ELA G1:M1

Tools and Work

Each module is approximately 6-8 weeks of instruction broken into 3 units. The "week at a glance" chart in the curriculum map gives the big picture, breaking down the module into a detailed week-by-week view. It shows how the module unfolds, the focus of each week of instruction, and where the six assessments and the performance task occur.

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Weeks 1–2 Unit 1: Learning to Ask and Answer Questions: Getting to Know the Tools Around Us

Instructional Focus	CCS Standards	Assessments
Building background knowledge: What do tools help us to do? Developing language by playing with and exploring tools Recording our thinking by drawing and labeling Asking and answering questions about tools Informational Writing: What job does this tool help to do? Speaking and Listening: Sorting photographs of tools	RI.1.1 RI.1.7 W.1.2 W.1.8 SL.1.1 L.1.5 L.1.5a L.1.5b	Unit 1 Assessment: Focused Read-aloud and Writing about Tools (RI.1.1, RI.1.7, SL.1.1, L.1.5a)

Weeks 3-4 Unit 2: Reading Closely: Learning about Habits of Character

Instructional Focus	CCS Standards	Assessments
Closely reading The Most Magnificent Thing Developing language through habits of character challenges Independent Writing: Reflecting on challenges Speaking and Listening: Ask and answer questions and to solve challenges Focused read-aloud: The Little Red Pen The Little Red Pen: Ask and answer questions about how the characters use habits of character to do work Writing to Show Understanding: Characters and how they use each habit of character	RL.1.1 RL.1.3 RL.1.4 RL.1.7 W.1.2 W.1.8 SL.1.1 SL.1.1b SL.1.1c	Unit 2 Assessment: Focused Read-aloud Session 4 and Writing about Habits of Character (RL.1.1, RL.1.3, RL.1.4, RL.1.7, W.1.2)

Weeks 5-6 Unit 3: Writing to Show Understanding: Creating a Magnificent Thing

Instructional Focus	CCS Standards	Assessments
Classroom Magnificent Thing: Planning and Building Informational Writing: Planning and drafting Reflecting on learning and using habits of character Classroom Magnificent Thing: Revising, finishing, and presenting Informational Writing: Drafting, revising, and publishing Reflecting on learning and using habits of character	RL.1.3 W.1.2 W.1.8 SL1.1 SL.1.1a SL.1.1b SL.1.1c SL.1.6 L.1.2	Unit 3 Assessment: Writing to Show Understanding: Describing a Habit of Character (W.1.2) Performance Task: Experience-Based Informational Writing: A Magnificent Thing for the Classroom (W.1.2, SL.1.1)

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