First Grade Units of Study
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Unit One: Readers Build Good Habits
- Habits for reading long and strong
- Habits for tackling even the hardest words
- Partners have good habits too!
Unit Two: Word Detectives Use All They Know to Solve Words
- Readers think about the story and how the book sounds to figure out words
- Readers are flexible problem solvers
- Readers make their reading sound great!
Unit Three: Learning About the World: Reading Non-Fiction
- Getting smart on nonfiction topics
- Tackling super hard words in order to keep learning
- Reading aloud like experts
Unit Four: Readers Get to Know the Characters by Performing Their Books
- Getting to know characters
- Rereading to learn even more about characters
- Digging deeper to think, 'What lesson has this character learned?'
Unit Five: Readers Have Big Jobs to Do: Fluency, Phonics and Comprehension
- Readers use everything they know to get through the hard parts
- Readers smooth out the rough parts - and then reread
- Readers can show off their reading
Unit Six: Meeting Characters and Learning Lessons: A Study of Story Elements
- Readers read and reread, using smooth storytelling voices to bring out characters' thoughts and feelings
- Like actors and directors - zoom in on important parts
- Readers perform, talk and think about books inside of clubs
Unit Seven: Reading Nonfiction Cover to Cover: Nonfiction Book Clubs
- Making sense of all kinds of texts
- Reading and learning about a topic through language
- Learning information by comparing and contrasting
- Thinking critically about books