1st Grade ELAR Unit 7

Big Idea:

• Reading Comprehension and Strategies: Locating facts and details in nonfiction texts.
• Writing and Grammar: Legibly writing four complete exclamatory sentences with correct punctuation.
• Phonics: Using knowledge of syllables, magic e, and long and short vowels to read and write.

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

Reading

1.4 - Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking -- fluency. The student reads grade-level text with fluency and comprehension. The student is expected to use appropriate fluency (rate, accuracy, and prosody) when reading grade-level text.

1.9(D)(ii) - The student is expected to: (D) recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including: (ii) features and simple graphics to locate or gain information.

1.2(A)iii The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell. The student is expected to: (iii) distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds in one-syllable words

Writing

1.11(D) - 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: (viii) capitalization for the beginning of sentences and the pronoun “I”; (ix) punctuation marks at the end of declarative, exclamatory, and interrogative sentences

Phonics

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

1.10(B) - The student is expected to: (B) discuss how the use of text structure contributes to the author’s purpose.

1.9(D)(i & iii) - The student is expected to: (D) recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including: (i) the central idea and supporting evidence with adult assistance; and (iii) organizational patterns such as chronological order and description with adult assistance.

Ongoing TEKS

Student Learning Targets:

• I will locate details in nonfiction texts (such as graphics and headings).
• I will locate details in nonfiction texts (such as table of contents and glossary/index).
• I will write four complete sentences using periods and an exclamation mark.

Essential Questions:

• Why do nonfiction texts include a table of contents?
• Why do nonfiction texts include headings?
• Why do nonfiction texts including graphics?
• Why do nonfiction texts include a glossary or index?
• How can using phonics help you in reading and writing?
• Why do we use an exclamation mark instead of a period or question mark?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: Texas Treasures, McMillian / McGraw-Hill

District Grading Policy

Fry Sight Word List

Texas Gateway Online Resource Center