1st Grade Instructional Guide

1st Grade Scope & Sequence

Unit 3

Language, Reading & Writing

PACING

Nov 20-Jan 21 30 days

END OF UNIT COMPETENCY

By the end of the unit students will be able to: Inform and explain about a topic, using a source, providing facts and a sense of closure. ALL learners, specifically multilingual students will inform and explain by ●​ Introducing and defining topic and/or entity for audience through ○​ Title, generalized nouns to introduce topic (The Desert, Lizards)

Key language use: Inform Explain

LANGUAGE EXPECTATIONS

●​ Describe attributes and characteristics with facts, definitions, and relevant details through ○​ Compound sentences to add details (Birds like fruit and seeds. The river is long and deep) ○​ Doing verbs to describe actions (eats, lives)

ASSESSMENT OPTIONS

●​ Student Tasks from the Reading Writing Companion (RWC) ●​ Respond to Reading (RWC) ●​ Team created Common Formative Assessments (CFA) ●​ Oral response using Speaking and Listening Standards (SL)