First Grade ELA Curriculum Overview Ist Grade

Curriculum Overview Units & days Reading Skills (students will be able Writing Skills Language Skills Connection History to (do)... CUPS (Orton Gillingham)-writing check capital, finger spaces, Students review K letters and sounds and periods,spelling-continue to work learn about consonants and vowels (short) Intro writing-getting to know on this duirng the year-editing and begin sight words-review K sight words you; sentence about an skills; CVC words & short Social Studies: Welcome to SuperKids K Review 5 days and continue to First Grade level sight words event. vowels. First Grade

Continue with K review but begin First Grade Writing a list, drawing & Orton Gillingham- vowels & SuperKids K Review 5 days sounds and sight words. labeling a picture. consonants, CUPS, Narrative Story Structure- Beginning, Middle & End; Social Studies: Respect; First Grade SuperKids Problem/Solution-continue all Orton Gillingham phonics; understanding rules & (Adventures of the year; author,illustrator, introduction to naming words- community (classroom & SuperKids) Unit 1 Begin pattern words- ck character. nouns. school). Continue with story structure Orton Gillingham phonics- Beginning blends; reading groups (use writing and writing news in beginning blends focus; continue leveled reader sets) and SuperKids Reader their journals. List writing. with nouns (person, place, Social Studies Weekly & First Grade SuperKids stories; First Grade memory words/sight Difference between fiction animal, thing); intro. to possesive Science Weekly used as (Adventures of the SuperKids words/red words practice and continues and non fiction/informational nouns-things that belong to me informational text reading Unit 1 11 days throughout the school year. books-intro. 'apostrophe. throughout the school year. Orton Gillingham Phonics- digraphs, continue with beginning blends; noun, First Grade SuperKids Unit 1 Continue with narrative possesive nouns, plural nouns, and 2-Unit 2 8 days Consonant Digraphs- sh, ch, tch, th, wh writing- intro setting etc. use of pronoun. Orton Gillingham phonics-sound cards & blending; CUPS- narrative writing story punctuation, nouns, possesive First Grade SuperKids Unit 3 ending sounds-ng, le and continue with First structure, intro. to directions nouns & plural nouns, Social Studies-AZ State 9 days Grade memory words writing. onomatopoeia. Symbols & country symbols Use of ed at end of words to show the past; Orton Gillingham phonics continue; CUPS; news writing (events), continue with nouns, introduce First Grade SuperKids Unit 4 endings er and ed (d/t/ed), memory words, narrative writing, directions verbs (actions)- add ed-action 8 days reading fluency-SuperKids Reader stories writing-how to... already happened. news writing; narrative writing-character web ing and ed words; Orton (graphic organizer)-plan a Gillingham phonics; nouns, endings ing and ed; memory words; reading character; poetry writing- verbs & intro. to adjectives Social Studies; AZ community First Grade SuperKids Unit 5 fluency and reading poems-find rhyming rhythm poems; continue with (helping/describing words); leaders, including Catholic 8 days words (pattern words) directions writing. CUPS. Leaders. vowel tents Orton Gillingham phonics; nouns,verbs & news writing; writing about a adjectives; CUPS-punctuation; character-use adjectives ABC order-intro. to alphabetical First Grade SuperKids Unit 6 (describing words); poems; order; plural nouns continue- add Social Studies History- 7 days long and short vowels directions writing. -s/-es. Pilgrims, Native Americans. news writing (events); narrative writing-include Orton Gillingham Phonics-magic setting etc.; poems; directions e; nouns, verbs & adjectives; First Grade SuperKids Unit 7 Long vowel words-magic e (continue with writing; intro. to info. text CUPS-punctuation, capitals etc.; 8 days memory words each week) writing. ABC order; plural nouns... Social Studies-mapping skills; info. text- write about a person in American History-Ruby Bridges, Martin Luther King Jr.; President's Day-George news writing (events);; Orton Gillingham Phonics-magic Washington, Abraham narrative writing; letter e; nouns, verbs & adjectives; Lincoln; Religion: students More Adventures of the CVCe words (magic e) with endings ing and writing; info. text writing- CUPS-punctuation, capitals etc.; write about saints during the SuperKids Unit 8 6 days ed Social Studies.. ABC order; plural nouns... year-write about their lives. Orton Gillingham Phonics-vowel teams; continue with plural nouns; nouns, verbs & adjectives news writing (events); (helping/describing words); narrative writing-plan and compound words; CUPS- draft (writing process); punctuation, capitals-use with CVVC words long vowel pattern words- informational text writing draft and edting process for More Adventures of the vowel teams and endings ing, ed, er and est about person in American narrative writing and SuperKids Unit 9 6 days (continue with memory words) History/Saint (Religion). informational text writing. News writing (events); Narrative writing-write, edit (draft) & publish; informational text writing- Social Studies (write about Contractions; compound words, base words people in American History or contractions, compound words; More Adventures of the with endings- use SuperKids Reader stories facts about nouns, verbs & adjectives; nouns SuperKids Unit 10 8 days for reading fluency symbols/monuments). with -er endings; Social Studies writing news (events); writing your own narrative-story starters and connecting words, problem and solution, characters and setting; informational text writing and reading-Social Studies & Science (living things- Social Studies...; Science: y as a vowel and ai and ay as vowel teams; animals-write about an homophones; adjectives ending living things- animals memory words; fluency reading practice with animal-use information book in y; story starters and (information books and More Adventures of the More Adventures of the SuperKids Reader and write facts about chosen connecting words; compound information report writing SuperKids Unit 1 7 days stories & basal reader sets. animal). words and contractions. about chosen animals). message with advice; news continue with homophones; writing (events); narrative contractions; compound words; More Adventures of the adding er, est, es, and ed to words ending in writing-plan and draft a comparative & superlative Science: research report; SuperKids Unit 2 7 days y; identify base words in words with endings. personal narrative; poetry. adjectives; idioms. Religion: saint writing. news writing (events)-add detail; narrative writing-add contractions; compound words; More Adventures of the Contractions formed with is, am, are, will & detail and edit (CUPS)- adjectives, nouns and verbs; SuperKids Unit 3 6 days long-vowel trickers observe punctuation. idioms and synonyms. aw and all; bossy r - ar, or, er/ir/ur r- categorizing (also in Science for controlled vowels and continue with First animals); antonyms; More Adventures of the Grade memory words; fluency and reading onomatopoeia; synonyms; SuperKids Units 4 and 5 practice with SuperKids Reader stories and news writing (events); letters compound words; ABC order; Science-categorizing and Total:19 days basal reader sets. and thank-you notes. contractions; suffix-ful. classifying animals. news writing (events)-add detail and check punctuation (CUPS); labeled diagram; responses to personal Continue with all Units with questions; directions writing Orton Gillingham practice; More Adventures of the Bossy r trickers with ar, or, ear (er) and oi with sequence words; adverbs ending in -ly; synonyms Science: labeled diagrams SuperKids Units 6 and 7: and oy.; memory words; fluency-reading of narrative writing with and antonyms; compound words (example-label chosen animal Total: 16 days SuperKids stories. sequence words. and contractions. for report) ou and ow and ow (long o); reading fluency Orton Gillingham practice; practice using SuperKids Reader stories and news writing (journal); homographs-bow and bow (long More Adventures of the basal reader sets; continue practice of First narrative writing-write about o); contractions; compound SuperKids Unit 8 9 days Grade memory words. an adventure. words; idioms; synonyms. Orton Gillingham practice- CUPS- edit and check oo- short and long; soft c and g (use of punctuation; contractions; Gentle Cindy Orton Gillingham); fluency news writing; opinion writing compound words; antonyms; More Adventures of the reading practice using SuperKids Reader using 'because' giving a multiple meaning words; SuperKids Units 9 and 10: stories and basal reader sets and classroom reason for your opinion; homophones-ate/eight and Total: 10 days library books. report writing-facts. write/right.