First Grade 2014-2015

Quarter 1: Language Arts

Week Date

1.1
August

Language

Reading

Writing

Speaking and
Listeninng

School Wide
Assessments

25th-29th

1.2

Sept
2nd-5th
*Sept. 1st
Labor
Day

1.L1a
Uppercase/Lowercase
Letters

1.RL1
Skill: a, consonants

-I can print uppercase and

lowercase letters.

Comprehension:
Fiction
-I can ask and answer
questions about
important details in
stories.

1.W8 Semester 1
With guidance and
support from adults,
recall information from
experiences or gather
information from
provided sources to
answer a question.
-I can use what I have
learned to answer
questions or I can find
out the answers
somewhere else.

The following are

used through all
four semesters.
1.SL1-4: I can
understand and
talk about what I
hear.
(only I can
statements are
listed)
1.SL1
-I can follow rules
for discussions.
1.SL1
-I can talk with
others.

Differentiation
ALApproaching
Level
OL- On Level
Assessment used
to determine
levels of
differentiation

Assessment

DIBELS
A-Z
Reading
Writing
Prompts
MathOdyssey
ELAOdyssey

1.SL1
-I can ask questions
during discussions.
1.SL2
-I can tell about the
main ideas and
details after I listen
or read.
1.SL3
-I can ask and
answer a question
about what a speaker
says.
1.3

1.4

Sept
8th-12th

Sept
15th-19th

1.L1d
Pronouns

1.RL1
Skill: consonants
-I can use pronouns. (I, me, Comprehension:
my, their, they, them, their) Fiction cont.

1.L2a
Capitalize names and
dates

1.RL2
Skill: i, consonants

-I can capiitalize dates and

names of people.

Comprehension:
Fiction-Retell stories,
including key details,
and demonstrate
understanding of their

1.W8 Ongoing
Participate in shared
research and writing
projects (e.g., explore a
number of how-to
books on a given topic
and use them to write a
sequence of
instructions).
See above

1.SL5: I can share

what I know.
Semester long
-I can use drawings
to share what I
know.

1.5

1.6

1.7

central message or
lesson.
-I can retell a story I
know using important
details and show that
I know the author is
trying to teach me.
1.RL2 continued
See above
Skill: c, k, and ck

Sept
22nd-26th

1.L2b
Punctuation

*Midterm

-I can punctuate sentences.

Sept.
29th-Oct.
3rd

1.L5a
Place words into
categories

1.RL3
Skill: qu, x, y, z

-I can sort words into

categories.

Comprehension:
Fiction only
Describe characters,
settings, and major
events in a story.
-I can tell the
characters, setting
and what happens in
stories.
1.RL3 Continued
Skill: o

October
6th-10th

1.L1b
Nouns- Common and
Proper

See above

See above

-I can use common and

proper nouns.

1.8

October
13th-17th
*Oct.1617 Fall
Recess

1.L1b
Nouns- Possessive
-I can use possessive
nouns.

1.RL7
Skill: ll, ss, ff, zz
Comprehension:
Fiction only
Use illustrations and
details in a story to
describe its

See above

1.9

October
20th-24th

1.L1e
Verbs

characters, setting, or
events.
-I can use pictures
and details in a story
to tell about its
characters, setting or
events.
1.RL7 Continued
Skill: nk, ng

See above

-I can use verbs.

1.10

October
27th-31st
*End of
1st
Quarter

1.L1e
Verb Tense

Review concepts
Skill: H (brothers?)

See above

-I can use past, present,

and future tense verbs.

Quarter 2: Language Arts

Week

2.1

Date

Nov
3rd-7th
*1st
Quarter
Grades
are Due

Language

1.L1c
Singular /Plural
Nouns
-I can use singular and
plural nouns with
matching verbs in my
sentence.

Reading

1.RL1
Skill: L Blends
Comprehension:
Informational Text
Ask and answer
questions about key
details in a text.
-I can ask and answer
questions about
important details in
stories.

Writing

1.W3 Semester long

Write narratives in
which they recount two
or more appropriately
sequenced events,
include some details
regarding what
happened, use temporal
words to signal event
order, and provide
some sense of closure.

Speaking and
Listeninng
1.SL4: I can share
what I know.
Semester long
-I can tell about
people, places and
things.

Differentiation
ALApproaching
Level
OL- On Level

Assessment

2.2

2.3

Nov
10th-14th
*Parent
Teacher
Confere
nce
Week

Nov
17th-21st

1.L1d
Determiners
-I can use determiners.

1.RL1
Skill: R Blends

(a, the, this, that, my,

many, few)

Comprehension:
Continued

1.L1g
Conjunctions
-I can use conjunctions.
(and, but, or, so,
because)

1.L1c
Subject Verb
agreement

1.RL2
Skill: consonant
clusters
Comprehension:
Informational Text
Identify the main
topic and retell key
details of a text.
-I can retell a story I
know using important
details and show that
I know the author is
trying to teach me.

-I can write to tell an

organized story with
details.
1.W7 Semester long
Participate in shared
research and writing
projects (e.g., explore a
number of how-to
books on a given topic
and use them to write a
sequence of
instructions).
-I can help my class
explore books and
write about what we
learned.
See above

2.4

2.5

Nov
24th-28th
*Nov.2628th
Thanksg
iving
Holiday

1.L1c
Subject verb
agreement

1.RL4
Skill: Final Blends

-I can use singular and

plural nouns with
matching verbs in my
sentences.

Comprehension:
Informational Text
Ask and answer
questions to help
determine or clarify
the meaning of words
and phrases in a text.
1.RL4
Skill: Final Blends

Dec
1st-5th

1.L1f
Adjectives and
*Midterm adverbs
-I can use adjectives and
adverbs

2.6

Dec
8 -12th
th

2.7

Dec
15th-19th
*Dec.22-

1.L1f
Adjectives and
adverbs continued

1.L1j
Simple and
Compound

Comprehension:
Informational Text
continued
1.RL6
Skill: tch
Comprehension:
Informational Text
Distinguish between
information provided
by pictures or other
illustrations and
information provided
by the words in a
text.
-I can figure out who
is telling a story at
different parts in the
story.
Review concepts
And skills

See above

See above

See above

See above

Jan. 2nd
Winter
Break

Sentences
Gingerbread Man
-I can make simple and
compound sentences.

2.8

January
5th-9th

2.9

January
12th-16th
*End of
2nd
Quarter

1.L1j
Simple and
Compound
Sentences
Polar Express

Review concepts

See above

Review concepts

See above

Quarter 3: Language Arts

Week

3.1

Date

January
20th-23rd
*Jan.19th
MLK
Holiday
2nd
Quarter
Grades
are Due

Language

1.L1j
Four Types of
Sentences (Simple
and Compound)
-I can use simple and
compound sentences.
(statements, questions,
commands and
exclamations)

Reading

1.RF2d
Skill: ar/or
Comprehension:
Segment spoken
single-syllable words
into their complete
sequence of
individual sounds
(phonemes)
-I can break down
short words and say
each sound by itself.

Writing

1.W2 Semester long

Speaking and
Listeninng

1.SL6: I can share

what I know.
Semesters 3 & 4

Write informative/
explanatory texts in
which they name a
-I can speak and
topic, supply some
write in complete
facts about the topic,
sentences.
and provide some sense
of closure.
-I can write to teach
about a topic by giving
facts about it.

Differentiation
ALApproaching
Level
OL- On Level

Assessment

3.2

3.3

3.4

January
26th-30th
*Parent
Teacher
Conf.
Week

Feb
2nd-6th

Feb
9th-13th

1.L1j
Four Types of
Sentences Cont.
(Simple and
Compound)

1.RF2c
Skill: er, ir, ur
Comprehension:
Isolate and pronounce
initial, medial vowel,
and final sounds
(phonemes) in spoken
single-syllable words.
-I can find and tell
the beginning, middle
and ending sounds in
short words.

1.L1j
Four Types of
Sentences Cont.
(Simple and
Compound)
-I can use simple
and compound
sentences.
(statements,
questions,
commands, and
exclamations)

1.RF2a
Skill: magic e

1.L1j
Four Types of
Sentences Cont.
(Simple and
Compound)

1.RFe
Skill: Open Syllables
Continue e

Comprehension:
Distinguish long from
short vowel sounds in
spoken singlesyllable words.
-I can tell the
difference between
short and long vowel
sounds when I hear a
word.

Comprehension:
Decode two-syllable

1.W5 Semester long

With guidance and
support from adults,
focus on a topic,
respond to questions
and suggestions from
peers, and add details
to strengthen writing as
needed.
-I can listen to others
ideas to help add
details to my stories.
1.W7 Semester long
Participate in shared
research and writing
projects (e.g., explore a
number of how-to
books on a given topic
and use them to write a
sequence of
instructions).
-I can help my class
explore books and
write about what we
learned.
See above

3.5

3.6

3.7

Feb
16th-20th
Midterm
Feb.16th
Presiden
ts Day

1.L1j
Four Types of
Sentences (Simple
and Compound)

Feb
23rd-27th

Four types of
Sentences continued

March
2nd-6th

1.L1h
Articles and
Demonstratives
-I can use
determiners. (a, the,
this, that, my, many,
few)

words following
basic patterns by
breaking the words
into syllables.
1.RF3d
Skill: Y as a vowel
Comprehension:
Use knowledge that
every syllable must
have a vowel sound
to determine the
number of syllables
in a printed word.
-I can use what I
know about vowel
sounds to help me
figure out how many
syllables are in
words.
Skill: Vowel teams
Comprehension:
Continued
1.RL4
Skill: Vowel teams
Comprehension:
Identify words and
phrases in stories or
poems that suggest
feelings or appeal to
the senses.
Literature (Fiction
Only)

See above

See above

See above

-I can find words in a

story or poem that tell
about feelings.
3.8

3.9

March
9th-13th

March
16th-20th
*End of
3rd
Quarter

1.L1h
Articles and
Demonstratives

1.L1g
Conjunctions
-I can use
conjunctions.(and,
but, or, so, because)

1.RL6
Skill: -cle

See above

Comprehension:
Identify who is
telling the story at
various points in a
text. Literature
(Fiction Only)
-I can figure out who
is telling a story at
different parts in the
story.
Skill: oo
Comprehension:
Continued

Quarter 4: Language Arts

Week
4.1

Date

Standard/Objective

March

1.L4c
Root Words
-I can find root words
with lots of different
endings.

23rd-27th

Language
1.RL9
Skill: oi and oy
Comprehension:
Compare and contrast
the adventures and
experiences of

Reading
1.W1 Semester long
Write opinion pieces in
which they introduce
the topic or name the
book they are writing
about, state an opinion,

Writing

Speaking
and
Listeninng

Assessment

characters in stories.
Literature (Fiction
Only)
-I can compare what
happens to characters
in stories.
4.2

4.3

March
30thApril
3rd

April
13th-17th
*April
6th-10th
Spring
Break

1.L4c
Root Words

1.L4b
Affixes
-I can use the
beginnings and
endings of words
to help me figure
out what it
means.

1.RL5
Skill: ow and ou
Comprehension:
Explain major
differences between
books that tell stories
and books that give
information, drawing
on a wide reading of
a range of text types.
-I can tell the
difference between
fiction and
nonfiction.
1.RI3
Skill: au and aw
Comprehension:
Describe the
connections between
two individuals,
events, ideas, or
pieces of information
in a text.
Informational Text
-I can tell how

supply a reason for the

opinion, and provide
some sense of closure.
-I can write my opinion
about a topic and give
reasons for my
thinking.
1.W6 Semester long
With guidance and
support from adults,
use a variety of digital
tools to produce and
publish writing,
including in
collaboration with
peers.
-I can use a computer
or tablet to publish my
writing.
1.W7 Semester long
Participate in shared
research and writing
projects (e.g., explore a
number of how-to
books on a given topic
and use them to write a
sequence of
instructions).
-I can help my class

4.4

people, events or
ideas are connected
in nonfiction books.

explore books and

write about what we
learned.

1.L4b
Affixes

1.RF4c
Skill: ew, ui, and ue

See above

1.L4a
Commas in a series

Comprehension:
Use context to
confirm or selfcorrect word
recognition and
understanding,
rereading as
necessary.
1.RI7
Skill: -dge

May
4 - 8th

1.L4a
Commas in a series

Comprehension:
Use the illustrations
and details in a text to
describe its key ideas.
Informational Text
-I can use the pictures
and words in
nonfiction books to
help me tell about the
main ideas.
Comprehension:
See above
continued

May
11th15th

1.L2c
Sentence Level
Context Clues

April
20th-24th

4.5
April
27thMay
1st

4.6

th

4.7

1.RI9
Skill: soft/hard c & g
Comprehension:

See above

See above

4.8

4.9

May
18th-22nd

May
26th-29th
*Parent
Teacher
Conf.
Wk

Identify basic
similarities in and
differences between
two texts on the same
topic (e.g. in
illustrations,
descriptions, or
procedures).
-I can find things that
are the same and
different in two
nonfiction books that
teach about the same
topic.
1.RI8
Skill: ph
Comprehension:
Identify the reasons
an author gives to
support points in a
text. Informational
Text
-I can find the
reasons that an author
gives to help teach
about the main idea.
Skill: review as
needed
Comprehension:
Continued

See above

See above

4.10

4.11

June
1st-5th

June
8th-11th
*End of
4th
Quarter

Skill: review as
needed
Comprehension:
Continued
Skill: review as
needed
Comprehension:
Continued

See above

See above