February Curriculum Map

1st Grade Word Wall Words, Letters, Blends, Chunks, Families Shared Reading Book Writers Workshop Week 1 put, got, where, pretty, green -est word family The Scrubbing Machine Read Owen Write about something you love that you would never give up like Owens blanket. Opinion: which season is the best? (tie in with groundhog day) Rate Your Writing Anchor Chart: highlight descriptive words Unit 5 you (review), that, it Week 2 too, take, every, jump, four -ell word family Paper Party Love Poem (5 senses) What do I love? List poem I love you (-er/ -est) than Week 3 away, big, here, call, well -ug word family (hug-V Day) Smarty Pants VERBS Week 4 old, their, saw, after, think -uck word family Hungry Giant

Action Hero verbs (make Letter Writing action hero and describe what Write a letter to the he/she does--climb, spin, President of the USA zoom) If I were the President, I When I am 101 years old would . . . (use beige paper to draw your face on & add cotton balls for *Leap Day time capsule hair)

Spelling Comprehension Strategy Instruction

Unit 6 Review and TEST Sweetheart Snatcher (inference)

Unit 7 he, for, was Author's Purpose: PIE chart Use sticky notes and graph Story Mapping: characters, what do they do, setting, and purpose

Unit 8 was (review), on, are Compare and Contrast Washington and LincolnVenn Diagram Synthesis: schema grows/changes (mystery box, give 1 clue at a time and record guesses) Presidents Sorting Things Out Kit Lesson 12 President's Day WR

Theme Science/Social Studies

Chinese New Year Groundhog Day Sorting Things Out Kit Lesson 8 Chinese New Year WR

Teeth Junie B. Toothless Wonder Sorting Things Out Kit Lesson 9 Dental Health WR

Famous African Americans Sorting Things Out Kit Lesson 10 Black History Month WR

Math Poem

Graph: Will the groundhog see his shadow? February, February

Probability-- conversation hearts graph I Love You More Than Applesauce

101 Activities: balances Jackie Robinson George Washington & Abraham Lincoln

December: If you Take a Mouse to the Movies: cause & effect circle story o Gingerbread: area, estimating o Reindeer: can/have/do o The Grinch

November: 50th Day January: Snow, Snowman Mitten fact vs. opinion o Penguinsnon fiction April: oviparous animals (from eggs) The Incredible Egg- Jan Brett Earth Day: The Lorax What a Wonderful World (watercolor paint pictures) The Earth and Iwrite a letter Insects