LANGUAGE ARTS –FIRST GRADE

1- Course Introduction

 Introduction

 Course Description

 Pretest

 Assignment: Pretest

 Required Readings

2- Sight words and Rhyming Words

 Letter Sounds

 Handout: Letter Sounds

 Assignment: Letter Sounds

 Sight Words: Introduction

 Handout: Sight Words Packet

 Assignment: Sight Words: A

 Sight Words: The

 Assignment: Sight Words: The

 Sight Words: And

 Assignment: Sight Words: And

 Sight Words: I

 Assignment: Sight Words: I

 Sight Words: Like

 Handout: What Do I Like? Sight Word Story

 Assignment: Sight Words: Like

 Assignment: What Do I Like

 Rhyming Sounds: At
  Handout: Rhyming Sounds ‘at’

 Assignment: Rhyming Sounds -at-

3- Sight Words and Sentences

 Sight Words: Go

 Assignment: Sight Words: Go

 Sight Words: You

 Assignment: Sight Words: You

 Sight Words: My

 Assignment: Sight Words: My

 Sight Words: Can

 Assignment: Sight Words: Can

 Sight Words: To

 Handout: Where Can You Go? Sight Word Story

 Assignment: Sight Words: To

 Assignment: Where Can You Go?

 Starting Sentences

 Handout: Starting Sentences

 Assignment: Starting Sentences

4- Sight Words and Short Vowel Sounds

 Sight Words: Is

 Assignment: Sight Words: Is

 Sight Words: We

 Assignment: Sight Words: We

 Sight Words: They

 Assignment: Sight Words: They

 Sight Words: House

  Assignment: Sight Words: House

 Sight Words: School

 Handout: Sight Words: School at my House

 Assignment: Sight Words: School

 Assignment: School at my House

 Short Vowel Sounds

 Handout: Short Vowels Story – Meg, Sam, and Tim

 Assignment: Short Vowels

 
5- Sight Words and Long Vowel Sounds

 Sight Word: At

 Assignment: Sight Words: At

 Sight Word: No

 Assignment: Sight Words: No

 Sight Word: Yes

 Assignment: Sight Words: Yes

 Sight Words: I’m

 Handout: No! Bad Goat!

 Assignment: Sight Words: I’m

 Assignment: No! Bad Goat!

 Long Vowel Sounds

 Handout: A Day with Mike and Kate

 Assignment: A Day With Mike and Kate

6- Sight Words and Bossy R

 Capital Letter Review

 Sight Word: Cat

  Assignment: Sight Words: Cat

 Sight Word: Dog

 Assignment: Sight Words: Dog

 Sight Words: She

 Assignment: Sight Words: She

 Sight Words: He

 Assignment: Sight Words: He

 Sight Words: Don’t

 Handout: Sight Words: My Pets

 Assignment: Sight Words: Don’t

 Assignment: My Pets

 Bossy R

 Handout: Gloria Goes for a Drive

 Assignment: Gloria Goes For A Drive

7- Nouns, Good Reading Skills, Poetry

 Vocabulary: Introduction

 Handout: Vocabulary Words 1

 Assignment: Vocabulary Words 1

 Grammar: Nouns

 Quiz: Nouns

 Grammar: Plural Nouns

 Worksheet: Plural Nouns Practice

 Grammar: Proper Nouns and Capital Letters

 Handout: Common and Proper Nouns

 Assignment: Proper and Common Nouns

 Grammar: Names of Days and Months

  Worksheet: Proper Nouns Practice

 Reading Mini Lesson: What Do Good Readers Do

 Reading: Mix a Pancake

 Writing: A Food Poem

 Assignment: A Food Poem

 9- Speaking and Listening: Poem Read Aloud

8- Pronouns, Questions, The Kissing Hand

 Vocabulary Words 2

 Handout: Vocabulary Words 2

 Assignment: Vocabulary Words 2

 Grammar: Pronouns

 Grammar: Personal Pronouns

 Worksheet: Personal Pronouns

 Grammar: Possessive Pronouns

 Worksheet: Possessive Pronouns

 Grammar: Indefinite Pronouns

 Handout: Pronoun Sorting

 Worksheet: Indefinite Pronouns

 Assignment: Pronoun Sorting

 Reading Mini Lesson: Ask and Answer Questions

 Reading: The Kissing Hand

 Handout: Reading Rubric

 Assignment: The Kissing Hand Recording

 Reading: The Kissing Hand Reading Journal

 Handout: The Kissing Hand Reading Journal

 Assignment: The Kissing Hand Reading Journal

  Speaking and Listening: How to be a Good Listener and Speaker

9- Verbs, Retelling, Olivia

 Vocabulary Words 3

 Handout: Vocabulary Words 3

 Assignment: Vocabulary Words 3

 Vocabulary: Shades of Meaning

 Grammar: Verbs

 Handout: Verb Practice

 Assignment: Verbs

 Grammar: Verbs That Show Past Time

 Grammar: Irregular Verbs That Show Past Time

 Worksheet: Past Tense and Irregular Verbs Worksheet

 Grammar: The Verb “Be”

 Handout: The Verb Be

 Assignment: The Verb Be

 Grammar: The Verb “Have”

 Reading Mini Lesson: Retell a Story

 Handout: Retell A Story

 Assignment: Retell A Story

 Reading: Olivia

 Assignment: Olivia’s Recording

 Reading: Olivia’s Reading Journal

 Handout: Olivia’s Reading Journal

 Assignment: Olivia’s Reading Journal

 Writing: Retell A Story

 Handout: Olivia’s Retell

  Assignment: Olivia’s Retell

 Speaking and Listening: Retell a Story

 Worksheet: Favorite Book Retell

10- Describing Words, Narrator, Miss Smith’s Incredible Storybook

 Vocabulary Words 4

 Handout: Vocabulary Words 4

 Assignment: Vocabulary Words 4

 Vocabulary: Shades of Meaning

 Grammar: Describing Words

 Grammar: “When” Words

 Handout: Describing Words

 Assignment: Describing Words

 Worksheet: “When” Words

 Mini Lesson: Who’s Telling the Story?

 Reading: Miss Smith’s Incredible Storybook

 Assignment: Miss Smith’s Incredible Storybook RecordingWriting: Miss Smith’s Incredble Storybook

Journal

 Handout: Miss Smith’s Incredible Storybook Journal

 Assignment: Miss Smith’s Incredibly Storybook Journal

 8- Speaking and Listening: Feelings

11- “Where” Words, Pictures, Little Bear

 Vocabulary Words 5 – Alphabetical Order

 Handout: Vocabulary Words 5

 Assignment: Vocabulary Words 5

 Vocabulary: Sorting Words

  Grammar: “Where” Words

 Worksheet: “Where” Words

 Reading Mini Lesson: Pictures

 Reading: Little Bear

 Assignment: Little Bear Recording

 Reading: Little Bear Journal

 Handout: Little Bear Reading Journal

 Assignment: Little Bear Reading JournalWriting: Little Bear Pictures

 Handout: Little Bear Pictures

 Assignment: Little Bear Pictures

 Speaking and Listening: Little Bear Story

12- Linking Words, 3 W’s, Alexander and…

 Vocabulary Words 6

 Handout: Vocabulary Words 6

 Assignment: Vocabulary Words 6

 Grammar: Linking Words

 Quiz: Linking Words

 Reading Mini Lesson: Who, What, Where

 Reading: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

 Assignment: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Recording

 Writing: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Journal

 Handout: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Journal

 Assignment: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Journal

 Speaking and Listening: Your Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

13- Ending, Abbreviations, Comparisons, Frog and Toad Together

  Vocabulary Words 7

 Handout: Vocabulary Words 7

 Assignment: Vocabulary Words 7

 Vocabulary: Endings

 Worksheet: Endings

 Grammar: Abbreviations

 Quiz: Abbreviations

 Reading Mini Lesson: What’s the Same? What’s Different?

 Reading: Frog and Toad Together

 Assignment: The Frog and Toad Together Recording

 Writing: Frog and Toad Together Reading Journal

 Handout: Frog and Toad Together Journal

 Assignment: Frog and Toad Together JournalMidtest

 Assignment: Midtest

14- Unknown Words, Contractions, Empty Pot

 Vocabulary Words 8

 Handout: Vocabulary Words 8

 Assignment: Vocabulary Words 8

 Vocabulary Mini Lesson: Words You Don’t Know

 Grammar: Contractions

 Handout: Contractions

 Assignment: Contractions

 Reading: The Empty Pot

 Assignment: The Empty Pot Recording

 Writing: The Empty Pot Journal

 Handout: The Empty Pot Journal

  Assignment: The Empty Pot Journal

15- Sentences, Commas, Feelings, Hi! Fly Guy

 Vocabulary Words 9

 Handout: Vocabulary Words 9

 Assignment: Vocabulary Words 9

 Grammar: Sentences

 Handout: Sentences

 Assignment: Sentences

 Grammar: Commas

 Handout: Commas

 Assignment: Commas

 Reading Mini Lesson: Feelings

 Reading: Hi! Fly Guy

 Assignment: Hi! Fly Guy Recording

 Writing: Unusual Pet

 Essay: Unusual PetListening and Speaking: Unusual Pet

16- Sequences, Stories, Cause and Effect, Out of the Ballpark

 Vocabulary Words 10

 Handout: Vocabulary Words 10

 Assignment: Vocabulary Words 10

 Grammar: Sequencing

 Grammar: Parts of a Story

 Worksheet: Parts of a Story

 Grammar: Cause and Effect

 Handout: Cause and Effect

 Assignment: Cause and Effect

  Reading Mini Lesson: A Story in Order

 Reading: Out of the Ballpark

 Assignment: Out of the Ballpark Recording

 Writing: A Story About You!

 Essay: A Story About You!

17- Sentences, Questions, Exclamations, Nonfiction, A Tree is a Plant

 Vocabulary Words 11

 Handout: Vocabulary Words 11

 Assignment: Vocabulary Words 11

 Vocabulary Mini Lesson: Categories

 Grammar: Types of Sentences and Endings

 Grammar: Questions

 Grammar: Question Words

 Grammar: Exclamations!

 Handout: Sentences

 Assignment: SentencesReading: Nonfiction

 Handout: Nonfiction Scavenger Hunt

 Assignment: Nonfiction Scavenger Hunt

 Reading: A Tree is a Plant

 Assignment: A Tree is a Plant Recording

 Writing: Nonfiction

 Speaking and Listening: Nonfiction

18- Connections, Interjections, KWL, A Cool Drink of Water

 Vocabulary Words 12

 Handout: Vocabulary Words 12

  Assignment: Vocabulary Words 12

 Vocabulary: Real Life Connections

 Grammar: Interjection!

 Essay: Interjections!

 Reading and Writing Mini Lesson: KWL Chart

 Handout: KWL Think Aloud

 Assignment: KWL Think Aloud

 Writing: A Cool Drink of Water KWL

 Handout: A Cool Drink of Water KWL

 Reading: A Cool Drink of Water

 Assignment: A Cool Drink of Water Recording

 Assignment: A Cool Drink of Water KWLWriting: From a KWL to a Paragraph

 Handout: What I Know

 Essay: A Cool Drink of Water Paragraph

19- Figurative Language, Comparing Nonfiction, Follow the Water…

 Vocabulary Words 13

 Handout: Vocabulary Words 13

 Assignment: Vocabulary Words 13

 Grammar: Figurative Language

 Handout: Figurative Language

 Assignment: Figurative Language

 Reading: Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean

 Assignment: Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean Recording

 Writing Mini Lesson: Comparing Nonfiction

 Handout: Comparing Nonfiction

 Assignment: Comparing Nonfiction

  Speaking and Listening: Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean

20- Parts of a Sentence, Big Idea, Looking After Myself

 Vocabulary Words 14

 Handout: Vocabulary Words 14

 Assignment: Vocabulary Words 14

 Grammar: Parts of a Sentence

 Handout: Parts of a Sentence

 Assignment: Parts of a Sentence

 Reading Mini Lesson: The Big Idea

 Handout: Big Idea

 Reading and Writing: Looking After Myself

 Handout: Looking After Myself Big Idea

 Assignment: Looking After Myself Recording

 Assignment: Looking After Myself Big Idea

 Speaking and Listening: Looking After Myself Big Idea

21- Sentence Agreement, Key Details, Starfish

 Vocabulary Words 15

 Handout: Vocabulary Words 15

 Assignment: Vocabulary Words 15

 Grammar: Sentence Agreement

 Handout: Sentence Agreement

 Assignment: Sentence Agreement

 Reading Mini Lesson: Key Details

 Writing: Key Details in Starfish KWL

 Handout: Starfish KWL and Paragraph

  Assignment: Starfish KWL and Paragraph.

 Reading: Starfish

 Assignment: Starfish Recording

 Speaking and Listening: Starfish

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22- Whole Sentences, Pictures and Word, Chameleon Chameleon

 Vocabulary Words 16

 Handout: Vocabulary Words 16

 Assignment: Vocabulary Words 16

 Vocabulary Mini Lesson: Break it Down

 Grammar: Complete Sentences

 Quiz: Whole Sentence

 Reading Mini Lesson: Pictures or Words

 Reading: Chameleon, Chameleon

 Assignment: Chameleon, Chameleon Recording

 Writing: Chameleon, Chameleon Pictures and Words

 Handout: Chameleon, Chameleon Pictures and Words

 Assignment: Chameleon, Chameleon Pictures and Words

23- Friendly Letters, From Seed to Pumpkin

 Vocabulary Words 17

 Handout: Vocabulary Words 17

 Assignment: Vocabulary Words 17

 Grammar: Friendly Letters

 Essay: Friendly Letter

 Reading: From Seed to Pumpkin

  Assignment: From Seed to Pumpkin Recording

 Writing: Friendly Letter

 Handout: Friendly Letter Template

 Assignment: Friendly Letter

 Speaking and Listening: From Seed to Pumpkin

24- Paragraphs, Sentence Order, How People Learned to Fly

 Vocabulary Words 18

 Handout: Vocabulary Words 18

 Assignment: Vocabulary Words 18

 Grammar: Paragraph – Staying On Topic

 Grammar: Order of Sentences in Paragraphs

 Handout: Paragraphs

 Assignment: Paragraphs

 Reading: How People Learned to Fly

 Assignment: How People Learned to Fly Recording

 Writing: Learn Something New

 Assignment: Learn Something New

 Speaking and Listening: Read Aloud

 Post-test

 Assignment: Post-test

25- Course Evaluation

 Handout: Course Evalulation

 Assignment: Course Evaluation