Grade 1 ELA Weeks 21–22: Student Practice
Complete work in a notebook or on paper. Do not post personal student work online.
Week 21: Nonfiction: animal habitats
Day 101: Understand
Read: Return to the Week 21 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Answer: Where does the otter live? Underline the words in the reading that helped you answer.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 102: Vocabulary
Read: Return to the Week 21 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Choose two interesting words from the passage. Explain each in your own words and use one in a new sentence.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 103: Read fluently
Read: Return to the Week 21 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Read the passage aloud twice. Mark one place where punctuation tells you to pause. Retell the passage without looking.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 104: Write and revise
Read: Return to the Week 21 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Write three facts about the otter. Reread and improve one word choice.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 105: Independent check
Read: Return to the Week 21 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Without looking at earlier answers, respond to: Where does the otter live? Then write three original connected sentences about the topic.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Week 22: Nonfiction: weather and seasons
Day 106: Understand
Read: Return to the Week 22 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Answer: What happens to many trees in autumn? Underline the words in the reading that helped you answer.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 107: Vocabulary
Read: Return to the Week 22 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Choose two interesting words from the passage. Explain each in your own words and use one in a new sentence.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 108: Read fluently
Read: Return to the Week 22 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Read the passage aloud twice. Mark one place where punctuation tells you to pause. Retell the passage without looking.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 109: Write and revise
Read: Return to the Week 22 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Compare two seasons in four sentences. Reread and improve one word choice.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 110: Independent check
Read: Return to the Week 22 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Without looking at earlier answers, respond to: What happens to many trees in autumn? Then write three original connected sentences about the topic.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________