Grade 1 English Language Arts

Description:

In alignment with the Missouri Learning Standards, the Saint Joseph School District First Grade English Language Arts course will provide students with a solid foundation in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Students will build upon the foundational skills taught in kindergarten. In addition, students will obtain a fundamental understanding of skills and strategies needed for reading a broad range of high-quality increasingly challenging literary and informational texts in all content areas. Students will also gain experience in effectively writing a variety of text types, emphasizing narrative, informative, and opinion with research embedded throughout all genres. Technology and digital media will play an integral role in this course. This course requires a basic understanding of grammar and language rules as well as an ability to communicate through writing, speaking, and listening. The students must be able to determine or clarify the meaning of words encountered through listening, reading, and media use. Students will expand their vocabulary in the course of studying content.

Content Area: English Language Arts

Grades(s): 1st Grade

Course Number: E1101/E1201

Duration: Yearlong

Course Type: Required

NCAA Approval: NA

Course Attachments

SJSD 1st Grade ELA Curriculum Map

1st Grade MLS

1st Grade MLS Item Specifications

1st Grade MLS with Examples

ELA Glossary of Terms

Missouri LEAP Blocks

Unit 1:

Reading Writing

Foundations

Unit 1 Topics

Unit 1 Reading Topic I

Reading

Topic I: Routine for Learning New Words, Independent Reading Behaviors, Classroom Speaking Expectations, Asking and Answering Questions

Unit 1 Writing Topic I 1st grade

Writing

Topic I: Writing a Sentence, The Writing Process, Writing for Appropriate Audience

Unit 1 Foundations Topic I (1st grade)

Reading Foundations

Topic I: Letter sound review, Short vowel review, Closed syllables

Unit 1 Online Resources

Unit 2:

Reading Writing

Foundations

Unit 2 Topics

Unit 2 Reading Topic I

Reading

Topic I: Fiction vs Nonfiction, Story Elements, Seeking clarification

Unit 2 Writing Topic I

Writing

Topic I: Describing characters (self) with sensory details,Capitalizing names,Use a, An, and the. Leaving spaces between words and sentences, and lines when writing a draft

Unit 2 Reading Foundations Topic I

Reading Foundations

Topic I:Syllables and Vowels

Unit 2 Online Resources

Unit 3:

Reading Writing

Foundations

Unit 3 Topics

Unit 3 Reading Topic I

Reading

Topic I: Nonfiction Text Features, Main Ideas and Supporting Details, Drawing Conclusions

Unit 3 Writing Topic I

Writing

Topic I: Verb Tense,

Informative/Explanatory Text, Inflectional Endings (s, ed, ing)

Unit 3 Reading Foundations Topic I

Reading Foundations

Topic I: Blends, Digraphs, FLSZ Rule, Nasal Blends at the End, Three Sounds -ed Can Make, Base Words and Inflectional Endings

Unit 3 Online Resources

Unit 4:

Reading Writing

Foundations

Unit 4 Topics

Unit 4 Reading Topic I

Reading

Topic I: Comparing and Contrasting, Character Development

Unit 4 Writing Topic I

Writing

Topic I: Fact vs. Opinion

Unit 4 Reading Foundations Topic I

Reading Foundations

Topic I: decoding cvce,writing cvce, cvce syllables, no word ends in v or j

Unit 4 Online Resources

Unit 5:

Reading Writing

Foundations

Unit 5 Topics

Unit 5 Reading Topic I

Reading

Topic I: Reading Nonfiction

Unit 5 Writing Topic I

Writing

Topic I: Writing and Sharing a Research Paper

Unit 5 Writing Topic II

Writing

Topic II: Writing and Sharing a Research Paper

Unit 5 Reading Foundations Topic I

Reading Foundations

Topic I: Decoding R-Controlled Vowels and Spelling or and ar Words

Unit 5 Online Resources

Unit 6:

Reading Writing

Foundations

Unit 6 Topics

Unit 6 Reading Topic I

Reading

Topic I: Story Elements

Unit 6 Writing Topic I

Writing

Topic I: Fictional Narrative (story)

Unit 6 Reading Foundations Topic I

Reading Foundations

Topic I: Vowel Teams

Unit 6 Online Resources

Unit 7:

Reading Writing

Foundations

Unit 7 Topics

Unit 7 Reading Topic I

Reading

Topic I: Reading Poems and Plays

Unit 7 Writing Topic I

Writing

Topic I: Writing Poems

Unit 7 Reading Foundations Topic I

Reading Foundations

Topic I: Jobs of Y, Regular 2-Syllable Words with Open, Closed, y and er

Unit 7 Online Resources

Unit 8:

Reading Writing

Foundations

Unit 8 Topics

Unit 8 Reading Topic I

Reading

Topic I: Nonfiction text structures

Unit 8 Writing Topic I

Writing

Topic I:Writing to Explain

Unit 8 Reading Foundations Topic I

Reading Foundations

Topic I: Reading contractions, compound words and multi-syllable words.

Unit 8 Online Resources

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Grade 1 English Language Arts

Description:

Course Attachments

Unit 1:

Unit 1 Topics

Unit 1 Online Resources

Unit 2:

Unit 2 Topics

Unit 2 Online Resources

Unit 3:

Unit 3 Topics

Unit 3 Online Resources

Unit 4:

Unit 4 Topics

Unit 4 Online Resources

Unit 5:

Unit 5 Topics

Unit 5 Online Resources

Unit 6:

Unit 6 Topics

Unit 6 Online Resources

Unit 7:

Unit 7 Topics

Unit 7 Online Resources

Unit 8:

Unit 8 Topics

Unit 8 Online Resources

SJSD Content Areas