ELA - First Grade Monday, May 11 – Friday, May 15 PURPOSE Learning Standards: Reading: I can describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details. (RL.1.3) Writing: I can write an opinion piece in which I introduce the topic, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure. (W.1.1) Foundational Skills: I can read and spell words that have oo in them. (RF.1.3) Foundational Skills: I can read and spell grade appropriate words. (RF.1.3) WATCH Monday: Watch Story Elements Powerpoint (PDF Version) Watch this video to learn about the sound that oo makes in words Short oo and Long oo Tuesday: Read The Cowgirl Who Cried Coyote, focusing on details that describe the main character. (Mute the sound if you can read this book by yourself.) Wednesday: Reread The Cowgirl Who Cried Coyote, paying attention to the setting of the story. Thursday: Reread The Cowgirl Who Cried Coyote, paying attention to the order of events in the story. Friday: Read Could a Tiger Be a Pet? (Mute the sound if you can read this by yourself.) Could a Tiger Be a Pet? (Screen-Free Version) See Product for activity. PRACTICE Monday: Practice included in Monday’s Powerpoint. See Tricky Word List Word Sort-Sort /oo/ words (this activity can be done all week) Tuesday:
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ELA - First Grade Monday, May 11 – Friday, May 15
PURPOSE Learning Standards:
Reading: I can describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details. (RL.1.3)
Writing: I can write an opinion piece in which I introduce the topic, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure. (W.1.1)
Foundational Skills: I can read and spell words that have oo in them. (RF.1.3) Foundational Skills: I can read and spell grade appropriate words. (RF.1.3)
WATCH
Monday:
Watch Story Elements Powerpoint (PDF Version) Watch this video to learn about the sound that oo makes in words Short oo
and Long oo
Tuesday: Read The Cowgirl Who Cried Coyote, focusing on details that describe
the main character. (Mute the sound if you can read this book by yourself.)
Wednesday: Reread The Cowgirl Who Cried Coyote, paying attention to the setting
of the story.
Thursday: Reread The Cowgirl Who Cried Coyote, paying attention to the order of
events in the story.
Friday: Read Could a Tiger Be a Pet? (Mute the sound if you can read this by yourself.) Could a Tiger Be a Pet? (Screen-Free Version) See Product for activity.
PRACTICE
Monday:
Practice included in Monday’s Powerpoint.
See Tricky Word List
Word Sort-Sort /oo/ words (this activity can be done all week)
Remember characters are who the story is about. We will look for key details the writer used
that tell us about the main character. We learn details about characters by what they say, how
they act, and what they look like. We look for character details in the pictures and words.
Complete a Character Web. Think about the main character. Look for describing words or
phrases in the story to add to the web. (Possible answers: cowgirl, bored, had a job, planned
a trick, cried for help, sad, learned a lesson).
Complete one choice board activity.
Read this story and look and listen for the oo sound. To the Moon
As you read any book, find words that have the oo sound in them. (Screen Free Activity)
Wednesday:
The setting is when and where the story takes place. Fill out the setting web using words and
picture clues from your story. Write the word “setting” in the center circle. Write any other
settings or details about the setting in the other circles on the web. (Possible answers: ranch,
outside, near a creek, cornfield).
Complete one choice board activity.
Building Words: See how many words you can make out of these letters (a, o, o, b, l, l, n, s). Highlight the vowels. Remember every word must have a vowel. Challenge: All of the letters make a mystery word. Can you figure it out? (answer: balloons) (Screen Free Activity)
Thursday:
Readers can use key details to retell a story. Complete the story sequence chart of events by
writing a sentence about the beginning, middle, and end of the story, The Cowgirl Who Cried
Coyote. Draw your favorite event. (Possible answers: The cowgirl’s job was to keep the
sheep safe. She was very bored so she tricked the workers more than once by saying a
coyote was after the sheep. They didn’t believe her when there was a real coyote and she
was sad that she lost all of her sheep.)
Complete one choice board activity.
Friday: Work on the Product: Opinion Writing Prompt
DISCUSS
Monday: What sound does oo make in these words: moon, book?
Thursday: Have an adult call out the following words. Finger spell and write these words: school, woodpecker, bloom. Discuss why they choose the letters they did to spell the words. (Screen Free Activity)
PRODUCT
Friday:
After reading Could a Tiger Be My Pet, answer this writing prompt:
In your opinion, which animal in Could a Tiger Be My Pet do you think the narrator gave the
best reason for not having as a pet? Explain your opinion.
Use the Opinion Organizer to plan your writing. Revise and edit your writing and then write a
final copy on a clean sheet of paper. Watch for spelling, letter spacing, capital letters at the
beginning of sentences and ending marks at the end of sentences. Share with a family
member.
Screen Free Activities for the week of May 11
Tricky Words
Read through the list to find 5 words your child knows how to read and spell and 5 words s/he doesn’t know how to read and spell. Make flashcards of these words to use throughout the week.