Grade 1 ELA Weeks 23–24: Student Textbook
Five lessons each week. Read the passage, discuss the skill, practice aloud, and write independently. Revisit difficult words as needed.
Week 23: Stories: character and motive
Core reading: Ruth found a lost scarf beside the playground. She could have taken it home, but she carried it to the school office. The next day, a child thanked her for returning it.
Day 111: Understand
Learning task: Answer: Why did Ruth visit the office? Underline the words in the reading that helped you answer.
Before you finish: Read your work aloud and check that each sentence makes sense.
Day 112: Vocabulary
Learning task: Choose two interesting words from the passage. Explain each in your own words and use one in a new sentence.
Before you finish: Read your work aloud and check that each sentence makes sense.
Day 113: Read fluently
Learning task: Read the passage aloud twice. Mark one place where punctuation tells you to pause. Retell the passage without looking.
Before you finish: Read your work aloud and check that each sentence makes sense.
Day 114: Write and revise
Learning task: Write about a helpful choice and why it matters. Reread and improve one word choice.
Before you finish: Read your work aloud and check that each sentence makes sense.
Day 115: Independent check
Learning task: Without looking at earlier answers, respond to: Why did Ruth visit the office? Then write three original connected sentences about the topic.
Before you finish: Read your work aloud and check that each sentence makes sense.
Week 24: Stories: cause and effect
Core reading: The wind blew hard during the night. A branch fell across the garden path. In the morning, the family moved the branch safely with an adult. Then everyone could walk to the gate.
Day 116: Understand
Learning task: Answer: What caused the path to be blocked? Underline the words in the reading that helped you answer.
Before you finish: Read your work aloud and check that each sentence makes sense.
Day 117: Vocabulary
Learning task: Choose two interesting words from the passage. Explain each in your own words and use one in a new sentence.
Before you finish: Read your work aloud and check that each sentence makes sense.
Day 118: Read fluently
Learning task: Read the passage aloud twice. Mark one place where punctuation tells you to pause. Retell the passage without looking.
Before you finish: Read your work aloud and check that each sentence makes sense.
Day 119: Write and revise
Learning task: Write two cause-and-effect sentences. Reread and improve one word choice.
Before you finish: Read your work aloud and check that each sentence makes sense.
Day 120: Independent check
Learning task: Without looking at earlier answers, respond to: What caused the path to be blocked? Then write three original connected sentences about the topic.
Before you finish: Read your work aloud and check that each sentence makes sense.