Journeys Grade

1 st

Curriculum Overview

Planning document that lays out the entire

year of 1st grade reading
 Journeys 1st Grade Curriculum Overview
Lesson Stories Phonics Comprehension Words to Know Spelling Grammar
• Jack’s Talent • Short a • • I, like, to, a see, the • •
Big
• Consonants m, s
book
• Back to School • Short a • • we, go, is, are • •
Big
• Consonants t, c, m,
book s, t, c, a
• What is a Pal • Short a • Main Idea • and, be, help, you, • am, at, sat, man, • nouns
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• Nan and Dan • Consonants n, d, p, • Summarize play, with dad, mat, one, two,
• Friends Forever &f • red, blue
• The Storm • Short i • Character • for, what, have, he, • if, is, him, rip, fit, • nouns
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• Sid Pig • Consonants r, h, s, • Infer/Predict look, too him, three, four,
• Storms b, g • black, green
• Phonogram -it
• Curious George at • Short o • Sequence • do, find, funny, • log, dot, top, hot, • action verbs
3
School • Consonants l, x • Monitor/Clarify sing, no, they lot, ox, five, gray,
• Max Fox and Lon • Inflections -s pink, yellow
Ox
• School Long Ago
• Lucia’s • Short e • Text & Graphic • all, does, here, me, • yet, web, pen, wet, • adjectives
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Neighborhood • Consonants y, w, k, Features my, who leg, hen, ten, seven,
• Ken & Vic v, j • Question orange, purple
• City Mouse & • Phonogram -et
Country Mouse
• Gus Takes the Train • Short u • Story Structure • friend, full, good, • up, bug, mud, nut, • adjectives
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• Fun, Fun, Fun • Consonants qu, z • Analyze/Evaluate hold, many, pull hug, tub, brown,
• City Zoo white, eight, nine
• Jack and the Wolf • Short a • Summarize • come, said, call, • an, bad, can, had, • complete sentences
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• A Duck in the Mud • Double final • Understanding hear, away, every cat, ran, add, pass,
• The Three Little consonants and ck characters I, and,
Pigs • Phonogram -ack
• How Animals • Short i • Details • of, how, make, • in, sit, will, did, six, • sentence parts
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communicate • Clusters with r • Infer/Predict some, why, animal big, trip, grin, it, pin
• Crabs • Phonogram -ip
• Insect Messages

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 Lesson Stories Phonics Comprehension Words to Know Spelling Grammar
• A Musical Day • Short o • Sequence of events • our, today, she, • on, got, fox, hop, • statements
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• Our Sled Club • Cluster with l • Analyze/evaluate now, her, would pop, not, block,
• Drums • Phonogram -ock clock, spot, drop
• Dr. Seuss • Short e • Text & graphic • write, read, • yes, let, red, ten, • singular and plural
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• Nuts for Ben and • Clusters with s features pictures, draw, was, bed, get, sled, of, nouns
Jen • Question after was
• Two Poems from
Dr. Seuss
• A Cupcake Party • Short u • Story structure • give, one, small, • us, fun, jump, sun, • prepositions and
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• Flint and Scamp • Final clusters • visualize put, eat, take bus, must, but, run, prepositional
• At the Bakery • Phonogram -ump they, are phrases
• Sea Animals • Digraphs th: • Author’s Purpose • blue, little, water, • that, there, tenth, • proper nouns
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• The Duck Nest endings –s, -es, -ed, • Analyze/Evaluate cold, live, where, then, where, thick,
• Water -ing far, their this, bath, them,
sixth
• How the Leopard • Digraphs –th, -cth • Sequence of Events • been, never, own, • chin, chop, match, • proper nouns
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Got It’s Spots • Possessive’s • Question brown, off, very, chip, rich, pitch,
• Champs Phonogram -atch know, out much, chick, inch,
• The Rainforest pinch
• Seasons • Digraphs sh, wh, • Cause & effect • Down, green, open, • Ship, when, shell, • subjects and verbs
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• Ralph Goes to ph • Visualize fall, grow, yellow, shop, whip, which,
Camp goes, new fish, why, what,
• The Four Seasons shot
• The Big Race • Long a (CVCe) • Conclusions • Four, over, two, • Came, late, waves, • verbs and time
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• A Safe Lodge • Soft c, g, dge • Infer/predict five, starts, watch, make, gave, chase,
• The Olympic Games • Phonograms into, three brave, shape,
• -ake, -ace made, cake
• Animal Groups • Long I (CVCe) • Compare and • Bird, fly, those, • time, bike, stripe, • the verb be
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• The Nice Vet • Digraphs kn, wr, gn, Contrast both, long, walk like, white, mice,
• Animal Picnic mb • Monitor/Clarify eyes, or kite, drive, ice, prize
• Phonograms ine, ite
• Let’s Go to the • Long o (CVCe, ow) • Main idea & details • around, bring, • so, hole, joke, bone, • questions
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Moon • Long u (CVCe, ew) show, because, go, no, poke,
• June’s Pictures carry, think, before, home, stove, rope
• Mae Jemison light
• The Big Trip • Long e (CVCe, • Compare/contrast • about, by, car, • me, tree, see, be, • kinds of sentences
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• Plunk, Plunk ea,ee) could, don’t, keep, these, read,
• Lewis and Clark’s • Final ng maybe, sure, there eat, feet, mean,
Big Trip

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 Lesson Stories Phonics Comprehension Words to Know Spelling Grammar
• Where Does Food • ai, ay • Author’s purpose • first, right, under, • play, may, stay, • names of months,
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Come From? • contractions ‘ll, ‘d food, sometimes, rain, pain, way, days, holidays
• What Will We Do? your, ground, these paint, mail, day,
• Jack and the spray
Beanstalk
• Tomas Rivera • Oa, ow • Conclusions • done, paper, were, • show, blow, row, • future tense
19
• Fun With Gram • Contractions ‘ve, great, soon, work, snow, grow, low,
• Life Then and Now ‘re laugh, talk boat, coat, road,
toad
• Little Rabbit’s Tale • Compound words • Cause & effect • door, old, want, • bedtime, sunset, • prepositions
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• A Spring Time Rain • Short vowel e (ea) more, try, wash, bathtub, flagpole,
• Silly Poems mother, use backpack, raincoat,
• inside, himself,
rowboat,
homemade
• “The Tree” • R- controlled • Story Structure • better , night, • far, arm, yard, art, • subject pronouns
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• At the Shore Vowels ar/or/ ore pretty, saw, jar, barn, bark,
• It Comes from • Phonograms- thought, told, card, yarn, smart
Trees or/ore turned, window
• Amazing Animals • R-controlled • Conclusions • baby, begins, eight, • her, girl, stir, bird, • pronoun I
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• Fox and Crow Vowels /er/ ir/ ur follow, learning, fur, hurt, turn,
• Ugly Duckling • until, years, young third, curl, first
• Whistle For Willie • Digraph /oo/; • Cause & Effect • again, along, began, • look, book, good, • possessive
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• Good Homes Syllables Patterns boy, father, house, hook, brook, took, pronouns
• Pet Poems CVC nothing, together foot, shook, wood,
hood
• A Butterfly Grows • Vowel Diagraphs • Sequence of Events • also, anything, • soon, new, zoo, • pronouns and verbs
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• Boots Clues • oo /ou/ ew/ ue/ flower, kind, places, boot, too, moon,
• Best Friends ready, upon, blew, soup, you,
grew
• The New Friend • Vowel • Understanding • buy, city, family, • how, now, cow, • contractions
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• Dawn’s Voice Combinations Characters myself, party, owl, ouch, house,
• Neighborhood • ou/ ow /oi/ oy/ au/ please, school, found, out, town,
aw seven shout
• The Dot • -ed, -ing • Compare and • above, pushed, • mix, mixed, hope, • exclamations
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• Henry and Dad go • Long e spelled y & Contrast teacher, bear, hoping, use, used,
Camping ie • Monitor/Clarify studied, toward, shop, shopped, run,
• Artist Create Art! even, surprised running

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 Lesson Stories Phonics Comprehension Words to Know Spelling Grammar
• What Can You Do? • -er, -est, -le • Text & Graphic • always, different, • hard, harder, • kinds of sentences
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• The Fox and the • Change y to i Skills enough, happy, hardest, fast, faster,
Grapes • Analyze/Evaluate high, near, once, fastest, slow,
• The Wind and the stories slower, slowest,
Sun shorter
• The Kite • -ed, -ing, -er, -est, - • Story Structure • across, ball, cried, • my, try, sky, fly, by, • adjectives
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• Bird Watching es • Infer/Predict head, heard, large, dry, pie, cried,
• Measuring Weather • Long i spelled igh, y, second, should night, light
ie
• The Boat • Long vowel spelling • Cause & Effect • almost, any, • sad, sadly, slow, • adverbs
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Disappears patterns • Visualization behind, gone, slowly, dust, dusty,
• Ruth’s Day • Suffixes -ful, -ly, -y happened, hello, trick, tricky, help,
• Busy Bugs idea, leaves helpful
• Winners Never Quit • Prefixes –un, -re • Character • brothers, everyone, • even, open, begin, • adjectives that
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• Home at Last • Syllabication (CV) • Summarize field, loved, most, baby, tiger, music, compare
• Be a Team Player only, people, sorry paper, zero, table,
because

© Cristela Rodriguez 2016

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