DLI 1st grade guide

1st Grade Scope & Sequence ● For extended writing prompts, provide the Student Model found in the Writer’s Notebook >Teacher Resources>Unit 3 highlighting the language and structure a student will need in order to be able to reproduce their own. ● For extended writing prompts, provide the Writer’s Outline in the Writer’s Notebook >Teacher Resources>Unit 1. Newcomers may only be able to complete the outline and/or a paragraph with word banks using a mix of their home language and English. ● In discussion, model and have students use the sentence frames provided and word banks to support their responses. ● Provide the Visual Vocabulary cards to build content knowledge.

Extension

Wonders Connect to Content: Science. Reading/Writing Companion pp. Research and Inquiry Projects (Teacher or Student Choice) “Interview About Your Day” (T)

“From Seed to Plant” (T) “All About a Folktale” (T) “Interview About Long Ago” (T) “Investigate a Food” (T)

INTERDISCIPLINARY CONNECTIONS

Science

Wonder TE pg T436: Read Aloud: “Twinsies” Wonders TE pg T438-441: “Observe a Plant”

Strand 1.2: THE NEEDS OF LIVING THINGS AND THEIR OFFSPRING Living things (plants and animals, including humans) depend on their surroundings to get what they need, including food, water, shelter, and a favorable temperature. Plants and animals have external features that allow them to survive in a variety of environments. Young plants and animals are similar but not exactly like their parents. In many kinds of animals, parents and offspring engage in behaviors that help the offspring to survive.

Social Studies

Wonders TE pg T28 “Research and Inquiry” activity to make a history picture book

Social Studies Standard 1.1.3: Use primary sources (for example, artifacts and documents such as photographs, newspapers, speakers, stories, songs) to make inferences about why certain events in history are remembered.

Arts Integrations

Resources