Amazing Animals
ELA
Unit 3
1st Grade
Lesson 24 of 24
These assessments accompany this unit to help gauge student understanding of key unit content and skills.
Content Assessment
The Content Assessment pushes students to synthesize unit content knowledge or unit essential questions in writing. The Content Assessment should be used as the primary assessment because it shows mastery of unit content knowledge and standards. This assessment should take approximately one class period.
Cold Read Assessment
The Cold Read Assessment tests students' ability to comprehend a "cold" or unfamiliar passage and answer standards-based questions. The Cold Read Assessment can be given in addition to the Content Assessment as a pulse point for what students can read and analyze independently, a skill often required for standardized testing. This assessment should take approximately one class period.
Lesson Map
3 days
Write a narrative about an animal using its color to camouflage and survive.
Brainstorm a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end.
- Narrative Writing Brainstorm Graphic Organizer (GK–2)
- Mentor Text (G1, U3, L8)
- Book Template
Standards
W.1.3W.1.5
Draft a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end.
- Mentor Text (G1, U3, L8)
- Book Template
- Narrative Writing Brainstorm Graphic Organizer (GK–2) — from Day 1
Standards
W.1.3W.1.5
Revise compound sentences to remove and replace repetitive words.
- Mentor Text (G1, U3, L8)
- Book Template
Standards
L.1.1.dL.1.1.gL.1.1.jRI.1.3W.1.3W.1.5
3 days
Write an informational report about how an animal group survives.
Brainstorm the main idea and supporting facts about an animal group before writing an informational report.
- Main Idea and Details Graphic Organizer (GK–5)
- Mentor Text (G1, U3, L17)
Standards
L.1.1.fL.1.1.gL.1.1.jW.1.2W.1.5W.1.7W.1.8
Draft an informational report to teach a reader about an animal and how it survives.
- Creature Feature Report Template (G1, U3)
- Main Idea and Details Graphic Organizer (GK–5) — from Day 1
Standards
L.1.1.fL.1.1.gL.1.1.jW.1.2W.1.5W.1.7W.1.8
Revise an informational text by adding text features to tell the reader more information.
- Creature Feature Report Template (G1, U3) — from Day 2
Standards
L.1.1.fL.1.1.gL.1.1.jW.1.2W.1.5W.1.7W.1.8
3 days
Write an informational report about an endangered species.
Brainstorm the main idea and supporting facts about an endangered animal group before writing an informational report.
- Main Idea and Details Graphic Organizer (GK–5)
- Mentor Text (G1, U3, L24)
Standards
L.1.1.fL.1.1.gL.1.1.jW.1.2W.1.5W.1.7W.1.8
Draft an informational report to teach a reader about an endangered animal, the challenges it faces, and a potential solution to its challenges.
- Mentor Text (G1, U3, L24)
- Creature Feature Report Template (G1, U3)
- Main Idea and Details Graphic Organizer (GK–5) — from Day 1
Standards
L.1.1.fL.1.1.gL.1.1.jW.1.2W.1.5W.1.7W.1.8
Revise an informational text by adding text features to tell the reader more information.
- Nonexemplar Text (G1, U3, L24)
- Creature Feature Report Template (G1, U3) — from Day 2
Standards
L.1.1.fL.1.1.gL.1.1.jW.1.2W.1.5W.1.7W.1.8
