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ELA Grade 1

Curriculum Plan, Map, and Trade Book List

The curriculum plan provides a high-level overview of the recommended sequencing and pacing. The curriculum map shows a detailed view of the scope and sequence of the modules for the grade level. The Trade Book Procurement List outlines the required trade books necessary to implement the curriculum.

K-2 Reading Foundations Skills Block

This comprehensive 1-hour block uses a structured phonics approach to understanding the behaviors related to the types of letter-sound connections students are able to make as they learn to read and write. Click the button to learn more about implementing the K-2 Skills Block.

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Please note that we have refreshed the curriculum on the website, as of Summer 2019. For more information, please visit our FAQ page.

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All of our curriculum's supporting and student-facing materials are available as downloadable Word files by clicking the download buttons. You can print Lessons from the web page (i.e., there are no downloadable files for the Lesson text). To access module assessments and answer keys, be sure to create a free account in our Resource Library.

ELA G1:M1

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Unit 1

ELA G1:M1:U1

Learning to Ask and Answer Questions: Getting to Know the Tools Around Us

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Unit 2

ELA G1:M1:U2

Reading Closely: Learning about Habits of Character

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ELA G1:M1:U2:L1

Speaking and Listening: What Helps Me Do My Work?

ELA G1:M1:U2:L2

Close Read-Aloud, Session 1: Introducing The Most Magnificent Thing

ELA G1:M1:U2:L3

Close Read-Aloud, Session 2: The Most Magnificent Thing

ELA G1:M1:U2:L4

Close Read-Aloud, Session 3: The Most Magnificent Thing

ELA G1:M1:U2:L5

Close Read-Aloud, Session 4: The Most Magnificent Thing

ELA G1:M1:U2:L6

Close Read-Aloud, Session 5: The Girl Makes Her Magnificent Thing

ELA G1:M1:U2:L7

Focused Read-aloud, Session 1: Introducing the Characters in The Little Red Pen

ELA G1:M1:U2:L8

Focused Read-aloud, Session 2: What Work Does Initiative Help the Characters Do?

ELA G1:M1:U2:L9

Focused Read-aloud, Session 3: What Work Does Perseverance Help the Characters Do?

ELA G1:M1:U2:L10

Unit 2 Assessment: Focused Read-aloud Session 4 and Writing About Habits of Character

Unit 3

ELA G1:M1:U3

Writing to Show Understanding: Creating a Magnificent Thing

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ELA G1:M2

What’s Up in the Sky: A Study of the Sun, Moon, and Stars

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ELA G1:M3

Growing as Researchers: Birds’ Amazing Bodies

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ELA G1:M4

Caring for Birds

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ELA G1:S1

Skills Block: Module 1 (Cycles 1-4)

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ELA G1:S2

Skills Block: Module 2 (Cycles 5-11)

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ELA G1:S3

Skills Block: Module 3 (Cycles 12-18)

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ELA G1:S4

Skills Block: Module 4 (Cycles 19-25)

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