graphic
Organizers
Intonation
Grammar
Names of
Days and
Months
Inflection
-es
(E)
Grandparents
Reading-Writing Connection
r-Controlled again, feel,
Vowel /ar/ar house, know,
Inflection
-s, -ed, -ing
Diagraph
/kw/qu
/hw/wh
Inflection
-ed, -ing
Form:
Sequence
Story
Trait:
Organization
(A) A Frogs
Life
(E) A Child
Grows
Theme Writing
GSS: Ann’s (B) Carl Can Review
Trip to the
Run
Blending
Stars
and
(O) A Card
Deletion
MS:
For Mark
Mark’s Big
Day
(A) Scarlett’s
Muffins
PS: Putting
on a Play
(E) The Play
GSS: A
(B) Susan L. Review
Segmentation
Quiz for
Roth
and Deletion
Brent
(O) Amy
MS: Tomas Hest
Rivera
(A) Joseph
PS: I Can
Bruchac
Writing
loud, Mrs., put,
say
about, books,
family, name,
people, read,
work, writing
Writing Form: Respond to a Selection
Summarize Intonation
Author’s
Purpose/
Point of
View
Sequence
Names
of
Holidays
Form:
E-mail
Trait:
Conventions
Ask
Questions
Reading
Rate
Using I
and Me
Form:
Personal
Narrative
Trait:
Voice
Grade 1 Story Town Skills Matrix
Book 1-3
Week
Literature
Lesson
GSS: A
Perfect
Lunch
16
MS: One
More
Friend
PS: Good
Friends
Lesson
17
Lesson
18
Leveled
Readers
(B) Room for a
Friend
(O) Always
Room for More
GSS:
Jungle Fun
MS: Can
Elephants
Paint?
(O) Can
Elephants
Paint?
PS: An
Elephant’s
Three T’s
(A) Congo the
Painter
GSS:
Shadow In
The Snow
MS: Snow
Surprise
PS: The
Snowflake
Man
Phonemic
Phonics/
Awareness
Spelling
Review
r-Controlled
Blending,
Segmentation, Vowels
/ur/er, ir, ur
and Deletion
(E) What Is
This Animal?
(B) Muffin
Surprise
(O) Sand
Surprise
(A) Boat
Surprise
(E) Snow Play
High Frequency
Words
always, by,
Cow’s, join,
nice, please,
room
Focus
Skill
Main Idea
Focus
Strategy
Summarize
Fluency
Grammar
Writing
Reading
Rate
Using He,
She, It and
They
Form:
Invitation
Trait:
Ideas
Inflections
-er, -est
(A) A New
Friend
(E) The Big
Picture
(B) An Animal
Painter
Theme 4 Wild and Wonderful (continued)
Phoneme
Substitution
Syllable
/el/ -le
Inflections
-ed, -ing
Review
Blending
and
Substitution
Long Vowel
/o/ ow, oa
Phonograms
-ow, oat,
own, oast
buy, carry,
money, other,
paint, paper,
would
Main Idea
Monitor
Comprehension:
Intonation
Reread
Possessives
(’s, and
pronouns)
Form:
Friendly
Letter
Trait:
Voice
mouse, our,
over, pretty,
surprise, three
Author’s
Purpose/
Point of
View
Monitor
Comprehension:
Make
Inferences
Reading
Rate
Troublesome
Words:
Homophones
Form:
ThankYou
Letter
Trait:
Word
Choice
Grade 1 Story Town Skills Matrix
Book 1-4
Week
Lesson
19
Literature
Leveled
Readers
Phonemic
Awareness
GSS:
(B) Duck Starts
Beaver’s
a Story
Green Treat
(O) An Insect
MS: Little
Tale
Rabbit’s
Tale
(A) Bobcat
Tells a Tale
PS: Grow,
Apples,
(E) The
Grow!
Weather
Review
Segmentation
and
Substitution
20
GSS: Kid’s
Play!
(B) In The
Desert
MS: Ways
People Live
(O) In the
Snow
PS: Houses
(A) In The
Tropics
21
GSS: The
Missing Cake
(B) Kate’s
Missing Frog
MS: Flake,
the Missing
Hamster
(O) Jake
Runs Away
PS: Three
Reasons Why
Pets Are
Great
(A) The
Missing Bird
(E) Our Pet
Hamster
Focus
Skill
Cause
And
Effect
Focus
Strategy
Fluency
Grammar
Writing
Recognize
Story
Structure
Phrasing
Describing
Words:
Color, Size,
and Shape
Form:
Description
of a Thing
Trait:
’ve, ’re
Review
Deletion
and
Substitution
Ideas
Reading-Writing Connection
Writing Form: Description
cool, dry, four,
Cause
Use
Long
Phrasing
holes,
move,
And
Graphic
Vowel
place, warm
Effect
Organizers
/a/, ai, ay
Phonograms
Describing
Words:
Taste,
Smell,
Sound,
and Feel
-ay, -ain,
-ail, -aid
(E) In Joan’s
Place
Lesson
High Frequency
Words
deer, door, hurry,
mother, should,
sky, told
Contractions
Theme Writing
Lesson
Phonics/
Spelling
Long
Vowel
/e/e, ee, ea
Theme 5 Where We Live
Review
Blending,
Segmentation,
Deletion,
and
Long
Vowel
/a/a-e
Substitution
Phonograms
-ake, -ate,
-ane, -ade
around, found,
Problem/
gone, hears,
Solution
might, neat, open,
tired
Summarize
Expression
Form:
Description
of a Place
Trait:
Sentence
Fluency
Describing
Words:
Form:
Play
How
Many
Trait:
Conventions
Grade 1 Story Town Skills Matrix
Book 1-4
Week
Literature
Leveled
Readers
Lesson
GSS: Mike
and Spike
Hike
(B) We’re Going
to Make a Hut
22
MS: We’re
Going on a
Picnic!
PS: Beaks
Eat
Lesson
23
GSS: Hang
On, Rosie!
MS: On
Saturday
PS: The
River City
Theme 5 Where We Live (continued)
High Frequency
Phonics/
Focus
Words
Awareness
Spelling
Skill
because,
light,
Problem/
Phoneme
Long Vowel
right, those,
Solution
Addition
/i/i-e
Phonemic
Focus
Strategy
Ask
Questions
Fluency
Grammar
Expression
Describing
Words:
Feelings
walked
(O) Let’s Play
Ball
Inflections
-ed, -ing
(O) On the Way
to the Park
Phoneme
Blending
and
Addition
Long Vowel brown, city,
hello, loudly,
/o/o-e
Review
Consonants
/s/c, /j/g,
dge
(A) On a Hot
Day
Form:
Description
of a
Memory
Trait:
Word
Choice
(A) The Flower
Hunt
(E) Inside,
Outside
(B) On My Street
Writing
Draw
Conclusions
Answer
Questions
Punctuation
love, pulled
Describing
Words:
-er, -est
Phonograms
-ose, -oke,
-one, -ole
Form:
Descriptive
Poem
Trait:
Voice
(E) A Weekend
of Fun
Lesson
24
GSS:
What’s in
the Hedge?
MS:
Mystery of
the Night
Song
PS: Make
Some
Music
(B) The Mystery of
the Green Apples
(O) The Mystery of
the Missing Cat
(A) The Light on
the Water
(E) Where is
Albert?
Segmentation
and
Addition
Long Vowel
/a/a-e; /i/i-e
Contractions
’s, n’t, ’ll
become, busy,
eyes, high,
listen,
remembered,
talk, visitor
Draw
Conclusions
Monitor
Comprehension
Make
Inferences
Punctuation
Troublesome
Words:
MultipleMeaning
Words
Form:
Rhyming
Poem
Trait:
Organization
Grade 1 Story Town Skills Matrix
Book 1-5
Week
Literature
Lesson
GSS:
Duke’s
Work
25
MS:
Amazing
Animals
Leveled
Readers
(B) Let’s Look at
Animals
(O) Animals in
the Forest
(A) How
Animals Survive
PS: The
Little
Turtle
(E) Special
Animals
GSS: Night
Flight
(B) Dog Goes to
the Sea
MS: Blast
Off!
(O) Little Pup Goes
Down the Road
Phonics/ High Frequency
Words
Awareness
Spelling
clear,
color,
Phoneme
Long
good-bye, hair,
Deletion
Vowel
and
/(y)oo/u-e kinds, only, toes
Addition
Inflections
-ed, -ing
Phonemic
Theme Writing
Lesson
26
Lesson
27
PS:
Traveling
Thorough
Time
GSS: What
Brad Found
MS: Ebb
and Flo and
the Baby
Seal
PS: Fellini
the Fur
Seal
Theme 6 New Places, New Faces
Phoneme
Substitution
and
Addition
Focus
Skill
Alphabetize
Focus
Strategy
Use Graphic
Organizers
Fluency
Intonation
Grammar
Verbs
Writing
Form:
Research
Report
Trait:
Sentence
Fluency
Reading-Writing Connection
Writing Form: Personal Narrative
Monitor
Story
Intonation
Long Vowel climbed, Earth,
Comprehension:
fooling,
thought,
Elements
/i/y, ie, igh
Adjust
table
Reading
Contractions
Rate
’d, ’ve, ’re
Verbs
That
Tell
About
Now
(A) Going Places
With Rosie Rabbit
Form:
Research
Report
Trait:
Conventions
(E) Out in Space
(B) The Family
and the Baby
Whale
Review
Blending,
Segmentation,
Deletion,
Vowel
Diphthong
/ou/ow, ou
Substitution,
(O) Edmund and
Drum and the
Baby Turtles
(A) Tess Finds a
Seabird
(E) At the Beach
and
Addition
Phonograms
-out, -ow,
-own, -ound
answered, baby,
done, heard,
pools, pushed,
together
Story
Elements
Monitor
Comprehension:
Make
Inferences
Accuracy
Using
Am, Is,
and Are
Form:
Book
Review
Trait:
Word
Choice
Grade 1 Story Town Skills Matrix
Book 1-5
Week
Literature
Lesson
GSS:
Patty’s
Family
Sketches
28
MS: At the
Crayon,
Factory
Lesson
29
PS:
Crayons
GSS: A
New Room
by the Sea
MS: Sand
Castle
PS: Shape
the
Seashore
Lesson
30
GSS: The
Banjo
Trick
MS: Frog
and Toad
Together
PS: August
Afternoon
Leveled
Readers
(B) I Am a Pot
(O) Apple Pie
(A) Billy’s
Birthday Card
Theme 6 New Places, New Faces (continued)
High Frequency
Phonics/
Focus
Words
Awareness
Spelling
Skill
Review
able,
almost,
Long Vowel
Details
Blending,
blue, great,
/e/y,
ie
Segmentation,
Phonemic
Deletion,
Substitution,
and
Addition
Inflections
-ed, -er,
-est, -es
Review
Blending,
Segmentation,
Deletion,
Vowel
Diphthong
/oo/o, ew
poured, took,
traveled
Focus
Strategy
Monitor
Comprehension:
Fluency
Grammar
Writing
Accuracy
Verbs
Form:
That Tell
How-To
About The
Past
Trait:
Word
Choice
Reading
Rate
Using
Was and
Were
Reread
(E) At the Car
Factory
(B) The Great
House
(O) The Camping
Trip
Substitution,
and
Addition
(A) The Flying
Fish
(E) The Town
Garden
(B) Hedgehog
and Beaver Have
a Picnic
(O) Duck’s Visit
(A) Raccoon and
Otter Make
Muffins
(E) Going
Shopping
boy, building,
tomorrow,
toward,
welcoming
Details
Recognize
Story
Structure
Form:
Story
Trait:
Voice
Phonograms
-ool, -ew
Contractions
’d, ’ve, ’t
Review
Blending,
Segmentation,
Deletion,
Long Vowel any, front,
nothing, ready,
/i/i; /o/o
Substitution,
Phonograms
-ind, -ild,
-old
and
Addition
Alphabetize
Summarize
Reading
Rate
Using Go
and Went
Form:
Story
sorry
Trait:
Ideas