Grade 1 ELA Weeks 33–34: Student Textbook
Five lessons each week. Read the passage, discuss the skill, practice aloud, and write independently. Revisit difficult words as needed.
Week 33: Grammar: complete sentences
Core reading: The little dog barked at a squirrel. The squirrel climbed a tree. Soon the dog sat quietly beside the fence. Both animals watched the yard.
Day 161: Understand
Learning task: Answer: Find the subject and action in the first sentence. 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 162: 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 163: 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 164: Write and revise
Learning task: Write three complete sentences with different subjects. Reread and improve one word choice.
Before you finish: Read your work aloud and check that each sentence makes sense.
Day 165: Independent check
Learning task: Without looking at earlier answers, respond to: Find the subject and action in the first sentence. Then write three original connected sentences about the topic.
Before you finish: Read your work aloud and check that each sentence makes sense.
Week 34: Grammar: editing and revising
Core reading: we visited the pond on saturday my sister saw two ducks we watched them swim
Day 166: Understand
Learning task: Answer: What needs correction? 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 167: 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 168: 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 169: Write and revise
Learning task: Rewrite with correct capitals and periods, then add one descriptive sentence. Reread and improve one word choice.
Before you finish: Read your work aloud and check that each sentence makes sense.
Day 170: Independent check
Learning task: Without looking at earlier answers, respond to: What needs correction? Then write three original connected sentences about the topic.
Before you finish: Read your work aloud and check that each sentence makes sense.