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Unit 4
1st Grade
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Explain how the train helps bring Helen and Gong Gong together and what lesson we can learn from them.
Book: Grandfather Counts by Deborah J Short
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How did the trains help bring Helen and Gong Gong together? What lesson can we learn from this story?
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Questions about the text that will help guide the students understanding
What happens when Gong Gong and the narrator try to communicate? Why?
How did the family prepare for Gong Gong’s arrival? Did they all feel the same way about his arrival?
What was Gong Gong like when he first arrived? Why?
What happens when Gong Gong and Helen watch the train together? How does it make them feel?
How has Gong Gong changed? What do you think caused the change?
How do Gong Gong and Helen show that they love and care about each other?
Literary terms, text-based vocabulary, idioms and word parts to be taught with the text
communicate
v.
to share information, often by speaking or writing
nonverbal
adj.
not involving or using words or speech
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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.
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.
RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
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.
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Standards
RL.1.2RL.1.3
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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.
Explain what CJ learns from his Nana and how he learns it.
RL.1.2RL.1.3SL.1.1SL.1.2
Explain why Freedom Soup was important to Belle and Ti Gran.
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.
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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