1st grade theme 8 focus walls
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Theme 8: Our Earth (Learn about how people care and enjoy the earth’s resources.)
Week One
High Frequency Words
about teacher because tiny draw happy part
Main Selection
Children take a class trip to learn about forest plants and wildlife.
Genre of Main Selection: Nonfiction
(Examples of Nonfiction)
A story that has real characters or real events and can use real
photos.
Phonics
Base Words and Endings –s, -ed, -ing
-s -ed -ing cook cooks cooked cooking fill fills filled filling float floats floated floating
Social Studies Link
Genre: Pamphlet
Comprehension Strategy
Summarize
This is when you retell the story in your own words.
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Comprehension Skill
Categorize and Classify
Fruits Vegetables
Grouping things from the story that are alike in some way can help you understand
and remember the story.
Spelling Words
cup cups frog frogs tree trees gloves birds climb climbs climbed climbing
Vocabulary Words
acorns different beautiful interesting branches poisonous careful types
Vocabulary Skills: Compound Words
Words that are made up using
two smaller words. book + worm bookworm bee + hive beehive base + ball baseball
Grammar Skill: Action Words
An action word tells what someone or
something does.
Examples:
Buzzy the bee flew to his hive.
Mary raised her hand.
Writing Skill: Writing in a Learning Log
A learning log is a journal or notebook in which you write what you have learned. A learning log entry
can include diagrams, drawing, and writing.
Example:
A caterpillar becomes a butterfly after spending time in its cocoon. Chrysalis is
another name for cocoon.
Nature Words pinecones squirrel trunk bush
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Theme 8: Our Earth (Learn about how people care and enjoy the earth’s resources.)
Week Two
High Frequency Words
always seven arms warm body eight ready
Main Selection
A butterfly’s development from egg to adulthood is captured in
colorful detail.
Genre of Main Selection: Nonfiction
(Examples of Nonfiction)
A story that has real characters or real events and can use real
photos.
Phonics Vowel Pairs /ow/, /ou/ Syllabication Blend and read two syllable words with VCCV pattern.
ow ou plastic plas/tic clown count rabbit rab/bit elbow el/bow plow ouch frown shout
Art Link
Genre: Fine Arts
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Comprehension Strategy
Evaluate
Ask yourself what you like and what you don’t like about the story.
Comprehension Skill
Topic, Main Idea, Details/Summarizing
Topic: tells what the whole story is about Main Idea: the most important idea Details: gives more information about the main idea Summarize: tell about the story
Spelling Words
cow house down now found out pouch pout crowded snout crown trout town drown clown
Vocabulary Words
butterfly enemies caterpillar nectar changing orange chrysalis suit danger
Vocabulary Skills: Science Words
Words that are used when you study
science topics, such as nature. caterpillar chrysalis hatch butterfly
Grammar Skill: Present Tense
An action word tells when something takes place. An action word in the present tense tells about
something that is happening now.
Example:
The worms hide in the grass.
Writing Skill: An Informational Paragraph
An informational paragraph is a group of sentences
that gives information and facts about a topic.
Example:
The caterpillar changes into a butterfly. It has to spend time in the chrysalis to
change. When the butterfly is ready to come out, the chrysalis hatches. The
butterfly is ready to go!
Color and Pattern Words yellow blue stripes striped
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Theme 8: Our Earth (Learn about how people care and enjoy the earth’s resources.)
Week Three
High Frequency Words
butter saw carry were kind work person put
Main Selection
The legacy of Johnny Appleseed is shared in this biography for young
people.
Genre of Main Selection: Biography
(Examples of Biography)
A story that is written to tell about someone’s life. It is written by someone else.
Phonics
Base Words and Endings –ed, -ing
-ed -ing bake baked baking save saved saving flap flapped flapping
Science Link
Genre: Timeline
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Comprehension Skill
Drawing Conclusions
You draw conclusions when you use story clues and what you know from real life to
help you understand the story.
Comprehension Strategy
Predict and Infer
We know that Goldilocks tried Papa Bears porridge and it was too hot. We can use that information to predict that she will taste the other bowls of porridge.
To use what we know and what we have
learned to find out more about the story.
Spelling Words checking missed filled sleeping landed telling bluffing planted walking following jumping pulling checked liked moving
Vocabulary Words
apple stories bread years cider young clothes river
Vocabulary Skills: Homophones
These are words that sound alike but have different meanings and spellings.
too two to threw through
Grammar Skill: Action Words with -ed
An action word with –ed is made from a base word and the ending –ed. It tells about an action that
happened in the past.
Example:
Mom talked on the phone for a long time.
The clown smiled and clapped.
Writing Skill: Writing Clearly with Action Words
Some action words tell more clearly about an
action. We can use the words to better describe the action.
Example:
The girl ate the apple.
The girl bit the apple.
The girl chewed the apple.
Words That Name Apple Products apple pie apple butter applesauce apple cider
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