1st GradeBenchmark Advance

At a GlanceComponents Inc luded: Phon ics Sk i l ls , Spe l l ing Words,

H igh Frequency Words, Decodables , Shared Read ings , Mentor Read Aloud/B ig Book, Concepts of Pr int , Phono log ica l

Awareness, F luency/Phras ing , Un i t Essent ia l Quest ion , Wr i t ing , Language, ELD Components , and Smal l Group Readers

Unit

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Phonic Skills Spelling WordsHigh-

FrequencyWords

Decodable ReadersShared Reading

(2 per week)Mentor Read Aloud (2 per week)

or Extended Read (2 per week)

Unit 1: Being a Good Community

Member

1 Short aFinal s /z/

back, cap, had, has, pack, pans, ran, sack,

see, she

and, go see, she, the

Mr. Dan Has a Plan,We Can Clean Up!

1:“Katie’s Crop” p.22:”Kind Hearts Are Gardens” p.3

1:“Hello Community Garden!” p.4-5

2:“Safe to Go!” p. 6-7

2 Short i; Plural nouns

big, fit, him, hit, kick, kids, lid, lips, little, you

little, play, with, you

We Can Fix It!,The Big Rip

1:“Save Our Planet” p.42:“What Will Max Do?” p.5

Being a Responsible Citizen

3 Short o; Double Final Consonants

box, cots, doll, hot, jump, lock, mop, one, rock,

tops

for, have, jump, no, one

A Big Job!,A Lot of Socks

1:“Jim Henson” p.62:“The More We Work

Together” p.7

People Who Made Contributions

Unit 2: Many Kindsof Characters 1 Short e are, beg, fed, jet, let,

look, mess, neck, sell, tenare, look, my,

said, twoGet Well, Red Hen!,

Will Red Hen Get Well?1:“A Pet for Meg” p.8

2:“Read to Me” p.9

1:”The Ant and the Grasshopper” p.10–13

2:“Little Red Riding Hood” p.14-17

2 Short u; Inflectional Endings -s

come, cub, cuff, cup, duck, dull, here, nut, rug,

sun

come, here, to, of

Big Bus,The Three Cubs

1:“Nan and Blue” p.102:“The Tortoise and the Hare”

p.11The Princess and the Pea

3 l-Blendsblack, class, clock, flat, glad, plan, plums, put,

slip, what

put, saw, this, want, what

A Sled Club, Glenn and Mr. Cliff

1:”A Smart Hen” p.122:“Chums” p.13

The Gingerbread Man

Unit 3: Why Do Living Things

Change?

1r-Blends:

br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, trSingular Possessives

brim, crab, drip, frog, grass, now, prop, trim,

trip, went

do, now,went, which

Fran Grabs It,Crops, Crops, Crops!

1:“The Amazing Butterfly” p.142:“Caterpillar” p.15

1:“The Amazing Life Cycle of a Frog” 20-23

2:”The Fox and the Robin” p.24-27

2s-Blends:

sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, swContractions with ‘s

out, skim, skip, sled, slip, smell, spin, spot, step,

was

out, them, there, was

Stop! It’s a Frog!,A Snug Cub Grown Up

1:“An Apple Grows” p.162:“Sunflower” p.17

An Oak Tree Has a Life Cycle

3Final Consonant Blends

nd, nk, nt, mp, stInflectional Endings -ed

and, best, good, hand, jump, nest, pink, trunk,

went, who

by, good, them, who

The Best Nest,Let’s Plant Seeds!

1:“A Tree for Sam” p.182:“Welcome, Ducklings!” p.19

The Ugly Duckling

Unit 4: Stories Have a Narrator 1

Consonant Digraphs:th, sh, ng

Inflectional Endings -ing

bath, bring, our, rang, shop, shut, these, thing,

this, wish

could, our, these, were

A Fish Wish,A Cat for Trish

1:“Home Sweet Home” p.202:“Good Neighbors” p.21

1:“The City Mouse and the Country Mouse” p.30-33

2:“A Quiet Camping Trip” p.34-37

2Consonant Digraphs:

ch, tch, whClosed Syllables

catch, check, chop, hurt, lunch, match, much, once, when, whiff

hurt, once, that, upon

Lunch for Patch,Mitch Helps a Frog

1:“A Big Fish?” p.222:“My Mom, the Vet” p.23

Chicken Little

3Three Letter Blends:Scr, spl, spr, squ, str

Plurals (-es)

because, scratch, scrub, split, sprint, squid, squish,

strap, stretch, when

because, from, their,

when

Squid Twins,Splish, Splash!

1:“The Kickball Game” p.242:“I Had a Little Hen” p.25

The Fox and the Little Red Hen

Unit 5: Technology at Work 1 Long a; with final -e

brave, came, game, made, make, plate, right,

skate, start, take

many, right, start, why

Shade Lake,Blake and Shane

1:“Carrier Pigeons” p.262:“Atom’s Day Off” p.27

1:“Robots at Work” p. 40-432:“What a Great Idea!” p.44-47

2 Long o with final –ebone, broke, close, hole, home, how, rode, spoke,

those, under

find, how, over, under

Cole and Rose,What Made This Hole?

1:“A Handy Machine” p.282:“Two Places at Once” p.29

Using Technology at Work

3 Soft c, g;Contractions with not

cent, dance, face, far, gem, page, race, stage,

strange, try

far, give, too, try

Grace and Ace,A Place in Space

1:“Unplug!” p.302:“I Wonder” p.31

Technology Breakdown

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Unit

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Phonic Skills Spelling WordsHigh-

FrequencyWords

Decodable ReadersShared Reading

(2 per week)Mentor Read Aloud (2 per week)

or Extended Read (2 per week)

Unit 6: Stories Teach Many

Lessons

1Long i with Final -e;Vowel Consonant -e

Syllables

after, bike, call, line, mine, nice, ride, slice,

time, white

after, call, her, large

Why Kittens Hide,Grapes on a Vine

1:“Not So Scary” p.22:”The Strongest Things” p.3

1:“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” p.4-72:“The Ant and the Pigeon” p.8-11

2

Long e with Final -eLong u with Final –e

Inflectional Endings (-ed, -ing, dropping final –e)

cube, cute, huge, long, mule, off, Pete, Steve,

these, use

house long, off, small

Pete Mule’s Hat,Zeke and the Mule

1:“Pete Saves the Day” p.42:”Dog and His Bone” p.5 Why Turtle’s Shell Is Cracked

3

Long a Vowel Teams (ai, ay)

Inflectional Endings (-ed, -ing, double final consonant)

live, mail, paint, pay, rain, spray, stay, trail,

way, year

brown, live, work, year

A Snail in May,A Picnic Day

1:“Why Bear Has a Short Tail” p.62:”Jemma Jay” p.7

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears

Unit 7: Past, Present, and Future 1

Long o Vowel Teams and Single Letters

(o, oa, ow, oe)

cold, flows, found, go, hoe, show, soap, toast,

toe, your

always, found, know,

your

Go Slow, Go Fast, Toad and His Boat, Thanks Coach!,

Soap on the Windows

1:“The First Cars” p.82:”Horses to the Rescue” p.9

1:“School Days” p.14-172:“The Story of the White

House” p.18-21

2

Long e vowel Teams and Single Letters

(e, ee, ea, ie)Prefixes un-, re-

brief, each, field, fleas, need, people, seat, we,

wheels, where

all, draw, people, where

Read a USA Time Line, We Need Bees!, Three

Space Bugs, At the Beach

1:“The U.S. in Space” p.102:“But Children Had Fun

Anyway” p.11Using Time Lines

3

Long i Vowel Teams and Single Letters

(i, y, igh)Open Syllables

again, bright, child, country, find, high, pies,

sky, tie, why

again, country,

round, they

High in the Sky, The Light at Night, It Flies!, Fly Asks “Why?”

1:“The Washington Monument” p.12

2:“An Amazing Sight” p.13Memorials and Historic Buildings

Unit 8: Observing the Sky 1 /ar/ (farm);

Compound Words

boy, dark, farm, four, hard, park, part, sharp,

start, yard

boy, city, four, great

Mark Sees the Stars,Wish Upon a Star

1:“A Star Party” p.142:“On Mars” p.15

1:”Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky” p.24-27

2:”A Walk on the Moon” p.28-31

2 /or/ (for, ore)born, change, door,

fork, more, move, short, soar, store, thorn

away, change,

laugh, move

A Night Hunt for Food, An Important Star, The North

Wind and the Sun, Reach for the Moon

1:“It’s a Comet!” p.162:“The Moon’s the North Wind’s

Cookie” p.17Night and Day

3 /ur/ (girl, herb, spur);Vowel –r Syllables

bird, clerk, earth, every, first, hurt, nurse, serve,

shirt, turn

earth, every, near, school

Red Bird Chirps, Thunder and Lightning, Our Turning

Planets, Star Patterns

1:“Shapes in the Clouds” p.182:“The Sun” p.19 The Wind and the Sun

Unit 9: We Use Goods and Services

1/ou/ (house, clown);

Comparative Inflectional Endings –er, -est

before, brown, count, done, down, frown, how,

loud, round, sprout

about, before,

done, even

In Our Town,Round Town

1:“Almond Milk” p.202:“A Farmer’s Boy” p.21

1:“From Dairy Farm to You” p.34-372:“The Most Important Service”

p.38-41

2 /oi/ (join, boy);Suffix –ly

boy, buy, coin, join, joy, moist, point, spoil, toy,

walk

buy, only, through, walk

Roy Makes a Choice,Earthworms Toil

1:“Animal Dentists” p.222:“Double Trouble” p.23

In My Opinion…Goods and Services Are Important

3 /oo/, /oo/ (broom, book)Vowel Team Syllables

another, bloom, does, good, hook, shook,

smooth, soon, tooth, wood

another, does, some,

wash

A Room for Moose,The Life of Brooms

1:“Field Trip Funds” p.242:“A New Kind of Eggs” p.25 The Shoemaker and the Elves

Unit 10: Exploring Sound and Light 1 Silent Letters (wr, kn, gn)

gnat, knight, knob, know, sign, wrap, wrist, wrong

better, carry, learn, very

Know About StormsKnow and Grow

1:“Dogs Help the Deaf” p.262:“I Know All the Sounds That

Animals Make” p.27

1:“Sounds I Love!” p.44-452:“Shadow Puppets” p.46-47

2 /o/ (aw, au, al, augh)Suffixes (ful, less)

caught, chalk, draw, father, fault, launch,

never, small, taught, yawn

below, father, mother, never

Paul Takes a Walk, Do You Caw, Too?, The Shell That

Crawled, A Walk in the Woods

1:“Rainbow” p.282:“My Homemade Band” p.29 I Hear With My Ears

3 Long e (y, ey)Consonant –le Syllable

blue, chimney, easy, eight, hockey, lucky, penny, turkey, valley, windy

answer, any, blue, eight

City Lights,City Sounds

1:“Day or Night?” p.302:“My Shadow” p.31 The Light Around Us ©M

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Unit Week Concepts of Print Phonological Awareness Fluency/Phrasing

Unit 1:

Being a Good CommunityMember

1 Period Recognize and Produce Rhyme, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Segmentation, Phoneme Substitution Rate: Pacing

2 Message Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Segmentation, Phoneme Addition Accuracy: Self Correct

3Match Spoken Word to

Written WordRecognize and Produce Rhyme, Phoneme Blending,

Phoneme Substitution, Phoneme Segmentation Prosody: Expression

Unit 2:

Many Kinds of

Characters

1 Directionality Recognize and Produce Rhyme, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Substitution, Phoneme Segmentation Rate: Pausing

2 Directionality Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Substitution, Phoneme Segmentation Accuracy: Use Context

3 Return Sweep Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme Blending, Recognize and Produce Rhyme, Phoneme Substitution Prosody: Pitch

Unit 3:

Why Do Living Things

Change?

1 First Word Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Substitution, Phoneme Segmentation Rate: Pausing

2First Word &Capitalization

Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Substitution, Phoneme Segmentation Accuracy: Rereading

3First Word ofA Sentence

Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme Blending, Recognize and Produce Rhyme, Phoneme Substitution Prosody: Intonation

Unit 4:

Stories Have a Narrator

1End Punctuation of a

SentencePhoneme Identity, Phoneme Blending,

Phoneme Substitution, Phoneme Segmentation Rate: Pacing

2First Word ofA Sentence

Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Addition, Phoneme Segmentation Accuracy: Self-Correct

3Exclamation Point &

Question MarkPhoneme Isolation, Phoneme Blending,

Phoneme Substitution, Phoneme Segmentation Prosody: Phrasing

Unit 5:

Technology at

Work

1 Ending Punctuation Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Substitution, Phoneme Isolation Rate: Pausing

2 End Punctuation Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Substitution, Phoneme Isolation Accuracy: Use Context

3 n/a Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Substitution, Phoneme Segmentation Prosody: Expression

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Unit Week Concepts of Print Phonological Awareness Fluency/Phrasing

Unit 6:

Technology At

Work

1 Question Mark Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Substitution, Phoneme Isolation Rate: Pacing

2 n/a Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Substitution, Phoneme Isolation Accuracy: Rereading

3 Quotation Marks Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Substitution, Phoneme Segmentation Prosody: Inflection

Unit 7:

Past, Present,

and Future

1 Exclamation Mark Phoneme Isolation, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme Substitution Rate: Pausing

2 Abbreviations Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Segmentation, Phoneme Substitution Accuracy: Self-Monitoring

3 Big Numbers Phoneme Isolation, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Segmentation, Phoneme Substitution Prosody: Pitch

Unit 8:

ObservingThe Sky

1 Quotation Marks Phoneme Identity, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Substitution, Phoneme Segmentation Rate: Pacing

2 n/a Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Substitution, Phoneme Segmentation Accuracy: Self-Monitoring

3 Quotation Marks Phoneme Identity, Phoneme Blending,Phoneme Substitution, Phoneme Segmentation Prosody: Phrasing

Unit 9:

We UseGoods and Services

1 Comma, Period Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Segmentation, Phoneme Substitution Rate: Pausing

2Exclamation Point, Question Mark

Phoneme Isolation, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme Addition Accuracy: Use Context

3Exclamation Point,

PeriodPhoneme Categorization, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Segmentation, Phoneme Subtraction Prosody: Expression

Unit 10:

ExploringSound

And Light

1 Punctuation Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Segmentation, Phoneme Addition Rate: Phrasing

2End Punctuation, Quotation Marks

Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Segmentation, Phoneme Substitution Accuracy: Self-Correct

3 Capitalization Phoneme Isolation, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme Subtraction Prosody: Intonation

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Benchmark Advance at a Glance – Concept of Print, Phonological Awareness, and Fluency/Phrasing (cont.)

Essential Question Week Writing Build Language

Unit 1:

Why do people get involved

in their communities?

1Write Key Details, Write a Description, Write a Narrative, Write a Description, Write to Compare and Contrast Texts Common and Proper Nouns

2Write a List, Write a Short Story, Write an Opinion,

Write a Rule, Plan and Draft a Response Verb Tenses

3Write a First Person Narrative, Write an Opinion, Write a Play, Write to Compare

and Contrast Main Ideas, Revise and Edit a Response to the Essential Question Common and Proper Nouns

Unit 2:

How do we learn about

people?

1Write Key Details, Write Events in a Sequence, Write a Dialogue,

Write a New Ending, Write an Opinion,Singular and Plural Nouns

With Matching Verbs

2Write Key Ideas, Write Events in a Sequence, Write a Narrative, Plan and Draft a Response Articles and Demonstratives

3Write a Key Event, Write a Description, Write a Narrative,

Write an Opinion, Revise and Edit a Response to the Essential QuestionSingular and Plural Nouns

With Matching VerbsUnit 3:

Why do living things change?

1Write Key Details, Write a Narrative, Write a Description of Characters, Write an Opinion, Write to Compare and Contrast Informational and Narrative Texts Singular and Plural Verbs

2Write Key Details, Write a Narrative, Write an Opinion, Write a

Narrative, Plan and Draft a Response to the Essential Question Indefinite Pronouns

3Write a Key Event, Write a Narrative, Write a Dialogue, Write an

Opinion, Revise and Edit a Response to the Essential QuestionReview Singular and Plural

Nouns and Matching Verbs Unit 4:

How do people create

stories?

1Write Key Details, Write a New Event, Write to Describe Characters,

Write a Narrative, Write an Opinion Use Adjectives

2Write Key Details, Write a Narrative, Write a Description, Write an Opinion

About Characters, Plan and Draft a Response to the Essential QuestionCommas in Dates and in a Series

3Write Key Details, Write a Narrative, Write a Description,

Write an Opinion, Revise and Edit a Response to the Essential Question Use Adjectives

Unit 5:

How can technology make a difference in

our lives?

1Write About Key Details, Write an Opinion, Write a Journal Entry, Write

a Dialogue, Write to Compare and Contrast Real and Imaginary Robots Different Kinds of Sentences

2Write Key Details, Write a Series of Events, Write and E-mail,

Write an Opinion, Plan and Draft a Response to the Essential Question Prepositions

3Write Key Details, Write a Log, Write a Story Event,

Write an Opinion, Revise and Edit a Response to the Essential Question Different Kinds of Sentences

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Essential Question Week Writing Build Language

Unit 6:

What can we learn from a

mistake?

1Write Key Details, Write a Letter, Write About a Key event, Write About the Central Message, Write to Compare and Contrast Central Messages

Produce Simple andCompound Sentences

2Write Key Events, Write a Diary Entry, Write an Opinion,

Write a Narrative, Plan and Draft a Response to the Essential Question Conjunctions

3Write a List of Story Events, Write an Opinion, Write a Narrative,

Write an Opinion, Revise and Edit a Response to the Essential Question Review

Unit 7:

Why is the past

important?

1Write a Key Detail, Write a Narrative, Write Events in a Sequence,

Write a Time Line, Write to Compare and Contrast Texts Possessive Nouns

2Write Key Details, Write a Time Line, Write a Glossary Entry,

Write a Description, Plan and Draft a Response to the Essential QuestionMatch Singular and

Plural Nouns and Verbs

3Write Key Details, Write an Opinion, Write a Narrative, Write to Compare and Contrast Informational Texts, Revise and Edit a Response to the Essential Question Possessive Nouns

Unit 8:

Why do the sun and moon capture our imagination?

1Write Key Details, Write to Describe a Story Event, Write a Description,

Write a Narrative, Write to Compare and Contrast TextsPersonal, Possessive, and

Indefinite Pronouns

2Write Key Ideas, Write a Description, Write Labels,

Write a Journal Entry, Plan and Draft a Response to the Essential QuestionPast and Present

Tense Verbs

3Write Key Events, Write a Letter, Write the Central Message,

Write an Opinion, Revise and Edit a Response to the Essential Question Present Tense Verbs

Unit 9:

Why do people trade

with each other?

1Write Steps in a Process, Write to Compare and Contrast Goods and Services, Write a

Summary, Write an Opinion and Reason, Write to Compare and Contrast Texts

Expand Simple Declaratives, Interrogative, Imperative,

and Exclamatory Sentences

2Write Key Ideas, Write Reasons, Write an Opinion, Write a

Thank You Letter, Plan and Draft a Response to the Essential Question Use Adjectives

3Write Key Events, Write a Narrative (2x) , Write to Compare and

Contrast, Revise and Edit a Response to the Essential Question Review

Unit 10: How would our

lives be different

without sound and light?

1Write Key Details, Write an Opinion about Sounds, Write Key Details,

Write a Short Play, Write an OpinionExpand Compound Declaratives,

Interrogative, Imperative, and Exclamatory Sentences

2Write Key Details, Write a Short Story, Write a Description,

Write an Opinion, Plan and Draft a Response to the Essential Question Use Conjunctions

3Write Key Details, Write a Glossary Entry, Write a Narrative,

Write an Opinion, Revise and Edit a Response to the Essential Question Review

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Knowledge Strand W

eek ELD Components Small Group Readers

Language Objectives Content Objectives Leveled Readers Reader’s Theatre

Unit

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Gov

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1 • Use categories• Use verbs• Use question marks• Use proper nouns• Use cause-and-

effect signal words

• Build vocabulary related to community roles and responsibilities

• Understand the different ways people participate in their communities

Helping Friends (90L C/4), Working Together (BR C/3),Leaders Can Help (BR D/5), Vote! (120L D/6),

The School Day (230L D/5), Our Families Help (160L C/4), Helping Animals (110L E/8),

Doing Jobs Together (200L E/8), Rules at School (BR E/7), Remember the Rules! (60L E/7),

We Have Rules (290L F/9), Rules (420L F/10)

Humpty Dumpty’s Fall

The Earth Day Garden

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Unit

2:

Cha

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er 1 • Use noun and verb agreement

• Use nouns• Use sound words• Use sequence signal

words• Use comparison words

• Build vocabulary related to literary characters

• Understand how folktales and fairy tales develop characters

Poor Turkey Girl (170L C/4), A Tug of War (220L C/3, Chicken Little (180L D/5), Hansel and Gretel (60L D/5),

Hercules and the Stables (260L D/5), Issun Boshi or One-Inch Boy (150L D/6),

Clean Up! Oue Earth Day Project (70L E/7), Cinderella (110L E/8), The Princess and the Pea (210L E/7),

Neighbors at Play (250L D/6), The Little Red Hen (250L F10), City Mouse and Country Mouse (220L F10)

The Little Girl with the Curl

How the Chipmunk Got Its Stripes

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3

Unit

3:

Life

Sc

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1 • Use verbs• Use noun and verb

agreement• Use prepositions• Use nouns and verbs• Use color words• Use opposites

• Build vocabulary related to plant and animal development

• Understand the life cycle of plants and animals

Johnny Appleseed (120L D/5), Ducklings Grow Up (70L D/5), Every Tree Has a Life Cycle (130L D/6),

A Seed Needs Help (120L D/6), Penguins in Antarctica (400L E/8), Baby Bumblebee (180L E/8), Watch a Frog Grow 350L F/9), A Frog Someday (250L F/9), Little Lion

(390L F/9), How Raven Became Black and Owl Got It’s Spots (260L F/10), How Does a Cactus Grow? (330L G/11),

Watch a Butterfly Grow (340L H/13)

Mary’s Garden: How Does It Grow?

The Tricky Garden

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Poin

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Vie

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1 • Use verbs• Use proper nouns• Use animal sounds• Use rhyming words• Use describing words• Use prepositions

• Build vocabulary related to narration of stories

• Understand the process by which people create stories

The Crowded Hut (280L F/9), Liam’s Library (270L F/9), Mojave Mutt (230L F/10), Albert’s Nest (360L G/11),

Mutt in Michigan (300L G/11), A New Friend (380L G/11), The Gingerbread Man (450L H/14), How the Camel Got Its Hump (110L D/5), Who Will Bell the Cat? (200L E/8), Tim and Maya in China (140L E/7), The Fourth! Our

Show (140L E/7), Old MacDonald (480L F/10)

Jack and Jill Play on the Hill

Inspector Insector2

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Unit

5:

Tech

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Soci

ety 1 • Use technology words

• Use verb and noun agreement

• Use verbs• Use rhyming words• Use prepositions

• Build vocabulary related to using technology to accomplish tasks

• Understand the ways in which technology affects our lives

Farther and Faster (380L F/9), Build Your Own Library (480L F/9), Ellen Ochoa (520L F/10), What Pushes?

What Pulls? (230L F/10), Technology Today (510L G/12), Jacques Cousteau (560L G/11), Water Works (250L

G/12), Wind (410L G/12), Communication (300L H/13), Make a Sundial (520L H/14), Communication Then and Now (80L E/7), People Who Use Magnets at Work (440L E/8)

Working on the Railroad

Under the Sea With Jacques Cousteau

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Knowledge Strand W

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Language Objectives Content Objectives Leveled Readers Reader’s Theatre

Unit

6:

Them

es1

• Use describing words• Use nouns• Use categories• Use verbs• Use plurals

• Build vocabulary related to the lessons that stories teach

• Understand how mistakes help us learn lessons

A Wolf, a Girl, and Her Grandma (60L E/8), The Wind and the Sun (220L F/9), The Milkmaid and Her Pail (270L F/10),

How Bear Lost Her Tail (290L F/10), The Boy Who Cried Wolf (230L G/11), The Ugly Duckling (200L G/12), The Emperor’s New Clothes (280L G/11), Dog and His Reflection (350L G/12), The Tiger, the Brahmin, and the

Jackal (250L H/14), Why Owl Has Big Eyes and Rabbit Hops (320L H/14), How Elephant Made Peanut Butter (290L

I/15), Why is Hummingbird Tiny? (390L I/15)

The Purple Cow

Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears

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Unit

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Hist

ory

and

Cul

ture

1 • Use education words• Use time words• Use verb tenses• Use proper nouns• Use capital letters• Use noun and verb

agreement

• Build vocabulary related to the past, present, and future

• Understand the value of learning about the past

Then and Now (310L F/10), Famous Landmarks (420L F/10), Growing Older (100L G/11) My Time Box (370L G11), Mathew Henson (640L G/12), The Old Gray Mare (500L G/12), Early American Portrait Artists (620L H/13), Writing About America (400L H/13), Great People Make America Great (540L H/13), A Seat on the Bus (740L

I/15), Clothes Long Ago (420L I/15), A Throne for the King (510L I/16)

London Bridge Has Fallen Down

The Time Capsule2

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1 • Use sky words• Use comparing words• Use opposites • Use nouns• Use verbs• Use rhyming words

• Build vocabulary related to the sky

• Understand what makes the sky and planets capture our imaginations

Summer to Fall (160L F/10), Ready for Fall (250L F/10), Predicting the Weather (330L G/11), The Courageous Sailor (310L G/12), Hurricane Diary (360L G/12), Demeter and Persephone (460L H/13), Storms (550L I/16), Stormy Stuart

(480L I/16), Thunderstorms Are the Best Storms! (470L I/16), The Sun and the Seasons (620L J/18), Star Light, Star Bright (200L H/13), Why the Sky is Far Away (330L J/18)

The Twinkling Stars

Why the Moon Changes in the Night Sky

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s 1• Use sequence signal

words• Use categories • Use noun and verb

agreement• Use punctuation• Use describing words• Use prepositions

• Build vocabulary related to the use of goods and services

• Understand why people trade goods and services with each other

What Are Goods? (250L G/11), Providing Services (400L G/12), Choices, Choices (320L G/12), The Farm Stand Mystery (430L H/14), Shopping with the Nicholas Family

(390L H/13), Dollars and Cents (330L H/14), Peaches All the Time (530L I/16), From Farm to Table (350L I/16),

Using Resources to Build (310L I/16), How I Started a Clothing Drive (280L I/15), Firefighters Need Our Support

(600L J/18), Clothes Then and Now (420L K/20)

Pies for Simple Simon

Johnny Appleseed2

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1 • Use cause and effect signal words

• Use sound words• Use sentence patterns• Use opposites• Use compound nouns

• Build vocabulary related to sound and light

• Understand the ways in which sound and light affect our lives

Light (410L F/10), Heat (480L G/11), Sounds (400L G/12), Around the World With Music (410L H/14),

Life in the City (270L H/13), Our Sun (360L I/16), Carver and Edison Two American Inventors (540L I/15), Electricity Makes the World Better (600L I/15), Looking Into Space (620L I/16), Benjamin Franklin (620L J/18), Oops! Why

Did I Do That? (420L J/18), Color (650L L/24)

Old MacDonald’s Noisy Farm

Thomas Edison Invents the Lightbulb

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