1st Grade ELAR Unit 2

Big Idea:

• Reading Comprehension and Strategies: Using background knowledge (Schema) and written text or pictures (text evidence) to help read and understand books.
• Writing and Grammar: Legibly write a story about a life experience.
• Phonics: Correlating sounds (blends) with letters or groups of letters to read and write and create rhymes.

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

Reading

1.7(C) - Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed. The student is expected to: (C) use text evidence to support an appropriate response (show location in text where information is located)

1.6(I) - The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts. The student is expected to: (I) monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, checking for visual cues, and asking questions when understanding breaks down.

Phonics

1.2(A)(i) - The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell. The student is expected to: (A) demonstrate phonological awareness by: (i) producing a series of rhyming words

1.2(A)(v) - The student is expected to: (A) demonstrate phonological awareness by: (v) blending spoken phonemes to form one-syllable words, including initial and/or final consonant blends

Focus TEKS

Reading

1.9(A) - The student is expected to: (A) demonstrate knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of well-known children's literature such as folktales, fables, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes.

Writing

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

1.11(D)(iii) - The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions. The student is expected to: (D) edit drafts using standard English conventions, including: (iii) singular, plural, common, and proper nouns

1.3(A) - The student is expected to: (A) use a resource such as a picture dictionary or digital resource to find words.

Ongoing TEKS

1.1C (Speak and Write in Complete Sentences), 1.5 (Read-to-self for increased sustained time), 1.11D (viii and ix) (Capitalization and Punctuation), 1.2F (Develop handwriting), 2.B(vi) (HFW), 1.4 (Fluency)

Learning Targets:

• I will use text evidence to explain my answer.
• I will write one or more sentences about something that happened to me.
• I will orally share a short story about something that happened to me.
• I will identify rhyming words.
• I will produce rhyming words.

Student Essential Questions:

• Why is it important to use text evidence when giving a response?
• Why do we re-read a text?
• Why do your past experiences help you better understand a new text?
• Why is it important to think about what you already know before you read a new book?
• Why is it important to share our life experiences with each other?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: Texas Treasures, McMillian / McGraw-Hill

District Grading Policy

Fry Sight Word List

Texas Gateway Online Resource Center