Unit 7: I Think I Can Grade 1
Suggested Timeframe: 2-3 weeks
Unit Essential Question: What does it mean to keep trying?
Imagine It! Big Idea: Why is it important to always try your best?
Selections:
· Franklin Rides a Bike (fantasy)
· The Kite (fantasy)
· The Little Engine That Could (fiction)
· Riddles (poem)
· The Itsy Bitsy Spider (fiction)
· The Hare and the Tortoise (fable)
· Winners Never Quiet! (realistic fiction)
Writing Process:
Writer’s Workshop-Units of Study
Book: Authors as Mentors
Common Core Standards (CCSS) Please reference the
published CCSS (The following are abbreviated.).
CCSS Reading Standards for Literature
RL.1.2 Retell
RL.1.3 Describe text elements with details
RL.1.4 Identify sensory words and phrases that show feelings
CCSS Reading Standards for Informational Text
RI.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details
RI.1.2 Main idea and details
R.1.3 Make connections
R.1.5 Know and use various text features
CCSS Reading Foundational Skills
RF.1.1 Demonstrate basic features of print
RF.1.1a Recognize features of a sentence
RF.1.2 Demonstrate spoken words, syllables, and sounds
RF.1.2c Pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds
including consonant blends
RF.1.2d Segment spoken single-syllable words
RF 1.3 Know/apply grade-level phonics & word analysis
skills in decoding words
RF.1.3a Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common
consonant diagraphs
RF.1.3b Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words
RF.1.3gRecognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly
spelled words
CCSS Writing
W.1.2 Write informational/explanatory text
W.1.5 With guidance, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing
W.1.7 Participate in shared research and writing projects
W.1.8 With guidance, recall/gather information from personal experiences and research sources to answer a question
CCSS Speaking and Listening
SL.1.2 Ask and answer questions in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media
SL.1.4 Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly
SL.1.6 Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation
CCSS Language
L.1.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and sage when writing or speaking
L.1.1a Print all upper- and lowercase letters
L.1.1j Produce and expand complete simple and compound sentences
L.1.2 Command of conventions
L.1.2d Demonstrate use of conventional spellings for words with common spelling patterns and irregular words
L.1.2e Spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling patterns
L.1.5 With guidance, demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings
L.1.5a Sort words
Transition Curriculum Guide 2011-2012