Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Each schools TD teacher has the books pictured below that were used to create this alignment chart. Many of the
resource listed in the chart are linked to electronic versions or YouTube videos of the stories being read. Click on the
titles of activities, books, and other resources to access the electronic versions (from a CMS computer).
Jacobs Ladder Beyond Words A World of Wild, Primary Education Mindsets in the
Primary Book 1 Wacky, Wonderful Thinking Skills (PETS) Classroom
Words Book 1
2017-2018 First Grade TD Literacy Scope and Sequence Alignment
Major Concepts: Systems/Patterns/Relationships Purpose: Enrich and extend focus standards
Unit 1 Launch Creating a SL.1: Participate in Workshop Problem Solving Scenario Cards
Reading Writing reading culture, collaborative conversations What would you do?
Habits Workshop building good with diverse partners about
habits, and grade 1 topics and texts
establishing with peers and adults in
procedures; small and large groups. Extending Academic Conversations with Think-
using flexible Pair- Share/ Thinking Mats
thinking
begin Unit 1 strategies Mindsets Study (also listed in Cycle 3)
Word Small See Cycle 4 for recommended picture books related to
Detectives Moments mindsets; TDQs and mCLASS-style questions (RL.1).
(Focus,
Detail, RF.1: Demonstrate
Dialogue)
understanding of the Mad Libs Activity
[personal
organization and basic This extension activity challenges students to make Patterns
narrative]
features of print. sense of story structure.
RI.4: Ask and answer Jacobs Ladder Created Questions for Interactive
questions to help Read Aloud
determine or clarify the Non-fiction:
meaning of words and - George Washington and the Generals Dog
phrases in a text. by Frank Murphy (Ladder A)
Beyond Words:
Lesson 4: Adjectives, page 68.
- Ruth Hellers Many Luscious Lollipops
Poetry Ladders
- Daffodowndilly by A.A. Mine (Ladders A, C) Patterns
- The Four Friends by A.A. Mine (Ladders B,
D, F)
- A Kitten by Eleanor Farjeon (Ladders B, D,
F)
- Mummy Slept Late and Daddy Fixed
Breakfast by John Cardin (Ladders A,
F)
RL.7: Use illustrations and Primary Education Thinking Skills (PETS): Book 1
details in a story to Max the Magician
describe its characters, Visual/Spatial Perception
setting, or events
Beyond Words:
Lesson 5: Similes and Metaphors, page 74.
- Charles Shaws It Looked Like Spilt Milk
- Thomas Lockers Cloud Dance
Lesson 6: More About Metaphor, page 78.
Lesson 7: Creating Imagery, page 83.
- Jon Scieszka and Lane Smiths Baloney
(Henry P.)
RI.2: Identify the main Jacobs Ladder Created Questions for Interactive
Nonfiction Independent Determining topic and retell key details Read Aloud
Book Writing main idea, of a text. - Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth
Clubs Projects
supporting Traditions from Around the World by Selby B.
Across
Genres details RI.8: Identify the reasons Beeler (Ladder B)
an author gives to support - Dinosaur Babies by Lucille Recht Penner:
points in a text. (Ladder B)
Nonfiction Extensions
Use graphic organizers (e.g., Main Idea and Supporting Relationships
Details on pages 3-6) to analyze nonfiction texts.
- Graphic Organizers: Expository Text Structure
(from The Florida Center for Reading Research)
- Nonfiction Reading Passages (omit test prep
questions)
- example of expository text wheel for
Animals with Parachutes (pg 18 in
Nonfiction Reading Passages link,
above)
indicates there is a Text Complexity Analysis (including a link to the book on YouTube) available for the text; click on the
hyperlink (the title of the book) to access