Grade 1 ELA Weeks 17–18: Teacher Guide and Answer Key
Daily pacing: 10 minutes explicit instruction, 10 minutes guided reading, 10 to 15 minutes independent response, 5 minutes feedback. Adjust to the learner. These are formative instructional materials, not proof of complete Alabama standards alignment.
Week 17: Word meaning and morphology
Day 81: Prefixes un- and re-
Question: What does re- mean in relock? Expected answer: Again.
Independent writing: Write two un- words and two re- words.
Score: 1 point for accurate reading response, 1 for relevant written content, 1 for sentence formation, 1 for capitalization and punctuation. Record the four subscores and reteach weaknesses. Accept equivalent accurate responses.
Day 82: Suffix -ful and -less
Question: Which word means without care? Expected answer: Careless.
Independent writing: Use helpful and careless in original sentences.
Score: 1 point for accurate reading response, 1 for relevant written content, 1 for sentence formation, 1 for capitalization and punctuation. Record the four subscores and reteach weaknesses. Accept equivalent accurate responses.
Day 83: Compound words
Question: Find three compound words. Expected answer: Sunrise, raincoats, notebooks.
Independent writing: Divide each compound word into two smaller words.
Score: 1 point for accurate reading response, 1 for relevant written content, 1 for sentence formation, 1 for capitalization and punctuation. Record the four subscores and reteach weaknesses. Accept equivalent accurate responses.
Day 84: Context clues
Question: What does narrow mean? Expected answer: Not wide.
Independent writing: Write a new sentence showing the meaning of narrow.
Score: 1 point for accurate reading response, 1 for relevant written content, 1 for sentence formation, 1 for capitalization and punctuation. Record the four subscores and reteach weaknesses. Accept equivalent accurate responses.
Day 85: Word meaning checkpoint
Question: Explain reread, unclear, helpful. Expected answer: Read again, not clear, giving help.
Independent writing: Write a three-sentence story using two target words.
Score: 1 point for accurate reading response, 1 for relevant written content, 1 for sentence formation, 1 for capitalization and punctuation. Record the four subscores and reteach weaknesses. Accept equivalent accurate responses.
Week 18: Poetry and language
Day 86: Rhyming pairs
Question: Which words rhyme? Expected answer: Light and sight.
Independent writing: Write two new rhyming pairs.
Score: 1 point for accurate reading response, 1 for relevant written content, 1 for sentence formation, 1 for capitalization and punctuation. Record the four subscores and reteach weaknesses. Accept equivalent accurate responses.
Day 87: Rhythm and repeated words
Question: What words are repeated? Expected answer: Tap and drip.
Independent writing: Write four lines using a repeated sound word.
Score: 1 point for accurate reading response, 1 for relevant written content, 1 for sentence formation, 1 for capitalization and punctuation. Record the four subscores and reteach weaknesses. Accept equivalent accurate responses.
Day 88: Sensory description
Question: Which senses are used? Expected answer: Touch and smell.
Independent writing: Write a sentence using sound and one using sight.
Score: 1 point for accurate reading response, 1 for relevant written content, 1 for sentence formation, 1 for capitalization and punctuation. Record the four subscores and reteach weaknesses. Accept equivalent accurate responses.
Day 89: Simile
Question: What two comparisons are made? Expected answer: Pond like glass; moon like coin.
Independent writing: Write one simile with like.
Score: 1 point for accurate reading response, 1 for relevant written content, 1 for sentence formation, 1 for capitalization and punctuation. Record the four subscores and reteach weaknesses. Accept equivalent accurate responses.
Day 90: Poetry checkpoint
Question: What grows? Find a rhyme. Expected answer: Seed/leaf; bright and light.
Independent writing: Write four original lines about a plant.
Score: 1 point for accurate reading response, 1 for relevant written content, 1 for sentence formation, 1 for capitalization and punctuation. Record the four subscores and reteach weaknesses. Accept equivalent accurate responses.
Assessment record and next steps
Track individual performance privately by day and skill. Use unfamiliar passages for independent transfer checks. Do not publish names, scores, or personal student information. Progression decisions require teacher judgment and more than one sample.