1st & 2nd Grade ELA Unit 1

Facilitator: Jessica Egger

Ruth Calatayud, Jill Precel, Whitney Lluen, Norma Menchon, Laurinda Marino, Nakeia Wimberly, Miriam
Lopez, & Jessica Egger
Figure 1.2 Establishing Curricular Priorities

Worth being
familiar with

Reading: Use resources in a text for describing key

ideas RI.1.7

Important to
know and do

Phonics: Use upper and lower case letters correctly

in writing L.1.1.a
Reading: Ask and answer questions posed about key
details in text RL.1.1

"Enduring"
understanding

Phonics: Orally produce single-syllable words by

blending sounds inc consonant blendsRF.1.2.b
Reading: Use illustrations and key details in a story
to describe character and settings. RL.1.3, RL.1.7
Writing: With guidance and support, recall info from
experience from provided sources to answer a
question W.1.8

1st & 2nd Grade ELA Unit 1

Facilitator: Jessica Egger
Ruth Calatayud, Jill Precel, Whitney Lluen, Norma Menchon, Laurinda Marino, Nakeia Wimberly, Miriam
Lopez, & Jessica Egger
Figure 1.2 Establishing Curricular Priorities

Authentic Contexts/Project Based Learning

Phonics-1st Grade
Songs, rhymes and poetry
Word ladders
Memory Sounds-consonants,
Multi Sensory Activities
StarFall.com
Phonics Readers
Phonics Journals
Bingo
Fly-Swatter Game

Reading -1st Grade

Book Reports
Dioramas
Create-Cereal Box/Board Games
Brochures
Talk Show/Interviews
Character Dress Up/POV
Recipe Creation
Skits
Accelerated Reader/Reading A-Z
Writing -1st Grade
Create a Robot /Prompts
Pen Pals (International, National, Grade to
Grade)
Create Recipes
Book Reports
Brochures
Use of 5 Senses to describe settings
Graphic Organizer to describe settings
Anchor Charts (replicate and align with middle
school charts)
Highlighting Parts of Speech in text
CLOZE activities for conjugations, parts of
speech

1st & 2nd Grade ELA Unit 1

Facilitator: Jessica Egger
Ruth Calatayud, Jill Precel, Whitney Lluen, Norma Menchon, Laurinda Marino, Nakeia Wimberly, Miriam
Lopez, & Jessica Egger
Figure 1.2 Establishing Curricular Priorities

Worth being
familiar with

Form and use frequently occuring irregular plural nouns

L.2.1.b, Predict the meaning of compound words based on
grade two reading and content using the meaning of
individual words L.2.4.d

Important to
know and do

Reading;:Make connections with other key words in a text to

determine the meaning of words and phrases using sentence
level context RI.2.4;L.2.4a,Read grade level text with
purpose and understanding. RF2.4.a
Phonics: Read reg. spelled one yllable words correctly by
distinguishing long and short vowels RF.2.23a
Read High frequency reg./irreg., one and two syllable words
with long and short vowels and vowel teams RF.2.3b, c. f

"Enduring"
understanding

Reading;:Answer questions such as 5 WH RL.2.1, Write a

description of characters, setting, plot, using information
from illlustrations and key words from the text RL.2.7
Phonics: Read reg. spelled one syllable words correctly by
distinguishing long and short vowels RF.2.23a, Read High
frequency reg./irreg., one and two syllable words with long
/short vowels and vowel teams RF.2.3.b,c,f
Writing: Apply the writing process to develop a narrative
using learned spelling patterns to write words including
temporal and frequently occuring past tense irregular verbs
and a closing sentence W.2.3, L.2.1.d, L.2.2.d

1st & 2nd Grade ELA Unit 1

Facilitator: Jessica Egger
Ruth Calatayud, Jill Precel, Whitney Lluen, Norma Menchon, Laurinda Marino, Nakeia Wimberly, Miriam
Lopez, & Jessica Egger
Figure 1.2 Establishing Curricular Priorities

Phonics- 2nd Grade

Songs, rhymes and poetry
Word ladders
Memory Sounds-consonants,
Multi Sensory Activities
StarFall.com
Phonics Readers
Phonics Journals
Bingo
Fly-Swatter Game
Reading -2nd Grade
Book Reports
Dioramas
Create-Cereal Box/Board Games
Brochures
Talk Show/Interviews
Character Dress Up/POV
Recipe Creation
Skits
Accelerated Reader/Reading A-Z
Writing -2nd Grade
Create a Robot /Prompts
Pen Pals (International, National, Grade to
Grade)
Create Recipes
Book Reports
Brochures
Use of 5 Senses to describe settings
Graphic Organizer to describe settings
Anchor Charts (replicate and align with middle
school charts)
Highlighting Parts of Speech in text
CLOZE activities for conjugations, parts of
speech

1st & 2nd Grade ELA Unit 1

Facilitator: Jessica Egger
Ruth Calatayud, Jill Precel, Whitney Lluen, Norma Menchon, Laurinda Marino, Nakeia Wimberly, Miriam
Lopez, & Jessica Egger
Figure 1.2 Establishing Curricular Priorities