First Grade Language Arts

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First Quarter Reading

CONTENT (General)

CONTENT (Specific)

ASSESSMENTS

ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS

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,

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

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

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

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

 

1A, 1B, 2A, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B

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

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

 

 

 

Oral & written assessments

1A, 1B, 2A, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B

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

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

 

Oral & written assessments

1A, 1B, 2A, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B

First Quarter Spelling

CONTENT (General)

CONTENT (Specific)

ASSESSMENTS

ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS

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

 

 jump, all, the, up, run

 

 

 

 1A 4A

 Color words

 red, yellow, green, blue, orange

 

 1A 4A

 

 went, one, two, three, fast

 

 1A 4A

 

 have, my, see, we, with

 

1A 4A 

 

 for, is, it, will,  not, but

 

1A 4A 

 

 am, he, me, came, too

 

1A 4A 

 

 out, in, put, six, then

 

 1A 4A

 

 No words

 

 1A 4A

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Second Quarter Reading

CONTENT (General)

CONTENT (Specific)

ASSESSMENTS

ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS

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

 

 

Second Quarter Spelling

CONTENT (General)

CONTENT (Specific)

ASSESSMENTS

ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS

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

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

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

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

 

Review all spelling words through spelling games.

 

 

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

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

“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

Review

Review all spelling words through spelling games

 

 

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Third Quarter

CONTENT (General)

CONTENT (Specific)

ASSESSMENTS

ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oral & written assessments

1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, 5C

Fourth Quarter

CONTENT (General)

CONTENT (Specific)

ASSESSMENTS

ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B

 

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