Grade 1
Comprehension
Lesson
11
Author’s Purpose
Spelling
(tested story)
Title: At Home in
the Ocean
Genre:
Informational Text
Analyze / Evaluate
Phonics
Title: Water
Genre:
Informational Text
Diagraph th
Base Words and –s, -es,
-ed, -ing endings
Practice Words and Sentences:
Words to Know
math
bath
with
them
than
Beth
path
thump
thin
hatch
this
that
Seth
then
clicks
telling
missed
bumps
sits
asked
selling
cracking
packing
jumped
gets
I like to do math.
My dog was in the bath.
Seth will go far on that path.
My friend is packing a big red bag.
What kinds of
plants and
animals would
you find in the
ocean?
that
then
this
them
with
bath
thick
tenth
(High Frequency
Words)
blue
little
water
cold
live
where
far
their
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Grade 1
Comprehension
Lesson
12
Sequence of Events
Spelling
(tested story)
Title: How Leopard
Got His Skin
Genre: Folktale
Question
Phonics
Title: The Rain Forest
Genre: Informational
Text
Diagraph ch, tch
Possessives with ‘s
-atch
How are jungle
animals
different from
animals on a
farm?
Practice Words and Sentences:
Words to Know
chip
chop
chin
match
chick
thick
Mitch
hatch
with
thin
batch
quack
much
patch
path
Seth’s
ant’s
mom’s
plant’s
chat
limping
jumps
dad’s
pet’s
rug’s
The brown chimp is thin.
We can see the chick hatch.
I can catch the pitch today.
My friend’s cat is black.
chin
chop
much
chip
rich
chick
match
pitch
(High Frequency
Words)
been
never
own
brown
off
very
know
out
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Grade 1
Comprehension
Lesson
13
Cause and Effect
Spelling
(tested story)
Title: Seasons
Genre: Informational
Text
Visualize
Phonics
Title: Four Seasons for
Animals
Genre: Informational
Text
Diagraphs sh, wh, ph
Contractions with ‘s, n’t
What changes
do the different
seasons cause?
Practice Words and Sentences:
Words to Know
fish
when
whip
graph
shop
what
shell
which
ship
dish
whiz
check
crash
then
rush
hadn’t
wasn’t
can’t
let’s
it’s
that’s
didn’t
don’t
won’t
he’s
What can a math whiz do?
Which shell did Seth rush to find?
Chet didn’t fall down.
That’s a fish in a dish.
ship
shop
which
when
whip
fish
shell
graph
(High Frequency
Words)
down
green
open
fall
grow
yellow
goes
new
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Grade 1
Comprehension
Lesson
14
Conclusions
Spelling
(tested story)
Title: The Big Race
Genre: Fantasy
Infer / Predict
Title: Rules and
Laws
Genre:
Informational Text
Phonics
Long a (CVCe)
Soft c, g, dge
-ake, -ace
Why is it
important to
have rules?
Practice Words and Sentences:
Words to Know
take
plane
gave
made
lane
shake
whale
shade
chase
gate
bake
same
grade
flake
sale
badge
place
space
cage
lace
wedge
fudge
gem
page
cell
Dad came and gave me some grapes.
I ate the cake that Jake made.
I ate some cake and gave some to Pat.
Kate came to judge who wins the race.
came
make
brave
late
gave
shape
waves
chases
(High Frequency
Words)
four
over
two
five
starts
watch
into
three
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Grade 1
Comprehension
Lesson
15
Compare and
Contrast
Spelling
(tested story)
Title: Animal
Groups
Genre:
Informational Text
Monitor / Clarify
Phonics
Long i (CVCe)
Diagraphs kn, wr, gn, mb
-ine, -ite
Title: Animal
Picnic
Genre: Play
What makes
birds different
from
mammals?
Practice Words and Sentences:
Words to Know
time
bite
kite
slide
dime
chime
white
prize
pipe
mice
hive
drive
rice
nine
mile
knock
knot
wrist
thumb
lamb
wren
wrap
gnat
write
knife
Mike and I had time for a walk.
Miles can fly a kite over the pine trees.
A gnat lands on my wrist as I walk.
The wren didn’t fly over the blue water.
time
like
kite
bike
white
drive
stripe
mice
(High Frequency
Words)
bird
fly
those
both
long
walk
eyes
or
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