Language Arts & Reading
1^st Grade – Reading Wonders, Unit 2          Big Idea: Our Community          What makes a community?                                                                                               Quarter 1, 2016-17 Addendum
	Weekly Concept & Essential Questions	Genres, Concepts of Print, Text Features	Comprehension: Skills, Strategies & Fluency	Phonics: Awareness, Spelling Skill, Structural Analysis	Vocabulary: Academic, High-Frequency, Oral, & Domain	Writing: Trait, Product, About Reading	Grammar: Skill & Mechanics	Research & Inquiry
1-2.1	Jobs Around Town What jobs need to be done in a community?	Fiction, Nonfiction, Realistic Fiction Ellipses and Dashes Labels	Make and Confirm Predictions Character, Setting, Events Intonation	Phoneme Blending/Isolation/ Segmentation short e spelled e and ea inflectional ending -ed (no spelling change)	brainstorm, end, middle again, help, new, there, use occupation, community, equipment, fortunately, astonishing firefighter, siren, protect	Organization: Focus on an Idea Story Analyze Character, Setting, Events	Nouns Commas in a Series	What can we learn about jobs that help the community?
1-2.2	Buildings All Around What buildings do you know? What are they made of?	Fantasy, Folktale, Nonfiction Quotations Captions	Make and Confirm Predictions Character, Setting, Events Expression	Rhyme, Phoneme Identity/Blending/ Segmentation short u contractions with ’s	apostrophe, dialogue, presentation could, live, one, then, three shelter, materials, collapsed, furious, refused homes, live, one, then, three	Organization: Beginning, Middle, End Story Analyze Character, Setting, Events	Singular and Plural Nouns Adding -s and -es to form plural nouns	What can we learn about the buildings in our community? What are they made of?
1-2.3	A Community in Nature Where do animals live together?	Nonfiction, Poetry Distinguish Sentences	Reread Main Topic and Key Details Appropriate Phrasing	Phoneme Categorization/ Blending/ Substitution/  Segmentation ending consonant blends nd, nk, nt, st, sk, mp inflectional ending -ing (no spelling change); first introduction to two-syllable words	draft, repetition, rhythm eat, no, of under, who habitat, depend, hibernate, tranquil, tolerate poem	Ideas: Main Idea Sentences That Explain Analyze Main Topic and Key Details	Possessive Nouns Apostrophe with Possessive Nouns	What can we learn about a habitat? What kinds of creatures live there?
1-2.4	Let’s Help How do people help out in the community?	Nonfiction/ Biography, Fantasy Special Text Treatments List	Reread Character, Setting, Events Intonation	Phoneme Isolation/ Categorization/  Blending/ Segmentation consonant digraphs th, sh, -ng closed syllables	highlight, imaginary, stress all, call, day, her, want leadership, admire, enjoy, rely, connections neighborhood, garden, recycle	Organization: Beginning, Middle, End Story Analyze Character, Setting, Events	Common and Proper Nouns Capitalize Proper Nouns	How can we make our classroom a better place?
1-2.5	Follow the Map How can you find your way around?	Realistic Fiction, Nonfiction Reading Sentences across Pages Map	Reread Main Topic and Key Details Appropriate Phrasing	Phoneme Segmentation/ Addition/ Blending consonant digraphs ch, -tch, wh, ph -es (plural nouns)	blog, landmark, various around, by, many, place, walk locate, route, height, model, separate	Ideas: Supporting Details Sentences That Explain Analyze Main Topic and Key Details	Irregular Plural Nouns Capital Letters and Periods (in sentences)	What can we learn about maps?
1.2.6	Unit Level:               Research Skill: Collecting Information            Unit Project: Self-select and develop from weekly research projects.

Language Arts & Reading
1^st Grade – Reading Wonders, Unit 5          Big Idea: Figure It Out          How can we make sense of the world around us?                                                                  Quarter 1, 2016-17 Addendum
	Weekly Concept & Essential Questions	Genres, Concepts of Print, Text Features	Comprehension: Skills, Strategies & Fluency	Phonics: Awareness, Spelling Skill, Structural Analysis	Vocabulary: Academic, High-Frequency, Oral, & Domain	Writing: Trait, Product, About Reading	Grammar: Skill & Mechanics	Research & Inquiry
1-5.1	See It, Sort It How can we classify and categorize things?	Folktale, Fantasy, Nonfiction Photographs	Make and Confirm Predictions Point of View Phrasing	Contrast Sounds, Phoneme Categorization/ Blending/ Segmentation r-controlled vowel ar plurals (irregular)	trouble, whole alike, different, sort categorize, directions, errors, revision four, large, none, only put, round distinguish, classify, organize, entire, startled Context Clues: Multiple Meanings	Sentence Fluency: Use Complete Sentences Directions to a Place Analyze Point of View	Words That Join Capitalize Proper Nouns (places)	How do we classify and categorize objects?
1-5.2	Up In the Sky What can you see in the sky?	Foktale, Fantasy, Nonfiction Captions	Make and Confirm Predictions Plot: Cause and Effect Intonation	Rhyme, Phoneme Substitution/ Blending/Deletion/ Segmentation r-controlled vowels er, ir, ur, or inflectional ending -er	leaped, stretched, enthusiasm, excitement, observe another, climb, full, great, poor, through observe, vast, thoughtful, certain, remained earth, telescope, astronaut Shades of Meaning/Intenstiy	Word Choice: Describing Adjectives Description of a Place Analyze Plot: Cause and effect	Adjectives Capitalization and End Marks	What can we see in the sky?
1-5.3	Great Inventions What inventions do you know about?	Nonfiction/ Biography, Poetry	Ask and Answer Questions Connections Within Text: Problem and Solution Appropriate Phrasing	Phoneme Categorization/ Substitution/ Blending/Addition r-controlled vowels or, ore, oar abbreviations	idea, unusual, alliteration, change, robot began, better, guess, learn, right, sure curious, improve, complicated, imagine, device poem Prefixes	Word Choice: Time-Order Words Personal Narrative Analyze Connections Within Text: Problem and Solution	Adjectives That Compare (-er and -est) Capitalize Days, Months, and Holidays	What can we learn about an invention?
1-5.4	Sounds All Around What sounds can you hear? How are they made?	Folktale, Realistic Fiction, Nonfiction, How-to Directions	Ask and Answer Questions Plot: Problem and Solution Expression	Phoneme Substitution/ Isolation/Blending diphthongs ou, ow comparative inflectional endings -er, -est	suddenly, scrambled, emphasis, favorite, realistic, sound effect color, early, instead, nothing, oh, thought volume, senses, squeaky, nervous, distract pitch, volume, instrument Suffixes	Sentence Fluency: Use Complete Sentences Opinion About a Story Analyze Plot: Problem and Solution	Using a, an, and the Capitalize/ Underline Book Titles	What can we learn about the sounds we hear, specifically the radio?
1-5.5	Build It! How do things get build?	Folktale, Nonfiction Captions	Ask and Answer Questions Plot: Cause and Effect Intonation, Appropriate Phrasing	Phoneme Blending/ Segmentation/ Categorization diphthongs oi, oy final stable syllables	balance, section above, build, fall, knew, money, toward structure, project, contented, intend, marvelous demonstrate, magazine, reorder Inflectional Endings	Organization: Steps in Order How-to Article Analyze Plot: Cause and Effect	Prepositions/ Prepositional Phrases Name Titles (capitals and periods with Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr.)	How are things built?
1.5.6	Unit Level:                                                            Research Skill: Taking Notes                                                                              Unit Project: Self-select and develop from weekly research projects.