Curriculum / ELA / 1st Grade / Unit 1: Being a Good Friend / Lesson 12
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Unit 1
1st Grade
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Retell Each Kindness using key details from the story.
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Retell what happens in Each Kindness.
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Questions about the text that will help guide the students understanding
Who is talking on these pages? How do you know?
What has happened so far?
Now what has happened?
What happened at the end of the story?
Literary terms, text-based vocabulary, idioms and word parts to be taught with the text
kindness
n.
being friendly and generous
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RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.1.6 — Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
RL.1.10 — With prompting and support, read prose and poetry of appropriate complexity for grade 1.
SL.1.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups
SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
SL.1.6 — Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation.
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Explain what Chloe learns and how she learns it by Close Reading a text.
Explain what the author wanted the reader to learn.
Standards
RL.1.1RL.1.10RL.1.10RL.1.3SL.1.1SL.1.2SL.1.6
Describe why Molly Lou Melon acts the way she does.
Describe how you are unique and how that helps strong friendships and teams.
RL.1.1RL.1.10RL.1.3
Describe how Ruby’s feelings changed by asking and answering questions about character feelings.
Make connections to what it means to be a good friend and part of a strong team.
RL.1.1RL.1.10RL.1.3RL.1.6
Explain why the author ends the text by saying “Maybe, just maybe, Brian’s not so invisible after all” by asking and answering questions about character feelings and motivation.
RL.1.1RL.1.3RL.1.6
Describe how the main characters change by asking and answering questions about character motivation.
RL.1.1RL.1.2RL.1.3
Explain what Unhei is worried about and why she is worried.
Describe what lesson Unhei learns.
RL.1.1RL.1.3
Explain what Jamaica and Brianna learn by asking and answering questions about character motivations and feelings.
Describe how the narrator’s relationship with Jeremy Ross changes by asking and answering questions about character feelings.
Describe how Big Al’s relationship with the other fish changes by asking and answering questions about character motivation.
RL.1.1RL.1.2RL.1.3RL.1.6
Explain what Matthew and Tilly realize and why by asking and answering questions about character motivations, feelings, and actions.
RL.1.1RL.1.6
RL.1.2RL.1.3
Discussion & Writing
Write an opinion piece about what makes a good friend.
L.1.1.aSL.1.1SL.1.6W.1.1
Assessment
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Narrative Writing
3 days
Write a narrative about a time you were a good friend.
L.1.1L.1.1.aL.1.1.jL.1.2L.1.6SL.1.1SL.1.6W.1.3W.1.5
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