English Language Arts
1st Grade
1st Grade ELA Course Summary
In 1st Grade English Language Arts, students discover how authors write texts to both entertain and inform readers. Students build social-emotional skills through Being a Good Friend and Love Makes a Family, explore how lessons from traditional stories can be applied to their own lives in Folktales Around the World, learn how animals grow and survive in Amazing Animals, and see how diverse individuals can make the world a more creative place in Inspiring Artists and Musicians. In each unit, students engage in process-based writing projects connected to the core texts that develop their narrative, informational, and opinion writing skills.
Using authentic, engaging read-aloud texts, teachers help students develop their language comprehension and address grade-level reading, writing, language, and speaking and listening standards. Over the course of 1st Grade ELA, students deepen their understanding of the world around them through thematically-aligned, knowledge-building units, embedded daily writing instruction, and frequent opportunities for in-class discussion.
1st Grade Scope and Sequence
Unit 1
1 option
Unit 1
19 Days
Being a Good Friend
Students read texts focused on what it means to be a good friend and examine key details about characters through discussion and writing, helping to facilitate building friendships in the classroom.
Unit 2
1 option
Unit 2
27 Days
Folktales Around the World
Students use the text and illustrations of fables and folktales to analyze setting, characters, and key details, allowing them to connect traditional stories to their own lives.
Unit 3
1 option
Unit 3
30 Days
Amazing Animals
In this unit, students begin their exploration of animals and animal adaptations by reading a collection of nonfiction texts.
Unit 4
2 options
Unit 4
Option A
36 Days
Love Makes a Family
In this unit, students learn that families come in all different shapes and sizes, and that no matter what a family looks like, all families love and care for one another, by reading fiction books on various types of families.
Unit 4
Option B
34 Days
The Power of Reading
Students revel in the joy of reading, including how learning to read can transform a life. Then, students study how rules about reading were unfair in the past and how people worked to create more fairness. Finally, students learn a variety of ways people create more opportunities to learn from books.
Unit 5
1 option
Unit 5
36 Days
Inspiring Artists and Musicians
In this inspirational biography unit, students read and learn about a diverse assortment of artists, musicians, and dancers, while focusing on identifying evidence from texts and illustrations.
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