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Unit 4
1st Grade
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Explain what CJ learns from his Nana and how he learns it.
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What does CJ learn from his Nana? How does he learn it?
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Describe the setting and the characters.
What does CJ notice? How does it make him feel? How does his nana respond?
How does CJ feel when he sees the two older kids get on the bus? How does Nana respond?
How does the music impact CJ?
Close read the following sentence. “He wondered how his nana always found beautiful where he never even thought to look.” What does this mean?
Literary terms, text-based vocabulary, idioms and word parts to be taught with the text
curiousity
n.
interest in learning or knowing about something
positive
adj.
has a good outlook
accepting
v.
to be welcoming of others and their differences
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RL.1.2 — Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
RL.1.3 — Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
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.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.1.1 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.1.2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
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Explain why Freedom Soup was important to Belle and Ti Gran.
Explain what we can learn from Stella about what it means to be a family.
Standards
RL.1.2RL.1.3
Explain what Marisol learns about herself and what lesson we can learn from her.
RL.1.2RL.1.3RL.1.4RL.1.7
Describe how the family shows that they love and care for one another.
RL.1.2RL.1.3RL.1.4
Explain why the house is important to the family.
Explain why fry bread is important to Native American families.
RL.1.2RL.1.3RL.1.7
2 days
Write a description of your family.
L.1.1.bL.1.1.jL.1.2.bW.1.5
Describe what lesson the author is trying to teach.
Explain what the family does to welcome baby and why it is important.
Write about the advice you would give to a friend who is about to have a new baby sibling.
L.1.1.bL.1.1.hL.1.1.jL.1.2.bRL.1.2SL.1.1SL.1.3W.1.1W.1.5
Explain how Sulwe changes and what causes the change.
Explain what message the author wants the reader to take away from the book.
Explain why Rubina stands up for her sister and what lesson she learns.
Analyze how the family shows that they appreciate Charlie.
3 days
Write a story about two siblings fighting over a toy.
L.1.1.jL.1.2.bW.1.3W.1.5
Analyze how the narrator’s parents show they love and care for her even though they are no longer married.
Analyze how the different family members in the story show that they love and care about each other.
Explain how things change in Grace’s family and how she responds.
Discuss unit Essential Questions.
L.1.6SL.1.1SL.1.2SL.1.3SL.1.6W.1.8
Explain how the narrator’s abuelitos and grandparents are similar.
RL.1.2RL.1.3SL.1.1SL.1.2
Determine what lesson we can learn from Zura and her Nana.
RL.1.3
Explain why Jenna’s family came together to help her solve her problem.
Explain how the train helps bring Helen and Gong Gong together and what lesson we can learn from them.
Explain how Mia’s feelings change from the beginning to the end of the story.
RL.1.2RL.1.3RL.1.9
Explain what differences made it hard for Juno and his grandmother to communicate and how they were able to overcome those differences.
Analyze how Mayumi responds to the changes in her family and explain what we can learn from her.
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4 days
Write a story about a special family memory.
L.1.1L.1.1.cL.1.2L.1.5.dL.1.5.dW.1.3W.1.5
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