Grade 1 Story Town Skills Matrix

Book 1-1 Theme 1 Follow Me

Week Literature Leveled Phonemic Phonics/ High Frequency Focus Focus Fluency Grammar Writing
Readers Awareness Spelling Words Skill Strategy
Lesson GSS: Tag (B) Let’s Go! Word Short help, let’s, now Make Answer Accuracy Sentences Form:
1 Segmentation
Vowel /a/a Predictions Questions Labels
MS: Let’s Tap (O) Let’s
Help! Inflection Trait:
PS: Wag, Hop,
-s Conventions
Hide! (A) A Hat for
Pat

(E) We Can
Help
Theme Writing Reading-Writing Connection Writing Form: Sentences About Me
Lesson GSS: Sad, (B) Where Syllable Short in, no, too Make Use Accuracy Word Form:
Sad Dan Are You, Blending Vowel /a/a Predictions Graphic Order Sentences
2 Max? and
Segmentation
Organizers
MS: The Van Phonograms Trait:
(O) In the -ap, -at,
Onset-Rime Conventions
Van Blending
PS: People -ag, -and
and
Movers (A) The Bag Segmentation

(E) Lot’s of
Vans
Lesson GSS: (B) Dad Can Rhyme Short get, hold, Classify/ Monitor Punctuation Naming Form:
Tap Recognition home, so, Comprehension:
3 Miss Jill Vowel /i/i Categorize Parts of Sentences
and soon Make
Production Sentences About Me
Inferences
MS: Big Rigs (O) Jill Can Contraction
Dig ’s Trait:
PS: Trailer (A) The Milk
Voice
Truck Van

(E) Dad
Drives
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Book 1-1 Theme 2 One For All
Week Literature Leveled Phonemic Phonics/ High Frequency Focus Focus Fluency Grammar Writing
Readers Awareness Spelling Words Skill Strategy
Lesson GSS: Pick a (B) Look Phoneme Diagraph late, oh, yes Story Summarize Punctuation Telling Form:
Sack Out, Mack! Isolation /k/ck Elements: Parts of Caption
4 (all positions) Beginning, Sentences Sentences
MS: Get (O) Mack Phonograms Middle,
Can Tap -ick, -ink,
Up, Rick! Ending Trait:
-ill, -it Ideas
(A) The
PS: Cock-a- Backpack
Doodle-
Doo (E) Jack’s
Day
Theme Writing Reading-Writing Connection Writing Form: Sentences About Me (continued)
Lesson GSS: Jobs (B) Tom Phoneme Short find, much, Story Recognize Accuracy Telling Form:
and Jill Categorization Vowel /o/o thanks Elements: Story Sentences Sentences
5
MS: Dot (all positions) Characters Structure About
and Bob (O) Jack Inflection Things
and Mom
-ed, -ing
PS: (A) Ron
(no Trait:
Trees Help and Kim spelling Word
change) Choice
(E) My
Garden
Lesson GSS: Tall, (B) My Phoneme Variant how, make, Classify/ Monitor Punctuation Questions Form:
Home Map some, of Comprehension:
Tall Wall Isolation, Vowel /o/a Categorize Sentences
6 Adjust
Identification, (all) About
(O) The Reading
MS: All on and Places
Pond Map Rate
the Map Categorization Contraction
(A) The
n’t, ’s Trait:
PS: Roads Store Map Word
Choice
(E) Up Hill
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Book 1-2 Theme 3 Turning Corners
Week Literature Leveled Phonemic Phonics/ High Frequency Focus Focus Fluency Grammar Writing
Readers Awareness Spelling Words Skill Strategy
Lesson GSS: (B) Fox Phoneme Short day, eat, first, Compare Answer Expression Exclamations Form:
Ten Eggs Gets Help Blending Vowel /e/e said, time, was and Questions Sentences
7 Contrast About
MS: Little (O) Who Initial Events
Red Hen Will Help?
Blends
Gets Help
(A) Help
with l Trait:
PS: For Yak Ideas
Let’s Make
Tortillas! (E) Let’s
Eat!
Theme Writing Reading-Writing Connection Writing Form: Describing An Event
Lesson GSS: (B) Jim’s Phoneme Diagraph don’t, her, line, Details Use Graphic Expression Nouns: Form:
Thanks, Job Blending /th/th Mr., news, Organizers People or Questions
Seth! says, water Places
8 (O) Liz Can Short Vowel Trait:
Mix
MS: /e/e Conventions
Beth’s Job (A) Helping
Mr. Ross Initial
PS: Flowers Blends
Grow (E) I Help with s
Clean
Lesson GSS: A Nut (B) Dogs Phoneme Short Vowel be does, food, Details Monitor Phrasing Nouns: Form:
Can’t Kick Segmentation grow, live, Comprehension:
Falls /u/u Animals or Lists
many Adjust
Things
9 (O) A Puppy Reading
MS: Plants Can’t Clap Short Vowel Trait:
Rate
Can’t Jump /e/e Organization
(A) Trees
PS: Can’t Run Initial
Cornfield (E) Animals
Blends
Leaves Eat Plants with r
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Book 1-2 Theme 3 Turning Corners (continued)
Week Literature Leveled Phonemic Phonics/ High Frequency Focus Focus Fluency Grammar Writing
Readers Awareness Spelling Words Skill Strategy
Lesson GSS: Frog (B) Use Your Phoneme Diphthong arms, every, Plot Recognize Phrasing One and Form:
Gets His Feet! Segmentation feet, head, More
/ng/ng Story Dialog
10 Song school, use, Structure Than One
(O) Cliff’s Contraction way, your Trait:
MS: Soccer Feet ’ll Voice
Song
(A) Home
PS: Now Run
You Know
About (E) What
Soccer Game Is It?
Lesson GSS: Sid (B) The Pond Phoneme r-Controlled animals, cold, Compare Monitor Phrasing Special Form:
Scores Blending fish, from, their, Comprehension: Names
Vowel and Sentences
11 (O) Hidden in and under, very Make and Titles
/or/or, ore Contrast About
MS: Land the Forest Segmentation Inferences for People Things
Of Ice
Compound
(A) Under the
PS: My Warm Sea
Words Trait:
Father’s Feet Word
(E) The Cold Choice
Land
Lesson GSS: Fox (B) The Gold Review Diagraph came, could, Setting Ask Expression Special Form:
and His Big Eggs Blending /sh/sh gold, happy, Questions Names of Riddles
12 Wish and made, night, Places
Segmentation
(O) The Bag Initial saw, were Trait:
MS: King of Gold
Blends with Conventions
Midas and
His Gold (A) The Three
l, s, r
Wishes
PS: Gold
and Money (E) Gold
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Book 1-3 Theme 4 Wild and Wonderful
Week Literature Leveled Phonemic Phonics/ High Frequency Focus Focus Fluency Grammar Writing
Readers Awareness Spelling Words Skill Strategy
Lesson GSS: Rich (B) From Phoneme Diagraph air, fly, friends, Sequence Use Intonation Names of Form:
Gets Big Chick to Hen Deletion /ch/ch, tch grew, need, play, Graphic Days and Sequence
13 rain, watch Organizers Months Story
MS: A (O) A Kitten Inflection
Butterfly Grows
-es Trait:
Grows Organization
(A) A Frogs
PS: Life
Caterpillars
(E) A Child
Grows
Theme Writing Reading-Writing Connection Writing Form: Respond to a Selection
Lesson GSS: Ann’s (B) Carl Can Review r-Controlled again, feel, Author’s Summarize Intonation Names Form:
Trip to the Run Blending Vowel /ar/ar house, know, Purpose/ of E-mail
Stars and loud, Mrs., put, Point of Holidays
14 (O) A Card say
Deletion Inflection View Trait:
MS: For Mark
-s, -ed, -ing Conventions
Mark’s Big
Day (A) Scarlett’s
Muffins
PS: Putting
on a Play (E) The Play
Lesson GSS: A (B) Susan L. Review Diagraph about, books, Sequence Ask Reading Using I Form:
Quiz for Roth Segmentation family, name,
and Deletion /kw/qu Questions Rate and Me Personal
Brent /hw/wh people, read, Narrative
15 (O) Amy work, writing
MS: Tomas Hest
Inflection Trait:
Rivera
(A) Joseph
-ed, -ing Voice
PS: I Can Bruchac

(E)
Grandparents
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Book 1-3 Theme 4 Wild and Wonderful (continued)
Week Literature Leveled Phonemic Phonics/ High Frequency Focus Focus Fluency Grammar Writing
Readers Awareness Spelling Words Skill Strategy
Lesson GSS: A (B) Room for a Review r-Controlled always, by, Main Idea Summarize Reading Using He, Form:
Perfect Friend Blending, Cow’s, join, She, It and
Segmentation, Vowels Rate Invitation
16 Lunch and Deletion /ur/er, ir, ur nice, please, They
(O) Always room Trait:
MS: One Room for More
Inflections Ideas
More
Friend (A) A New
-er, -est
Friend
PS: Good
Friends (E) The Big
Picture
Lesson GSS: (B) An Animal Phoneme Syllable buy, carry, Main Idea Monitor Intonation Possessives Form:
Jungle Fun Painter Substitution money, other, Comprehension: (’s, and
/el/ -le Friendly
17 paint, paper, Reread pronouns) Letter
MS: Can (O) Can Inflections would
Elephants Elephants
-ed, -ing Trait:
Paint? Paint?
Voice
PS: An (A) Congo the
Elephant’s Painter
Three T’s
(E) What Is
This Animal?
Lesson GSS: (B) Muffin Review Long Vowel mouse, our, Author’s Monitor Reading Troublesome Form:
Shadow In Surprise Blending over, pretty, Comprehension: Words:
/o/ ow, oa Purpose/ Rate Thank-
18 The Snow (O) Sand and surprise, three Make Homophones
Substitution
Point of You
Surprise Inferences
Phonograms View Letter
MS: Snow (A) Boat
-ow, oat,
Surprise Surprise
(E) Snow Play
own, oast Trait:
PS: The Word
Snowflake Choice
Man
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Book 1-4 Theme 5 Where We Live
Week Literature Leveled Phonemic Phonics/ High Frequency Focus Focus Fluency Grammar Writing
Readers Awareness Spelling Words Skill Strategy
Lesson GSS: (B) Duck Starts Review Long deer, door, hurry, Cause Recognize Phrasing Describing Form:
Beaver’s a Story Segmentation mother, should, And Story
Vowel Words: Description
19 Green Treat and sky, told Effect Structure
Substitution /e/e, ee, ea Color, Size, of a Thing
(O) An Insect and Shape
MS: Little Tale Contractions Trait:
Rabbit’s ’ve, ’re Ideas
Tale (A) Bobcat
Tells a Tale
PS: Grow,
Apples, (E) The
Grow! Weather
Theme Writing Reading-Writing Connection Writing Form: Description
Lesson GSS: Kid’s (B) In The Review Long cool, dry, four, Cause Use Phrasing Describing Form:
Play! Desert Deletion Vowel holes, move, And Graphic Words: Description
and place, warm Effect Organizers Taste,
/a/, ai, ay of a Place
20 MS: Ways (O) In the Substitution
Smell,
Snow
People Live Sound, Trait:
(A) In The Phonograms and Feel Sentence
PS: Houses Tropics -ay, -ain, Fluency
-ail, -aid
(E) In Joan’s
Place
Lesson GSS: The (B) Kate’s Review Long around, found, Problem/ Summarize Expression Describing Form:
Missing Cake Missing Frog Blending, gone, hears, Solution Words:
Segmentation, Vowel Play
Deletion, /a/a-e might, neat, open, How
21 MS: Flake, (O) Jake tired Many
and Trait:
the Missing Runs Away Substitution Phonograms Conventions
Hamster -ake, -ate,
(A) The
-ane, -ade
PS: Three Missing Bird
Reasons Why
Pets Are (E) Our Pet
Great Hamster
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Book 1-4 Theme 5 Where We Live (continued)
Week Literature Leveled Phonemic Phonics/ High Frequency Focus Focus Fluency Grammar Writing
Readers Awareness Spelling Words Skill Strategy
Lesson GSS: Mike (B) We’re Going Phoneme Long Vowel because, light, Problem/ Ask Expression Describing Form:
and Spike to Make a Hut Addition /i/i-e right, those, Solution Questions Words: Description
22 Hike walked Feelings of a
(O) Let’s Play Inflections Memory
MS: We’re Ball
-ed, -ing
Going on a Trait:
Picnic! (A) The Flower Word
Hunt
Choice
PS: Beaks
Eat (E) Inside,
Outside
Lesson GSS: Hang (B) On My Street Phoneme Long Vowel brown, city, Draw Answer Punctuation Describing Form:
On, Rosie! Blending /o/o-e hello, loudly, Conclusions Questions Words: Descriptive
23 (O) On the Way love, pulled -er, -est Poem
and
MS: On to the Park Addition Phonograms
Saturday Trait:
-ose, -oke,
(A) On a Hot Voice
PS: The Day
-one, -ole
River City
(E) A Weekend
of Fun
Lesson GSS: (B) The Mystery of Review Consonants become, busy, Draw Monitor Punctuation Troublesome Form:
the Green Apples Segmentation Comprehension Words:
What’s in /s/c, /j/g, eyes, high, Conclusions Rhyming
24 and Make Multiple-
the Hedge? dge listen, Poem
(O) The Mystery of Addition Inferences Meaning
remembered,
the Missing Cat Words
MS: talk, visitor Trait:
Long Vowel
Mystery of (A) The Light on
Organization
the Night
/a/a-e; /i/i-e
the Water
Song
Contractions
(E) Where is
PS: Make Albert? ’s, n’t, ’ll
Some
Music
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Book 1-5 Theme 6 New Places, New Faces
Week Literature Leveled Phonemic Phonics/ High Frequency Focus Focus Fluency Grammar Writing
Readers Awareness Spelling Words Skill Strategy
Lesson GSS: (B) Let’s Look at Phoneme Long clear, color, Alphabetize Use Graphic Intonation Verbs Form:
Duke’s Animals Deletion Vowel good-bye, hair, Organizers Research
25 Work and /(y)oo/u-e kinds, only, toes Report
(O) Animals in Addition
MS: the Forest
Inflections Trait:
Amazing
Animals (A) How
-ed, -ing Sentence
Animals Survive Fluency
PS: The
Little (E) Special
Turtle Animals
Theme Writing Reading-Writing Connection Writing Form: Personal Narrative
Lesson GSS: Night (B) Dog Goes to Phoneme Long Vowel climbed, Earth, Story Monitor Intonation Verbs Form:
Flight the Sea Substitution fooling, thought, Elements Comprehension:
/i/y, ie, igh That Research
and table Adjust
Tell Report
26 MS: Blast (O) Little Pup Goes Addition Reading
Down the Road Contractions About
Off! ’d, ’ve, ’re Rate
Now Trait:
(A) Going Places Conventions
PS: With Rosie Rabbit
Traveling
Thorough (E) Out in Space
Time
Lesson GSS: What (B) The Family Review Vowel answered, baby, Story Monitor Accuracy Using Form:
Brad Found and the Baby Blending, done, heard, Elements Comprehension:
Segmentation, Diphthong Make
Am, Is, Book
Whale Deletion, /ou/ow, ou pools, pushed, and Are Review
27 MS: Ebb Substitution, together Inferences
and Flo and (O) Edmund and and
Phonograms Trait:
the Baby Drum and the Addition
Seal Baby Turtles
-out, -ow, Word
-own, -ound Choice
PS: Fellini (A) Tess Finds a
the Fur Seabird
Seal
(E) At the Beach
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Book 1-5 Theme 6 New Places, New Faces (continued)
Week Literature Leveled Phonemic Phonics/ High Frequency Focus Focus Fluency Grammar Writing
Readers Awareness Spelling Words Skill Strategy
Lesson GSS: (B) I Am a Pot Review Long Vowel able, almost, Details Monitor Accuracy Verbs Form:
Patty’s Blending, blue, great, Comprehension:
/e/y, ie That Tell How-To
28 Family (O) Apple Pie
Segmentation,
poured, took, Reread
Deletion, About The
Sketches Substitution, Inflections traveled Past Trait:
(A) Billy’s and
-ed, -er, Word
MS: At the Birthday Card Addition
Crayon,
-est, -es Choice
Factory (E) At the Car
Factory
PS:
Crayons
Lesson GSS: A (B) The Great Review Vowel boy, building, Details Recognize Reading Using Form:
New Room House Blending, tomorrow,
Diphthong Story Rate Was and Story
29 by the Sea
Segmentation,
toward,
Deletion, /oo/o, ew Structure Were
(O) The Camping Substitution, welcoming Trait:
MS: Sand Trip and
Phonograms Voice
Castle Addition
(A) The Flying
-ool, -ew
PS: Shape Fish
Contractions
the
Seashore (E) The Town ’d, ’ve, ’t
Garden
Lesson GSS: The (B) Hedgehog Review Long Vowel any, front, Alphabetize Summarize Reading Using Go Form:
Banjo and Beaver Have Blending, nothing, ready,
/i/i; /o/o Rate and Went Story
30 Trick a Picnic
Segmentation,
sorry
Deletion,
(O) Duck’s Visit Substitution, Phonograms Trait:
MS: Frog and
-ind, -ild, Ideas
and Toad (A) Raccoon and Addition
Together Otter Make
-old
Muffins
PS: August
Afternoon (E) Going
Shopping