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All Together Now: Challenge Activities (Theme 1) Unit PlanAll Together Now: Challenge Activities (Theme 1) Unit Plan
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Grade
1st
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English Language Arts
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21 days
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All Together Now: Challenge Activities (Theme 1)

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For scholars who need a challenge in the classroom, here is a unit for you. Learners explore topics such as animals, sports, helpers at home, the past, and funny things that have happened in their lives. Youngsters also engage in writing articles and research reports, interviewing individuals, drawing family portraits and comic strips, and creating an award for the class. 

 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

responding to reading, making predictions, picture walks, the /m/ sound, the hard /c/ sound, the soft /c/ sound, key details, writing questions, writing articles, comic strips, sequence of events, compare and contrast, compare and contrast texts, interviewing, researching animals, research writing, cause and effect

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Schedule a day in which games your scholars discussed are played
  • Invite a professional who works with animals to come in and speak to the class
  • Give learners the option to interview peers and adults at school and outside of the classroom

Classroom Considerations

  • Unit contains three weeks of activities
  • Writing and craft supplies are required 
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Pros

  • Blackline masters are included below
  • Tips and suggestions are provided to give extra support to English language learners

Cons

  • Curriculum books are used in multiple activities; however, with modification, the activities can still be implemented 

Common Core

RL.1.1 RL.1.2 RL.1.3 RL.1.9 RI.1.5 RI.1.10 RF.1.2.c W.1.3 W.1.5 W.1.7 W.1.8 SL.1.1.a SL.1.1.b SL.1.2 SL.1.3 SL.1.4 SL.1.5 L.1.1.a L.1.2.a L.1.6

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