1st Grade Lessons 9-13


English Language Arts

Literature

  1. 1.RL.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  2. 1.RL.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
  3. 1.RL.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. 
  4. 1.RL.4 Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

 

Continuation of North Carolina Children's Choice Awards Lessons

Children vote on their favorite of 12 kid-nominated picture books.

Student votes are sent in to be counted at the state level. 

 

Lesson 9

We will...review lesson objectives (defining excellence in literature)

We will...view the NCCBA video on the symbaloo

As we read them we will... discuss examples of literary devices like onomatopoeia or alliteratioin in the stories

I will...read Bear Has a Story to Tell

We will...stretch

We wil...look at Lindsay Ward's webpage.

We will...share what we know about NYC

I will...read When Blue Met Egg

Students will...circulate

 

Lesson 10

We will...review lesson objectives (defining excellence in literature) 

We will watch the bullying clip on the symbaloo

I will...read Each Kindness

We will...talk about bullying.

We will...stretch

I will...read Baby Bear Sees Blue

We will...discuss alliteration, determine the theme (or pattern) and make predictions as we read

Students will...circulate

 

Lesson 11

We will...review lesson objectives (defining excellence in literature)

We will...watch the Creepy Carrot Zone on the symbaloo

Students will...eat baby carrots.

I will...read Creepy Carrots

We will...stretch

I will...read Too Tall Houses

During the story we will...discuss the difference between fact and fiction

Students will...share facts about owls and lions

Students will...circulate

 

Lesson 12

We will...review lesson objectives (defining excellence in literature)

I will...read Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake

Students will...make text to text connections with Too Tall Houses

We will...stretch

I will...read Goldilocks and Just One Bear

Students will...make text to text connections with Goldilocks and the Three Bears 

Students will...circulate

 

Lesson 13

We will...review lesson objectives (defining excellence in literature)

I will...read The Haunted Hamburger

We will...discuss varying criteria for choosing our favorite picture book

Students will...vote

Students will...create a decoratvie bookmark about their choice