3. Student Learning Map

  • Topic:03: Literary Forms
  • Subject(s):English Language Arts
  • Days:29
  • Grade(s):1
Key Learning:

Readers and writers use their knowledge of text and forms to understand what they read and to communicate that understanding.

Unit Essential Question(s):
 
 

How do I use what I know to understand and tell what I have learned?

   
Concept:

Phonemic Awareness (PA - Listening)/Phonics (P - Print)

Concept:

Fluency

Concept:

Vocabulary

Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do word patterns help me read words? (P)

(ET)

How do some stories and poems use sound to have fun with language? (PA & P)

(ET)
Lesson Essential Question(s):

Concept:

Listening Comprehension

Concept:

Reading Comprehension

Concept:

Grammar/Writing

Lesson Essential Question(s):

Which direction do I write in?

(A)

How does an author make his first draft better?

(A)

How do I use punctuation and capitalization?

(A)

How do I choose verbs that go with nouns to write a complete sentence?

(A)

How do I space my letters, words, and sentences?

(A)

What is a telling sentence and what is an asking sentence?

(A)

When do I use a period and when do I use a question mark?

(A)
Additional Information:

Polk County Schools

Curriculum Map/Monthly Focus Calendar

Reading Comprehension Skill Sequence

October: Main Idea

November: Text Elements

(literary elements, text features, plot, etc.)

Embedded throughout the year:

*Reference and Research

*Vocabulary

*Summarizing

Harcourt Trophies

  • Week 7, October 5 - 9, 2009, Guess Who: Just For Fun - "All That Corn" by Lucy Floyd
  • Week 8, October 12 - 16, 2009, Catch A Dream: It's My Turn Now - "Dan's Pet" by Alma Flor Ada
  • Week 9, October 19 - 22, 2009, Catch A Dream: It's My Turn Now - "Boots For Beth" by Lisa Campbell Ernest
  • Week 10, October 26 - 30, 2009, Catch A Dream: It's My Turn Now - "Space Pup" by Robert Cooker
  • Week 11, November 2 - 6, 2009, Catch A Dream: It's My Turn Now - "Where Do Frogs Come From?" by Alex Varn
  • Week 12, November 9 - 13, 2009, Catch A Dream: It's My Turn Now - "Try Your Best" by Robert McKissack
  • Resources:

    Vocabulary Report

    • text-to-self -

      when something in the text relates to the reader

    • spelling patterns -

      common letter combinations that are repeated

    • prediction -

      a supported guess of what you think will happen

    • sentence -

      a complete thought that has a naming part(noun), a telling part(verb), begins with a capital letter, ends with punctuation, and has subject verb agreement

    • chunking -

      looking at a group of letters in a word to read it, when the reader notices small words in the bigger word

    • text-to-text -

      when something in one text relates to another text

    • identify -

      to pick or choose

    • consonant blends -

      two consonant letters that are combined to form a sound

    • capitalization -

      the use of uppercase letters

    • blending -

      putting the sounds in a word together

    • sight words -

      words used often in text that cannot be blended, words the reader needs to quickly recognize

    • prior knowledge -

      something already experienced or known

    • word order -

      the sequence of words in a sentence

    • fluency -

      the rate(speed), accuracy and expression used while reading

    • text-to-world -

      when something in a text relates to the world

    • question mark -

      punctuation that is used at the end of an asking sentence

    • rhythm -

      when words in a text have a repeated stress, beat, sound, or accent

    • picture clues -

      clues in a picture that help a reader infer or draw conclusions

    • rhyme -

      words that have the same middle and ending sounds

    • context clues -

      a word or words in the text that help the reader infer or draw conclusions

    • telling sentence -

      a sentence that makes a statement

    • character -

      who the story is about

    • punctuation -

      the symbol used at the end of a sentence

    • clue -

      a hint about something

    • setting -

      where and when the story takes place

    • alliteration -

      a repeated sound at the beginning of words (for example, Aunt Alice's alligator)

    • patterns -

      something that repeats over and over

    • problem -

      an event or someone that is hard to deal with; something that needs to be fixed

    • period -

      the end punctuation of a telling sentence

    • poem -

      a type of writing used to share experiences, ideas, and/or emotions, in an imaginitive and vivid way (may be rhyming or free verse)

    • solution -

      how the problem is fixed

    • asking sentence -

      a sentence that asks a question

    • short vowels -

      the sound of a-e-i-o-u that is found in CVC words, the letter sound does not "say it's name"

    • question mark -

      the end punctuation for an asking sentence

    • title -

      the name of the book, poem, story or text

    • segment -

      to break words apart by the sound of each letter or word pattern (phonemes)

    • author -

      the person that writes the story or an article in a newspaper or magazine

    • illustrator -

      the person that draws or creates the pictures

    • genre -

      the kind or type of story

    • fairy tale -

      a make-believe story that may have a magical character or animals that talk

    • fable -

      a story that teaches a lesson or moral

    • folktale -

      a story that has been passed down from generation to generation, it may be specific to a place or culture

    • real -

      when a story could be true and could have really happened

    • make-believe -

      when a story has an element or event that could not have really happened

    • story elements -

      special features that are found in a story such as characters, setting, problem or solution