Grade 1 English Language Arts Chapter 4: Digraphs and Story Retelling
Student lessons | Daily practice | Teacher answers | Grade 1 home
Check answers and reasoning together. Reteach errors with new examples; keep learner work private.
Day 1: Digraphs
- Correct reading
- sh
- chin
- Complete sentence
Day 2: Read an Original Story
- Chen and Shay
- Three boxes
- On a shelf
- Their aunt
Day 3: Retell in Order
- They help at the shop
- Stacking boxes or placing shells
- Their aunt thanks them
- Three correctly ordered sentences
Day 4: Write a Narrative
- Appropriate opening
- Related action
- Logical ending
- Correct conventions
Day 5: Independent Check
- sh: Ash, shed, shell, shelf or shut (any two); th: Thad, thin or the (any two). Note: th in the is voiced, while th in thin is unvoiced
- The shed
- Thad places a thin mat on the floor; Ash places a shell on the shelf
- Three accurate ordered sentences describing the shed visit, the two tasks, and departure, with capitals and punctuation
Assessment and reteaching
Four independent Day 5 questions are a brief check, not proof of mastery. Review errors, use fresh examples, and reassess.
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Chapter 4 assessment integrity and scoring
Independent assessment passage: Thad and Ash visit the shed. Thad puts a thin mat on the floor. Ash sets a shell on the shelf. They shut the shed door and walk home.
- Digraph identification: two valid sh words and two valid th words, 4 points total. The th in the is voiced; th in thin is unvoiced. Both are valid spellings, but distinguish their sounds in instruction.
- Setting: the shed, 1 point.
- Actions: Thad places a thin mat on the floor and Ash places a shell on the shelf, 2 points.
- Retelling: beginning, middle, and ending are supported by the new passage, 3 points.
- Sentence conventions: capitalization and ending punctuation across three connected sentences, 2 points.
Total suggested local score: 12 points. Record independent decoding separately from comprehension and note every read-aloud or transcription accommodation. Do not claim this short assessment proves state-standard mastery.