Poem of the week :I'm A Little Fish
1st grade reading series : Unit 1week2
*Phoneme isolation of short/a/ sound
*Discuss vowels vs. consonants
Word family: -review previous taught
ou /ow/ sound (out, shout, etc.)REVIEW BLENDS: sl, tr, bl, th
*Retelling events in order
*blending with short vowel sounds
*Word sorting with it, in, is and other previous taught word families
*Practicing listening comprehension skills
*Discuss pronouns are words that can take place of naming words
*Distinguish between fact and fantasy
* Identify rhyme pattern of a story
*Discuss informational text
*Discuss words that compare
*Access prior knowledge through picture walks
*Identify sequence words
Oral Grammar: discuss sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a punctuation.
*Identify setting of a story as well as the story structure (beg,middle,end)
*Discuss genre: nonfiction & fiction
*Story/picture predictions
*Vocabulary
*Recalling events/details in sequential order
*Discuss fables
*Concepts of Print (. ? ! " " and their functions)
*Discuss title and author, title page, reading left to right, etc.
*Character, plot, setting, Main Idea
* Letter Recognition/Phonemic Awareness:
*High frequency words: REVIEW ALL PREVIOUS TAUGHT WORDS
REVIEW: I, can, we, the, like, a, for, see, go, have, to, is, my, play, are, this, do, you, and, what, little, said, here, was, he , she, has, look, my, what
* Letter of the week: REVIEW VOWELS VS. CONSONANTS
*Word family-REVIEW PREVIOUS TAUGHT
REVIEW: it, in (sit, lit, bit, sin, bin, tin, etc.), an, am, it, op ut -ug
Blends/Digraphs: fr (freezing, frank, frog) tr (tree, trunk, trick, etc.) sl (slap, slip, etc)
Continue review with -th (THursday, THis,etc.) -ch (change, chick, etc.) and -sh (as in SHirt,SHock, etc) br (branch, brick, etc.)
We will be learning:
This week we will be learning:
CONTINUE:
*****CHOOSING A MAIN IDEA TO WRITE ABOUT (WHICH IS CALLED OUR FOCUS STATEMENT) AND SUPPORTING DETAILS TO SUPPORT OUR FOCUS STATEMENT.
* Writing in sequential order using the words first, next, then, last
*Writing in letter form (with Dear, From, )
*Writing clues to help solve riddles
*Writing using adjectives to help your nouns come alive
*Zooming in on one event
*Adding more details to your stories
*Using sight words that you already know in your writing
*Using adjectives in your writing
*Using finger spelling to tap out words
*Spacing words apart by using 2 fingers
*Discuss the difference between the words I , and a vs. the letters i and a
*Discuss/Model writing 3 parts of a story (beginning=first middle=next ending=last)
*Writing for others to read-Using purposeful endings
*Capitalizing the word "I"
* Making writing readable-looking at pictures in a book to figure out the text you do not know
*Using sight words from the word wall in your writing
*Adding "Feelings" to our writing*Steps to writing (brainstorming ideas, sketching a picture, labeling)
* Using details in your sketch to emphasize your story
* Using the word wall and ABC card to help label your story.
*Adding sentences to our journals
*How to edit our journal entries
*Punctuation
*Using two fingers to space apart our words
* Choosing a piece to edit, and having an author celebration to share our piece of work.
* Choosing a focus statement, and three main ideas to help support the focus statement.