Quarter 1 Unit 1: Exploring Narratives

(20 days)

 

Full Curriculum

 

Written Curriculum

 

Reading Standards for Literature
Key Ideas and Details
RL.1.1    Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

 

RL 1.2     Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.

 

RL 1.3     Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

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Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

RL 1.7     Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

 

Reading Standards: Foundational Skills
Print Concepts
RF.1.1    Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
a.    Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., first word, capitalization, ending punctuation).    

 

Phonological Awareness
RF.1.2    Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
b.     Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends. 

 

Writing Standards 
Text Types and Purposes
W.1.3    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 Listening Standards
Comprehension and Collaboration
SL.1.1    Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
a.    Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).

 

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
SL.1.5    Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings. 

 

Language Standards 
Conventions of Standard English
L.1.1    Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
a.    Print all upper- and lowercase letters..
L1.2       Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
b.     Use end punctuation for sentences.

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
L.1.5    With guidance and support from adults, demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
c.     Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at home that are cozy).

 

Standards that recur through many/all of the units of study
Reading Standards for Literature 
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
RL.1.10    With prompting and support, read prose and poetry of appropriate complexity for grade 1.

 

Reading Standards for Informational Text 
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
RI.1.10    With prompting and support, read informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1.

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Concepts and Skills

Concepts to be learned and skills to be used

When reading:

• ASK and ANSWER questions about key details in a text

• RETELL stories including key details

• DESCRIBE characters, settings, and major events in a story, USING key details

• USE illustrations and details in a story to DESCRIBE its characters, setting, or events

When applying reading foundational skills

• DEMONSTRATE understanding of the organization and basic features of print

• RECOGNIZE distinguishing features of a sentence (first word, capitalization, ending punctuation)

• DEMONSTRATE understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds

• Orally PRODUCE single-syllable words by BLENDING sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends.

When writing

• WRITE narratives

• RECOUNT two or more sequenced events

• INCLUDE some details regarding what happened

• USE temporal words to signal event order

• PROVIDE some sense of closure

When speaking and listening:

• PARTICIPATE in collaborative conversations with diverse partners with peers and adults (small and larger groups)

• • FOLLOW rules for discussions

• ADD drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to CLARIFY ideas, thoughts, and feelings

When using language

• PRINT uppercase and lowercase letters

• USE end punctuation

• DEMONSTRATE understanding of word relationships and nuances (with guidance and support from adults)

• • IDENTIFY real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at home that are cozy)

 

Essential Questions

• Why is the order of story events important?

• How do illustrations and details help you to retell and understand the text?

• How do the words and the pictures help you understand what the author has written?

• What are the important parts of a sentence?

• How will you organize your ideas into a beginning, middle, and end for your writing?

• Why is it important to take turns during class conversations?