Grade 1 ELA Weeks 23–24: Student Practice
Complete work in a notebook or on paper. Do not post personal student work online.
Week 23: Stories: character and motive
Day 111: Understand
Read: Return to the Week 23 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Answer: Why did Ruth visit the office? Underline the words in the reading that helped you answer.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 112: Vocabulary
Read: Return to the Week 23 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 113: Read fluently
Read: Return to the Week 23 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 114: Write and revise
Read: Return to the Week 23 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Write about a helpful choice and why it matters. Reread and improve one word choice.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 115: Independent check
Read: Return to the Week 23 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Without looking at earlier answers, respond to: Why did Ruth visit the office? Then write three original connected sentences about the topic.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Week 24: Stories: cause and effect
Day 116: Understand
Read: Return to the Week 24 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Answer: What caused the path to be blocked? Underline the words in the reading that helped you answer.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 117: Vocabulary
Read: Return to the Week 24 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 118: Read fluently
Read: Return to the Week 24 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 119: Write and revise
Read: Return to the Week 24 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Write two cause-and-effect sentences. Reread and improve one word choice.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
Day 120: Independent check
Read: Return to the Week 24 passage in the student textbook.
Independent response: Without looking at earlier answers, respond to: What caused the path to be blocked? Then write three original connected sentences about the topic.
Writing lines: 1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________