First Grade long and short range plans School Year 2010/2011
* Short term – by grading period ** Long term – entire year document
Mrs. Cothran
1st grading period August 5th – October 7th
ELA - Story / Comprehension / Phonics / Spelling / Grammar / WritingAug 5th & 6th / Getting to know each / other time - / Letter discrimination / none / none / Shared Writing
Aug 9th – 13th / Kinder review / *assessment time / Letters – m, t, a, s, p, c / HF word practice / Begin/end sentences / Baseline story
Shared writing
Aug 16th – 20th / Kinder review / *assessment time / Letters – I, n, b, r, d, k, f / HF word practice / Capitalize names and I / Shared writing
HF word sentences
Aug 23rd – 27th / Kinder review / *assessment time / Letters – o, h, l, g, e, j, w / HF word practice / Begin/end sentences / Shared writing
HF word sentences
Aug 30th – Sept 3rd / Kinder review / *assessment time / Letters – x, u, v, z, y, q / HF word practice / Capitalize names and I / Shared writing
HF word sentences
Sept 7th – 10th / Sam, Come Back! / Characters / Short a/
final ck / Short a/
final ck / Sentences / Voice
Sept 13th – 17th / Pig in a Wig / Realism/fantasy / Short i/ final x / Short i/ final x / Naming parts of sentences / Conventions
Sept 20th – 24th / The Big Blue Ox / Character and setting / Short o/ -s plurals / Short o / Action parts of sentences / Sentences
Sept 27th – Oct 1st / A Fox and a Kit / Main idea / Inflections
-ing/-s / Short i/
Inflection -s / Word Order / Word Choice
Oct 4th – 7th / Get the Egg / Realism/fantasy / Short e/initial blends / Short e / Telling sentences / Organization/Paragraphs
* Kinder review pacing and letter order (used in Kinder) as suggested by Waltkek Site
2nd grading period October 8thth – December 17th
ELA Story / Comprehension / Phonics / Spelling / Grammar / WritingOct 12th – 15th / Animal Park
*End of unit / Cause and Effect / Short u/ final blends / Short u / Questions / Focus/ideas
Oct 18th – 20th / No story
Conference week / Review / Review / Making words / Capitalization and punctuation review / Sentences
Oct 25th – 29th / A Big Fish for Max / Main Idea / Digraphs – sh/th / Digraphs sh/th / Nouns / Word Choice
Nov 1st – 5th / The Farmer in the Hat / Cause and Effect / CVCe/long a
c/s and g/j / CVCe – long a / Proper Nouns / Sentences
Nov 8th – 12th / Who Works Here? / Author’s Purpose / CVCe/ long i
Digraphs wh/ch/ tch / CVCe- long i / Special Titles / Conventions
Nov 15th – 19th / The Big Circle / Sequence / CVCe / long o
Contractions – n’t/’m/’ll / CVCe – long o / Capitalize
Days/months/
Holidays / Organization/
Paragraphs
Nov 22nd – 26th / Thanksgiving Break / ______/ ______/ ______/ ______/ ______
Nov 29th – Dec 3rd / Life in the Forest / Author’s Purpose / CVCe/ long u & e
Inflections - ed / CVCe/ long u & e / One and more than one / Voice
Dec 6th – 10th / Honey Bees
*End of unit / Compare and Contrast / Long e: e/ee
VCCV / Long e: e/ee
VCCV / Nouns in sentences / Focus/Ideas
Dec 13th – 17th / An Egg is an Egg / Compare and Contrast / Y as a vowel
CV- long vowel / Y as a vowel / Action verbs / Conventions
3rd grading period January 4th – March 24th
ELA Story / Comprehension / Phonics / Spelling / Grammar / WritingDec 20th – Jan 3rd / Winter break / ______/ ______/ ______/ ______/ ______
Jan 4th – 7th / Ruby in Her Own Time / Plot / Final ng/nk
Compound words / Final ng/nk / Verbs that add s / Organization/
Paragraphs
Jan 10th – 13th / Jan’s New Home / Theme / Plural endings: s/es
r- Controlled: or/ore / Plural endings: s/es / Verbs that do not add s / Voice
Jan 17th – 21st / No story – short week / Review / Review / Making words / Capitalization and punctuation review / Sentences
Jan 24th – 28th / Frog and Toad Together / Plot / Inflections: -ed/-ing
r –controlled: ar / Inflection -ed / Verbs – present and past tense / Word Choice
Jan 31st – Feb 4th / I am a Caterpillar / Drawing Conclusions / r-controlled: er/ir/ur
Contractions: ‘s/’ve/‘re / r-controlled: er/ir/ur / Verbs: am, is, are, was, were / Focus/ideas
Feb 7th – 11th / Where are my Animal Friends?
* End of unit 3 / Sequence / Comparative endings
dge /j/ / Comparative endings / Contractions with not / Sentences
Feb 14th – 18th / Mama’s Birthday Present / Drawing Conclusions / Long a: ai/ay
Possessives / Long a: ai/ay / Adjectives / Sentences
Feb 22nd – 25th / The Dot / Theme / Long e: ea
Inflected endings / Long e: ea / Adjective for colors and shapes / Organization/
Paragraphs
Feb 28th – Mar 4th / Mister Bones / Author’s Purpose / Long o: oa/ow
Three letter blends / Long o: oa/ow / Adjectives for sizes / Focus/ideas
Mar 7th – 10th / The Lady in the Moon / Realism/ Fantasy / Long i: ie/igh
kn/wr / Long i: ie/igh / Adjectives for what kind / Voice
Mar 14th – 18th / Peter’s Chair / Character/
Setting/Plot / Compound words
Vowels: ew/ue/ui / Compound words / Adjectives for how many / Conventions
4th grading period March 25th – May 26th
ELA Story / Comprehension / Phonics / Spelling / Grammar / WritingMar 21st – 25th / Henry and Mudge and Mrs. Hopper’s House
* End of unit 4 / Cause and effect / Suffixes: ly/ful
Vowels in moon / Suffixes: ly/ful / Adjectives that compare / Word Choice
Mar 28th – Apr 1st / Spring Break / ______/ ______/ ______/ ______/ ______
Apr 4th – 8th / Tippy-Toe Chick, Go! / Character/
setting/plot / Dipthongs: ow/ou
Syllables C+le / Dipthongs:ow/ou / Commands / Voice
Apr 11th – 15th / Mole and the Baby Bird / Sequence / Dipthong ou
Syllables VCV / Dipthong ou / Exclamations / Conventions
Apr 18th – 21st / Dot and Jabber and the Great Acorn Mystery / Compare/
contrast / Vowels in book/moon
Inflected endings / Vowels in book and moon / How sentences begin and end / Word Choice
Apr 25th – 29th / Simple Machines / Main idea / Dipthongs: oi/oy
Suffixes: er/or / Dipthongs: oi/oy / Pronouns / Organization/
Paragraphs
May 2nd – 6th / Alexander Graham Bell / Drawing conclusions / Vowels aw/au
Short e: ea / Vowel- aw / Using I and me / Focus/ideas
May 9th – 13th / Ben Franklin and his First Kite / Theme / Prefixes: un/re
Long vowels I,o / Prefixes: un/re / Pronouns / Sentences
May 16th – 20th / EYO assessments / ______/ ______/ ______/ ______/ ______
May 23rd – 26th / EYO activities / ______/ ______/ ______/ ______/ ______