Grade One, Theme Five

Grade One, Theme Five Elementary English Language Arts Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Template Grade 1 Comprehending and Composing* Use this form to plan your comprehension instruction lessons within a unit (several lessons) around a core theme. What is the theme? Universal Theme: Communities First Grade Theme Five: Where We Live What is the essential question I would like students to engage at the end of the theme? Essential Questions:

Writing Task: BEFORE READING Lesson Nineteen Lesson Twenty Lesson Twenty-one Title of Reading Selection: “Little Rabbit’s Tale” “Ways People Live” “Flake, the Missing Hamster” Genre: Folktale Nonfiction Play What is the essential sub-question for each lesson, as it relates to the theme? Essential Sub-Question: Essential Sub-Question: Essential Sub-Question:

Background knowledge: build or activate students’ related knowledge to the theme or topic. DURING READING Focus Comprehension Skill: Focus Comprehension Skill Focus Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect Cause and Effect Problem/Solution What reading instruction is needed? (skills, strategies, higher level questions) Focus Comprehension Strategy: Focus Comprehension Strategy: Focus Comprehension Strategy: Recognize Story Structure Use Graphic Organizers Summarize

What is the intended comprehension objective Comprehension Objective: Comprehension Objective: Comprehension Objective: of student learning? To understand the characteristics To understand the characteristics of To recognize the characteristics of of a folktale nonfiction a play

AFTER READING

Sub-question: Writing Task Create the writing task by turning the question into a prompt. Discuss the question and answer it orally before students write.

* This template is for the teaching of comprehending and composing only within the core reading program. Teach other components of the reading program as you normally would—including phonics and word work, fluency, spelling, writing conventions, etc.

Grade One, Theme Five Elementary English Language Arts Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Template Grade 1 Comprehending and Composing* Use this form to plan your comprehension instruction lessons within a unit (several lessons) around a core theme. BEFORE READING Lesson Twenty-two Lesson Twenty-three Lesson Twenty-four Title of Reading Selection: “We’re Going on a Picnic!” “On Saturday” “Mystery of the Night Song” Genre: Fantasy Nonfiction Realistic Fiction What is the essential sub-question for each lesson, as it relates to the theme? Essential Sub-Question: Essential Sub-Question: Essential Sub-Question:

Background knowledge: build or activate students’ related knowledge to the theme or topic.

DURING READING Focus Comprehension Skill: Focus Comprehension Skill Focus Comprehension Skill: Problem/Solution Draw Conclusions Draw Conclusions What reading instruction is needed? (skills, strategies, higher level questions) Focus Comprehension Strategy: Focus Comprehension Strategy: Focus Comprehension Strategy: Ask Questions Ask Questions Monitor Comprehension: Make inferences

What is the intended comprehension objective Comprehension Objective: Comprehension Objective: Comprehension Objective: of student learning? To distinguish between fantasy and To understand the characteristics of To understand characteristics of a reality narrative nonfiction mystery

AFTER READING

Sub-question: Writing Task Create the writing task by turning the question into a prompt. Discuss the question and answer it orally before students write.

Theme 5 Possible Theme Essential Questions Possible Theme Essential Writing  How can you help in your community? Tasks  Explain how you can help in your community. Use examples from the theme.  Compare community helpers in the theme to community helpers where you live.  Describe how you can help in your community. Use examples from the theme. Possible Main Selection Sub-Questions Possible Main Selection Sub- Question Writing Tasks Lesson o What will little rabbit do next time an apple hits him? o Describe what little rabbit will do the next time an 19 apple hits him. Lesson o What causes people to dress different in different places? o Explain what causes people to dress different in 20 o If you could live in any of the places, where would you live? What kind of house would you need? different places. o Describe one of the places you would like to live and describe what kind of house you would need. Lesson o How does the class find Flake? o Describe how the class finds Flake. 21 o How would you make Flake come out of hiding? o Describe how you would make Flake come out of hiding. Lesson o What is the problem in the story? o If you are in the story, what is your suggestion to solve 22 o What happens to the picnic food? the problem? o Describe what happens to the picnic food. Lesson o What clues help you know that Jack loves his community? o Describe things you do in your community that are the 23 o What is one thing Jack might do on a pretty day? same as what Jack does in the story. o Explain one thing Jack might do on a pretty day. Lesson o How do you know when a story is a mystery? o Tell how Ann solved the mystery. 24 o What is one clue that helped the children solve the mystery? o Name one clue and describe how it helped the children solve the mystery.