Grade Level:
1st grade
Subject:
Reading, Language, Writing and Grammar
Unit Calendar:
September 16-20, 2013
Big Ideas:
What an adjective is and using it properly, identifying and defining fantasy and informational texts and the different parts of a story (plot, characters, and setting.)
Essential Questions:
What happens on the train?
Students will Know:
How to describe the parts of a fantasy story, identify and produce adjectives, and discuss the three main parts of a story.
Students will Understand:
How to describe a noun using adjectives, and recall and describe the three different parts of a story. They will also understand the basic parts of a map.
Students will Do:
Students will read the story and be capable of identifying the plot, setting and characters with a Promethean board activity. They will be able to use adjectives to describe the characters while doing a story map and they will be able to explain what makes a fantasy story and give examples in a drawing. They will begin to comprehend the terms north, south, east and west on a map while doing the Around Town worksheet.
Materials/Resources/Websites:
Reading books – Gus Takes the Train (story of the week) and City Zoo (a map.) Promethean board. That is Not a Good Idea by Mo Willems Workbook pages 64-65 Blank paper and crayons “Around Town” map worksheet
Assessments:
Multiple Assessments and Rubrics
Note:
Comprehension assessment – based on Gus Takes the Train
Grade:
First Grade
Standards:
See other paper.
Materials:
Reading books Promethean board/pens That is Not a Good Idea by Mo Willems
Introduce essential question and write it on white board:
What happens on the train?
Picture walk through the story:
Ask questions like – Who is that man? What is he doing? Why would he be doing that? Have students find the word conductor, that man is a conductor.
As a class go through the story and describe the characters:
ex. Orange cat, pink hair, nice girl.
Plot – order of events:
what happens first, second and last. The problems and how they are solved.
Review Words to Know from desk and have students use the words in sentences:
some whole group examples but also share with a partner.
Read Gus Takes the Train:
have girls read first two pages and boys next two and so on till the end.
Review story structure:
Who are the characters? What is the setting? Where does the story take place? What is the plot? What happens first? What happens in the middle? And what happens at the very end?
