Grade 1 ELA Weeks 33–34 Teacher Guide
Week 33 focuses on subjects, predicates, and complete sentences. Week 34 focuses on capitalization, punctuation, revision, and editing. Use the existing student textbook and practice workbook. Record results privately.
Week 33: Complete sentences
Model passage: 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.
Expected answer: Subject: the little dog; predicate: barked at a squirrel. In the second sentence, subject: the squirrel; predicate: climbed a tree.
Day 161: Explicit model
Instruction: Identify who or what and what happened in each sentence. Model a complete response and ask the learner to explain it.
Assessment: On days 1–4, give guided practice followed by one independent sentence. On day 5, use a new comparable passage and score sentence completeness, capitalization, punctuation, and relevant meaning separately. Accept equivalent correct answers.
Day 162: Guided practice
Instruction: Identify who or what and what happened in each sentence. Model a complete response and ask the learner to explain it.
Assessment: On days 1–4, give guided practice followed by one independent sentence. On day 5, use a new comparable passage and score sentence completeness, capitalization, punctuation, and relevant meaning separately. Accept equivalent correct answers.
Day 163: Fluent reading
Instruction: Identify who or what and what happened in each sentence. Model a complete response and ask the learner to explain it.
Assessment: On days 1–4, give guided practice followed by one independent sentence. On day 5, use a new comparable passage and score sentence completeness, capitalization, punctuation, and relevant meaning separately. Accept equivalent correct answers.
Day 164: Independent writing
Instruction: Identify who or what and what happened in each sentence. Model a complete response and ask the learner to explain it.
Assessment: On days 1–4, give guided practice followed by one independent sentence. On day 5, use a new comparable passage and score sentence completeness, capitalization, punctuation, and relevant meaning separately. Accept equivalent correct answers.
Day 165: Unseen transfer check
Instruction: Identify who or what and what happened in each sentence. Model a complete response and ask the learner to explain it.
Assessment: On days 1–4, give guided practice followed by one independent sentence. On day 5, use a new comparable passage and score sentence completeness, capitalization, punctuation, and relevant meaning separately. Accept equivalent correct answers.
Week 34: Editing and revising
Model passage: we visited the pond on saturday my sister saw two ducks we watched them swim
Expected answer: We visited the pond on Saturday. My sister saw two ducks. We watched them swim.
Day 166: Explicit model
Instruction: Correct the capitalization and punctuation. Model a complete response and ask the learner to explain it.
Assessment: On days 1–4, give guided practice followed by one independent sentence. On day 5, use a new comparable passage and score sentence completeness, capitalization, punctuation, and relevant meaning separately. Accept equivalent correct answers.
Day 167: Guided practice
Instruction: Correct the capitalization and punctuation. Model a complete response and ask the learner to explain it.
Assessment: On days 1–4, give guided practice followed by one independent sentence. On day 5, use a new comparable passage and score sentence completeness, capitalization, punctuation, and relevant meaning separately. Accept equivalent correct answers.
Day 168: Fluent reading
Instruction: Correct the capitalization and punctuation. Model a complete response and ask the learner to explain it.
Assessment: On days 1–4, give guided practice followed by one independent sentence. On day 5, use a new comparable passage and score sentence completeness, capitalization, punctuation, and relevant meaning separately. Accept equivalent correct answers.
Day 169: Independent writing
Instruction: Correct the capitalization and punctuation. Model a complete response and ask the learner to explain it.
Assessment: On days 1–4, give guided practice followed by one independent sentence. On day 5, use a new comparable passage and score sentence completeness, capitalization, punctuation, and relevant meaning separately. Accept equivalent correct answers.
Day 170: Unseen transfer check
Instruction: Correct the capitalization and punctuation. Model a complete response and ask the learner to explain it.
Assessment: On days 1–4, give guided practice followed by one independent sentence. On day 5, use a new comparable passage and score sentence completeness, capitalization, punctuation, and relevant meaning separately. Accept equivalent correct answers.
Progress records
Record accuracy, independence, and reteaching needs privately. Do not infer mastery from copied examples.