Grade 1 ELA Weeks 15–16: Student Textbook
Read the original passages with a teacher or parent. Talk about the question, then complete the independent writing assignment. Each day includes a distinct reading and composition objective.
Week 15: Informational texts and evidence
Day 71: Identify topic
Read: A honeybee visits flowers to collect nectar. Bees carry pollen from flower to flower. Many plants need this help to make seeds.
Discuss: What is the passage mainly about?
Write: Write a topic sentence about bees.
Day 72: Find details
Read: A beaver uses branches and mud to build a dam. A dam slows water in a stream. The beaver’s lodge can have an entrance under water.
Discuss: Name two materials a beaver uses.
Write: List two facts and draw a labeled dam.
Day 73: Compare facts
Read: An oak tree grows acorns. A pine tree grows cones. Both trees need sunlight and water.
Discuss: How are the trees alike and different?
Write: Write one same and one different sentence.
Day 74: Text features
Read: A book page has the heading ‘Weather.’ Under it is a picture labeled ‘Rain Gauge.’ A caption says, ‘This tool measures rainfall.’
Discuss: What does the caption teach?
Write: Write a heading and caption for a drawing of a cloud.
Day 75: Research mini-report
Read: A robin is a bird. It builds a nest from grass and small twigs. It eats worms and insects.
Discuss: Give two facts from the text.
Write: Write three factual sentences about a robin.
Week 16: Narrative structure and dialogue
Day 76: Character feelings
Read: Lena practiced riding her bicycle. She fell once, then tried again. When she rode to the gate, she smiled.
Discuss: How did Lena probably feel at the end? What supports that?
Write: Write a sentence about trying again.
Day 77: Problem and solution
Read: The class plant drooped. Amir checked the soil and found it dry. He watered the plant, and the leaves stood tall the next day.
Discuss: What was the problem? How was it solved?
Write: Write problem and solution in two sentences.
Day 78: Setting
Read: At dawn, a fisherman walked along the quiet lake. Mist floated above the water, and birds called from the reeds.
Discuss: When and where does the story happen?
Write: Add two sensory details to describe a place.
Day 79: Dialogue punctuation
Read: ‘Can you help me?’ asked Jo. ‘Yes,’ said Pat. Together they carried the basket.
Discuss: Who asked for help?
Write: Write two lines of dialogue using quotation marks.
Day 80: Narrative checkpoint
Read: Tariq lost his kite in a tree. His sister brought a long stick, but it was too short. An adult helped them bring the kite down safely.
Discuss: Retell beginning, middle, end.
Write: Write a four-sentence story with a problem and solution.