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📖 ELA1st Grade

1st Grade ELA: the year at a glance

11 units · 57 lessons · based on Common Core State Standards for ELA, Grade 1 — typical US scope & sequence (literacy block). Every unit ends with a review & assessment day.

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Unit 1: Short vowels & reading routines RF.1.3b

Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words with short vowels · Read with a partner and talk about books

  1. Short a and short iRF.1.3b
  2. Short o and short uRF.1.3b
  3. Short e and all short vowelsRF.1.3b
  4. Reading with a partnerSL.1.1
  5. Choosing a just-right bookRF.1.4
  6. Review & assessment

Unit 2: Digraphs & blends RF.1.3a

Know sh, ch, th, wh, ck and ng · Read words with beginning and ending blends

  1. sh and chRF.1.3a
  2. th, wh and ckRF.1.3a
  3. Beginning blendsRF.1.3
  4. Ending blendsRF.1.3
  5. -ng and -nkRF.1.3
  6. Digraph and blend reviewRF.1.3
  7. Review & assessment

Unit 3: Key details & retelling stories RL.1.2

Ask and answer questions about key details · Retell stories including key details and the central message

  1. Ask questions while readingRL.1.1
  2. Key detailsRL.1.1
  3. Retelling in orderRL.1.2
  4. Central messageRL.1.2
  5. Reading a passage closelyRL.1.1
  6. Review & assessment

Unit 4: Long vowels with silent e RF.1.3c

Know the final -e convention for long vowel sounds · Read and spell CVCe words

  1. Magic e with aRF.1.3c
  2. i_e and o_eRF.1.3c
  3. u_e and e_eRF.1.3c
  4. Short or long?RF.1.3c
  5. Silent e reviewRF.1.3c
  6. Review & assessment

Unit 5: Characters, setting & feelings RL.1.3

Describe characters, settings and major events using key details · Find words that suggest feelings

  1. Describing charactersRL.1.3
  2. Feeling wordsRL.1.4
  3. SettingRL.1.3
  4. Who is telling the story?RL.1.6
  5. Compare charactersRL.1.9
  6. Review & assessment

Unit 6: Informational text: topic & text features RI.1.2

Identify the main topic and retell key details · Use text features to find facts · Tell information from pictures versus words

  1. Main topic and detailsRI.1.2
  2. Text featuresRI.1.5
  3. Pictures and wordsRI.1.6
  4. ConnectionsRI.1.3
  5. Two texts, one topicRI.1.9
  6. Review & assessment

Unit 7: Vowel teams & r-controlled vowels RF.1.3c

Read common vowel teams (ai, ay, ee, ea, oa, ow) · Read r-controlled vowels (ar, or, er, ir, ur)

  1. ai and ayRF.1.3c
  2. ee and eaRF.1.3c
  3. oa, ow and ighRF.1.3c
  4. Bossy r: ar and orRF.1.3
  5. er, ir, urRF.1.3
  6. Vowel review gamesRF.1.3
  7. Review & assessment

Unit 8: Sentences & grammar L.1.1

Write complete sentences with capitals and end punctuation · Use nouns, verbs, adjectives and conjunctions

  1. Complete sentencesL.1.1j
  2. NounsL.1.1b
  3. Verbs and tenseL.1.1e
  4. AdjectivesL.1.1f
  5. Joining words: and, but, or, soL.1.1g
  6. PunctuationL.1.2b
  7. Review & assessment

Unit 9: Opinion writing W.1.1

Introduce a topic, state an opinion, give a reason and a closing

  1. Opinions everywhereW.1.1
  2. Planning an opinion pieceW.1.1
  3. Writing reasonsW.1.1
  4. Closing sentenceW.1.1
  5. Share and celebrateW.1.5
  6. Review & assessment

Unit 10: Informative writing: How-to & All About W.1.2

Name a topic, supply facts and provide closure

  1. How-to writingW.1.2
  2. Research a topicW.1.7
  3. Writing factsW.1.2
  4. PublishingW.1.6
  5. Review & assessment

Unit 11: Narrative writing & fluency W.1.3

Write two or more sequenced events with details and temporal words · Read grade-level text with accuracy and expression

  1. Small moment storiesW.1.3
  2. Details and feelingsW.1.3
  3. Two-syllable wordsRF.1.3e
  4. Reading with expressionRF.1.4b
  5. Year-end celebrationSL.1.4
  6. Review & assessment

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