First Grade Informational Lessons

Power Writing Lessons

These lessons focus on the skills needed to master the chosen standard and are designed to compliment the companion writing lessons.

Companion Writing Lessons

These lessons are built to extend the skills taught in the power lessons. The intent is to allow the students to demonstrate their knowledge of the skills needed to master the chosen standard.

Power Lesson

Stating Details

Writing factual sentences

Final_First Grade Power Lesson Informational.pdf

Companion Lesson

Give Me 3!

Naming main topic, stating key details in complete sentences, and providing a conclusion.

Final_First Grade Companion Informational.pdf

Power Lesson

What's the Big Idea?

Finding the main idea and supporting details in informational text

First Grade Power Lesson -- Informational -- What's the Big Idea.pdf

Companion Lesson

Writing about Earth's Recipe

Reading, taking notes, and writing an informational paper

First Grade Companion Lesson -- Informational -- Writing about Earth's Recipe revised 1.30.2022.pdf

Power Lesson

Important Words Need to be Capitalized

Capitalizing names and dates

First Grade Power Lesson -- Informational -- Important Words Need to be Capitalized revised 1.30.2022.pdf

Companion Lesson

Let Me Tell You About...

Writing informational papers about historical figures in American history

First Grade Companion Lesson -- Informational -- Let Me Tell You About....pdf

Power Lesson

Hooking Readers

Using questions as hooks for informational writing introductions

First Grade Power Lesson -- Informational -- Hooking Readers.pdf

Companion Lesson

Great Hooks

Capturing readers of informational text by strategic introductions

First Grade Mastery Lesson -- Informational -- Great Hooks (2) revised 1.30.2022.pdf

Foundational and Mastery Skill-based Lessons

These lessons serve as a scaffold of the specific learning targets and move from the foundational level into the mastery level of the standard.

First Grade Mastery Lesson -- Informational -- I can develop my informational topic by stating facts.pdf

Mastery Lesson

I can develop my informational topic by stating facts.

First Grade Foundational Lesson -- Informational -- I Can Identify Facts.pdf

Foundational Lesson

I can identify facts.

Recommended Mentor Texts

A Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin

Seed, Soil, Sun -- Earth's Recipe for Food

Super Hummingbirds

Sea Bones

In the Sea

What Do You Do with a Tail like This?

Castle -- How it Works

Otis and Will Discover the Deep

The Noisy Paint Box

If Sharks Disappeared

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