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We use the Open Court Phonics curriculum.  This is what we will be doing in language arts.

 

Phonics

Writing workshop (sometimes using 4 square writing method)

Shared Reading

Guided Reading

 

1st Nine Weeks

Identify all letters/upper and lower case

Word wall words:

I*     see*     like*     to*    me    am     a*     can     you*

 

Daily writing in draft books

Shared reading using big books to learn reading strategies and practice concepts of print and phonemic awareness

Guided reading to practice reading strategies and writing in small groups

Literacy stations for independent practice

 

2nd Nine Weeks

Identify the sounds of the letters

Word wall words:

have     play     my*     the*     we     are     said     this     go

 

Daily writing in draft books (beginning to publish)

Shared reading using big books to learn reading strategies and practice concepts of print and phonemic awareness

Guided reading to practice reading strategies and writing in small groups

Literacy stations for independent practice

 

 

3rd Nine Weeks

Word wall words:

it*     and*     saw     here     of     in*     look     with     what     do

 

Daily writing in draft books (continue to publish)

Shared reading to practice reading strategies, concepts of print and phonemic awareness

Guided reading to practice reading strategies and writing in small groups

Literacy stations for independent practice

 

4th Nine Weeks

Word wall words:

is*     big     for     was    has     that     come     down     up

 

Daily writing in draft books (continue to publish)

Shared reading to practice reading strategies, concepts of print and phonemic awareness

Guided reading to practice reading strategies and writing in small groups

Literacy stations for independent practice

 

*Nonnegotiable words (they MUST know for 1st grade)

 

ASSESSMENT

Texas Primary Reading Inventory:  (listening comprehension) September

Aims Web: (letter, sounds, reading assessment) September

Writing assessment:  September

Texas Primary Reading Inventory: (listening comprehension) January

Aims Web:  (letter names, letter sounds, reading nonsense words, segmenting words)  January

Developmental Reading Assessment: January and February

Writing assessment:  April

Texas Primary Reading Inventory: (listening comprehension) May

Aims Web: (letter names, letter sounds, reading nonsense words, segmenting words) May

Development Reading Assessment:  May

Ford Elementary

Georgetown Independent School District

Last updated:  07/23/09 03:17 PM