First Grade Language Arts
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First Quarter Reading
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CONTENT (General) |
CONTENT (Specific) |
ASSESSMENTS |
ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS |
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Moon Bear Word Wall Words |
Choral reading, Echo reading, reading with a partner, word strips, alphabet chant, beginning & ending sounds, daily phonics, daily sentence, vowels & consonants, listening centers, word wall words & word wall center, phonics, journal writing , making books, looking words up in the dictionary, handwriting page, fast start |
Oral and written assessments |
1A, 1B, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, |
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Annie Bea & Chi Chi Delores Word Wall Words |
Choral reading, echo reading, alphabet Chant, word strips, alphabet chant, daily phonics, word wall words & word wall center, making books, journal writing, beginning & ending sounds, looking words up in the dictionary, vowels and consonants, rhyming words, vocabulary pages in LAB book, handwriting page, book bags, share with the class what they did with the book bag, reading with a partner, fast start |
Oral & written assessments |
1A, 1B, 2A, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B |
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Color books, ABC books, Word Wall Words(color words) |
Alphabet chant, daily phonics, daily sentence, word wall words, journal writing, beginning & ending sounds, vowels & consonants, rhyming words, handwriting page, book bags, share with the class what they did with the book bag, fast start, guided reading, echo reading |
Oral & written assessments |
1A, 1B,2A, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B |
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One Red Rooster Word Wall Words |
Choral reading, word strips, alphabet chant, daily phonics, daily sentence, word wall words, ABC order words in the agenda, making words center, listening center, vowels & consonants, Vocabulary pages in the LAB book, beginning sounds and ending sounds, vowels & consonants, book bag writing, handwriting page, fast start, guided reading, echo reading |
Oral & written assessments |
1A, 1B, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B |
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My Five Senses Word Wall Words |
Choral reading, alphabet chant, word strips, word wall words, ABC order words in the agenda, daily phonics, daily sentence, listening center, sequencing the story, vocabulary pages in the LAB book, beginning sounds & ending sounds, rhyming words, handwriting page, journal writing, book bags, share with the class what they did with the book bag, reading with a partner, fast start, guided reading, echo reading |
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1A, 1B, 2A, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B |
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When This Box Is Full Word Wall Words |
Choral reading, reading with a partner, alphabet chant, word strips, word wall words, beginning & ending sounds, decoding, listening center, sequencing, sentence strips, handwriting, daily phonics, daily sentence, vowel & consonants, journal writing, handwriting, ABC order words in the agenda, vocabulary pages in the LAB book, rhyming words, word cards, Months of the year book, fast start, guided reading, echo reading |
Oral & written assessments |
1A, 1B, 2A, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B |
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The Chick & the Duckling Word Wall Words |
Choral reading, reading with a partner, alphabet chant, word strips, word wall words, ABC order in the agenda, beginning & ending sounds, listening center, daily sentence, daily phonics, vowels & consonants, handwriting, vocabulary pages in the LAB book, making books, journal writing, fast start, book bags, share with the class what they did with the book bag, guided reading, echo reading
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Oral & written assessments |
1A, 1B, 2A, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B |
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Pumpkin, Pumpkin Word Wall Words |
Choral reading, reading with a partner, alphabet chant, word strips, word wall words, ABC order in the agenda, daily sentence, daily phonics, beginning & ending sounds, vowels & consonants, handwriting, vocabulary pages in the LAB book, listening center, making books, journal writing, book bags, share with the class what the did with the book bags, rhyming words, guided reading, fast start, echo reading |
Oral & written assessments |
1A, 1B, 2A, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B |
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Word lists for theme tests Word wall words |
Reading with a partner, alphabet chant, word wall words, daily sentence, daily phonics, beginning & ending sounds, vowels & consonants, guided reading, making books, handwriting, book bags, share what they did with the class, fast start, rhyming words, fall writing, echo reading
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Oral & written assessments |
1A, 1B, 2A, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B |
First Quarter Spelling
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CONTENT (General) |
CONTENT (Specific) |
ASSESSMENTS |
ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS |
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Wks 1-8 Review of High Frequency Words |
Our routing for the first 8 weeks was as follows: Daily say it, spell it, and cheer it. On the first day of the week write it in ABC order in agenda and verbally use it in a sentence. Other activities were: writing spelling words on white boards, computer, or spell to a friend. book, like, I, a, and |
Written |
1A 4A |
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jump, all, the, up, run
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1A 4A |
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Color words |
red, yellow, green, blue, orange |
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1A 4A |
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went, one, two, three, fast |
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1A 4A |
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have, my, see, we, with |
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1A 4A |
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for, is, it, will, not, but |
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1A 4A |
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am, he, me, came, too |
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1A 4A |
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out, in, put, six, then |
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1A 4A |
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No words |
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1A 4A |
Second Quarter Reading
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CONTENT (General) |
CONTENT (Specific) |
ASSESSMENTS |
ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS |
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My River, Bugs, Our Plants, Where is Baby Crow, City Book, A Walk with Jake, A Walk in the City, On Top of Spaghetti, Where is My Baby, Listen to the Desert, Fish Trip, The Best Trip, Foot Book, Fish-N-Chips, Fox and Chick, Lady with the Alligator Purse, Thank you Beth, Christmas is Coming, Holiday Lights, |
Choral Reading, Reading with a partner, ABC chant, daily phonics, daily sentence, journal writing, book bags, sharing what they did with the book bags to the class, guided reading, making books, beginning sounds, ending sounds, vowels, consonants, blends, rhyming words, fast start, listening center, writing center, phonics center, writing sentences with a partner using word wall words, handwriting, vocabulary pages in the LAB book, making books, echo reading, comprehension |
Oral & written assessments Running Record Once a month
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Second Quarter Spelling
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CONTENT (General) |
CONTENT (Specific) |
ASSESSMENTS |
ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS |
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My River “all” words |
All, call, fall, tall, small, mall, ball, stall Daily say it, spell it, and cheer it. On the first day of the week write it in ABC order in agenda and verbally use it in a sentence. Other activities included writing spelling words on white boards, computer, and spelling words to a friend. Students also wrote one sentence per spelling word. |
Written |
1A 3A 4A |
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Citybook “at” words |
Bat, cat, hat, mat, sat, pat, fat, flat Daily say it, spell it, and cheer it. On the first day of the week write it in ABC order in agenda and verbally use it in a sentence. Other activities included writing spelling words on white boards, computer, and spelling words to a friend. Students also wrote one sentence per spelling word |
Written |
1A 3A 4A |
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On Top of Spaghetti “in” words |
Bin, fin, pin, tin, win, twin, in, shin Daily say it, spell it, and cheer it. On the first day of the week write it in ABC order in agenda and verbally use it in a sentence. Other activities included writing spelling words on white boards, computer, and spelling words to a friend. Students also wrote one sentence per spelling word. |
Written |
1A 3A 4A |
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Listen to the Desert “ug” words |
Bug, rug, slug, mug, tug, jug, hug, lugDaily say it, spell it, and cheer it. On the first day of the week write it in ABC order in agenda and verbally use it in a sentence. Other activities included writing spelling words on white boards, computer, and spelling words to a friend. Students also wrote one sentence per spelling word |
Written |
1A 3A 4A |
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Review all spelling words through spelling games. |
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The Foot Book “op” words |
Hop, shop, top, stop, mop, flop, pop, crop Daily say it, spell it, and cheer it. On the first day of the week write it in ABC order in agenda and verbally use it in a sentence. Other activities included writing spelling words on white boards, computer, and spelling words to a friend. Students also wrote one sentence per spelling word |
Written |
1A 3A 4A |
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Lady with the Alligator Purse “en” words |
Hen, den, men, pen, ten, then, when Daily say it, spell it, and cheer it. On the first day of the week write it in ABC order in agenda and verbally use it in a sentence. Other activities included writing spelling words on white boards, computer, and spelling words to a friend. Students also wrote one sentence per spelling word |
Written |
1A 3A 4A |
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“an” words |
Fan, man, ran, an, pan, can, tan Daily say it, spell it, and cheer it. On the first day of the week write it in ABC order in agenda and verbally use it in a sentence. Other activities included writing spelling words on white boards, computer, and spelling words to a friend. Students also wrote one sentence per spelling word |
Written |
1A 3A 4A |
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Review |
Review all spelling words through spelling games |
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Third Quarter
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CONTENT (General) |
CONTENT (Specific) |
ASSESSMENTS |
ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS |
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The Doorbell Rang, Thad & Nat, The Little Red Hen, A Bed for Little Red, A Big Help, Flower Garden, Two Hot Frogs, Great Frogs, The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Six Pigs Fish, Try, Try Again, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Big Bug Little Bug, Grasshopper and Ant, A Color of His Own, All in Fun, Bess on the Hill, With My Brother, Eek, There’s a Mouse, Alligator Under My Bed, If You Give A Moose A Muffin, A Tune for Mother, The Note |
Choral Reading, reading with a partner, ABC chant, daily phonics, decoding, daily sentence, journal writing, guided reading, making books, beginning and ending sounds, blends, rhyming words, fast start, listening center, writing sentences with a partner, phonics center, handwriting, vocabulary pages from the LAB book, word wall words, journal writing, echo reading, vowel
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Oral & written assessments |
1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, 5C |
Fourth Quarter
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CONTENT (General) |
CONTENT (Specific) |
ASSESSMENTS |
ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS |
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If Dinosaurs Came Back, Not Too Big, Three Baby Geese, George Shrinks, A Boat For Toad, Beat the Heat, Tug of War, Mr. Old Sky, Rain, Rain Go Away, A Mother For Choco, Try to Fly Best Shoes, Something for Nothing, Ned’s Old New Sled, A True Stew Story, One of Three, Freckles, Fishy Facts, Fishing With Grandpa, The Busy Guppies, Enzo the Wonder Fish, Bart and Mort’s Hard Day |
Choral Reading, echo reading, reading with a partner, ABC chant, rhyming words, blends, beginning sounds, ending sound, vowels, consonants, making books, journal writing, listening center, writing center, phonics center, rhyming words, guided reading, daily sentence, phonics, vocabulary pages from the LAB book, Writing sentences with a partner |
Oral & written assessments |
1A, 1B,1C, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B,5C
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