Florham Park English Language Arts Curriculum Grade 1 Scope & Sequence Grade 1 Scope and Sequence Writing Workshop Words Study Grammar Skill Work September - October Small Moments: Writing with Focus, Detail, Begin Volume 1 Units 1-9 Use a repertoire of strategies to (30 Instructional Days) ● and Dialogue (Book 1) Single Consonants: spell out words t,m,s,b,c,f,r,h,n,j,p,l,g,d,v,w, k, - This first unit is designed to help your students ck, qu, x,y,z work with independence, confidence, and ● Short Vowels: a,i,o,u Use an editing checklist stamina. Routines and procedures will be taught ● VAKT strategies and reviewed. Students will be writing small Red Words: (phonetically irregular) the, moments: stories from their lives with small, clear to, have, said, was, of, focus, tremendous detail and elaboration. Most children should be able to write one or two sentences on each page, so they will need booklets containing both spaces for drawings and spaces for writing. October-November Kindergarten Book: How-To Books: Volume 1 Units 10-15A Use common, proper, and (30 Instructional Days) ● Writing to Teach Others (If...Then) Single Consonants: s,l,f,z, possessive nouns ● *doubling This unit is designed to teach your students how ● Glides: ank -ung, Use personal, possessive, and to teach something to an audience by drawing and ● Digraphs: ch, *-tch, wh,th, sh indefinite pronouns writing a sequence of steps. They will learn that ● Short Vowels: e one purpose of writing is to teach others. ● Open Single Vowel ● Consonant blends: sl, bl, fl, cl, Red Words: you, what, are, put, could, should, would, Mr. Mrs., Ms., they December- Non-Fiction Chapter Books (Book 2) Units 15A, 15B, 15C & 16 Verb Tenses January ● This unit prepares children to write informational Consonant blends: sl, bl, fl, cl, (30 Instructional Days) ● texts of all sorts across this year’s curriculum. Consonant blends: cr, fr, er, dr, Because this unit is foundational, undergirding gr, pr, thr, shr ● children’s reading of informational texts and Beginning Consonant blends: tr - enabling their cross-curricular writing, it is well dw ● positioned early on in first grade. This unit Final blends: -st, - -ft, ● Red Words: your, two, do, any, many, were Revised March 2020 Board Adoption August 28, 2017 Florham Park English Language Arts Curriculum Grade 1 Scope & Sequence channels first graders’ youthful confidence and passion about topics that matter most to them. February - March Writing Reviews (Book 3) Varying end punctuation marks (30 Instructional Days) This unit begins by teaching students that writing Begin Volume 2 Units 17-19 ● can give them a way to make and defend decisions Syllabication ● and opinions, such as, “Which is my best baseball R Control ● cap? Beanie Baby?” or, Which wins the booby Consonant clusters: str, spr, scr, prize for being worst? March-April From Scene to Series: Writing Fiction (Book Volume 2 Units 20-23 Introducing Commas (30 Instructional Days) 4) ● Open syllable This unit is designed to teach your students how ● Final Magic e, to story tell and plan stories. Students will learn ● VCV Cutting Pattern that characters in stories face problems, overcome these (with help from others or on their own), and then develop solutions. May - June Poetry and Songs (If… Then…) Units Units 24-26 Introducing conjunctions & (30 Instructional Days) ● This unit students will find the importance of <y> as a vowel complex sentences ● things in their lives and learn from mentor soft sounds of c, g ● authors. They will experiment with powerful Vowel Teams-ai, ay, ie,oa, ow, ● Common suffixes language, use line breaks, metaphors and compare to convey language. Revised March 2020 Board Adoption August 28, 2017 Florham Park English Language Arts Curriculum Grade 1 Scope & Sequence Optional Writing Projects (If… Then…) Review areas of need Conjunctions & complex Additional Units This unit is meant as a celebration and sentences acknowledgment of everything that they learned this year. This will help children realize that writers choose genres with intent and writers consider what their purpose is and who their audience is. They will choose the kind of writing that best matches their purpose and audience. Writing Workshop Grade: 1st Unit 1: Small Moments ~ Writing With Focus, Detail, and Dialogue (Book 1) Unit Description: Small Moments: Writing With Focus, Detail, and Dialogue This first unit is designed to help your students work with independence, confidence, and stamina. Routines and procedures will be taught and reviewed. Students will be writing small moments: stories from their lives with small, clear focus, tremendous detail and elaboration. Most children should be able to write one or two sentences on each page, so they will need booklets containing both spaces for drawings and spaces for writing. The importance of drawing for planning should be stressed in this unit. In teaching writers to stretch out a story, they will draw the start on one page, then the next part on the next page, and whatever happened next on the third page. These drawings will help children stretch out and elaborate their stories. If need be, provide more support in small groups. In the ‘Writing for Readers’, portion of the unit, we push writers to write with proper use of writing conventions. As per the NJ Student Learning Standards, it is required that children will be able to write narrative texts with a level of proficiency, demonstrating a command of end punctuation, the ability to spell words with common patterns, and to be resourceful and phonetic in spelling unknown words. While continuing to write small moment stories from their own lives, students will be encouraged to use writing partnerships to help students make comments, ask questions, and provide suggestions to and from peers in order to lift the level of the writing. These partnerships set the expectation that we write so that our partners and others can read and understand our work. NJ Student Learning Standards Writing Standards: W.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure. 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. W.1.5 With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers and self-reflection, and add details to strengthen writing and ideas as needed. W.1.6 With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers. Revised March 2020 Board Adoption August 28, 2017 Florham Park English Language Arts Curriculum Grade 1 Scope & Sequence W.1.7 Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of “how-to” books on a given topic and use them to write a sequence of instructions). W.1.8 With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question. Reading Standards: RL.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text. RL.1.3 Describe characters, settings, and major event(s) in a story, using key details. RL.1.4 Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses. RL.1.7 Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events. RF.1.1 Demonstrate mastery of the organization and basic features of print including those listed under Kindergarten foundation skills. RF.1.2 Demonstrate mastery of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes) by using knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel sound to determine the number of syllables in a printed word. RF.1.2c Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words. RF.1.2d Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes). RF.1.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. RF.1.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. RF.1.4a Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. RF.1.4b Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression. Speaking & Listening: 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. SL.1.2 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media. SL.1.3 Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood. SL.1.4 Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly. SL.1.5 Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings. SL.1.6 Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation. Language Standards: L.1.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. L.1.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. L.1.2b Use end punctuation for sentences. L.1.2d Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words. L.1.2e Spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions. L.1.5c Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at home that are cozy).