1st Grade ELAR Unit 10

Big Idea:

• Reading Comprehension and Strategies: Recognize sensory details to visualize text and discuss alliteration (rhyme and rhythm).
• Writing and Grammar: Recognize poetry and legibly write a poem.
• Phonics: Correlating diiphthongs (oo, ew, oi, oy, ow, ou, au, aw, augh) to read and write and put words in ABC Order to 2nd Letter by using the second letter.

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

Phonics

1.2(E) - The student is expected to: (E) alphabetize a series of words to the first or second letter and use a dictionary to find words.

1.2(B)(iii) - The student is expected to: (B) demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by: (iii) decoding words with closed syllables; open syllables: VCe syllables; vowel teams, including vowel digraphs and diphthongs; and r-controlled syllables.

Focus TEKS

Reading

1.2(A)(ii) - The student is expected to: (A) demonstrate phonological awareness by (ii) recognizing alliteration or groups of words that begin with the same spoken onset or initial sound

1.9(B) - The student is expected to: (B) discuss rhyme, rhythm, repetition, and alliteration in a variety of poems.

1.10(D) - The student is expected to: (D) discuss how the author uses words that help the reader visualize.

Writing

1.12(A) - The student is expected to: (A) dictate or compose literary texts, including personal narratives and poetry.

Ongoing TEKS

Student Learning Targets:

• I will locate sensory details in my text.
• I will alphabetize my words to the second letter.
• I will use a dictionary to find words.
• I will write a poem.

Essential Questions:

• Why do authors use sensory details in text?
• Why do we put words in ABC order?
• Why do we read and write poems?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: Texas Treasures, McMillian / McGraw-Hill

District Grading Policy

Fry Sight Word List

Texas Gateway Online Resource Center