1st Grade Theme 8 Focus Walls

Theme 8: Our Earth (Learn about how people care and enjoy the earth’s resources.)

Week One

High Frequency Words

about teacher because tiny draw happy part

Main Selection

Children take a class trip to learn about forest plants and wildlife.

Genre of Main Selection: Nonfiction

(Examples of Nonfiction)

A story that has real characters or real events and can use real

photos.

Phonics

Base Words and Endings –s, -ed, -ing

-s -ed -ing cook cooks cooked cooking fill fills filled filling float floats floated floating

Social Studies Link

Genre: Pamphlet

Comprehension Strategy

Summarize

This is when you retell the story in your own words.

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Comprehension Skill

Categorize and Classify

Fruits Vegetables

Grouping things from the story that are alike in some way can help you understand

and remember the story.

Spelling Words

cup cups frog frogs tree trees gloves birds climb climbs climbed climbing

Vocabulary Words

acorns different beautiful interesting branches poisonous careful types

Vocabulary Skills: Compound Words

Words that are made up using

two smaller words. book + worm bookworm bee + hive beehive base + ball baseball

Grammar Skill: Action Words

An action word tells what someone or

something does.

Examples:

Buzzy the bee flew to his hive.

Mary raised her hand.

Writing Skill: Writing in a Learning Log

A learning log is a journal or notebook in which you write what you have learned. A learning log entry

can include diagrams, drawing, and writing.

Example:

A caterpillar becomes a butterfly after spending time in its cocoon. Chrysalis is

another name for cocoon.

Nature Words pinecones squirrel trunk bush



Week Two


always seven arms warm body eight ready

Main Selection

A butterfly’s development from egg to adulthood is captured in

colorful detail.

Genre of Main Selection: Nonfiction

(Examples of Nonfiction)

A story that has real characters or real events and can use real

photos.

Phonics Vowel Pairs /ow/, /ou/ Syllabication Blend and read two syllable words with VCCV pattern.

ow ou plastic plas/tic clown count rabbit rab/bit elbow el/bow plow ouch frown shout

Art Link

Genre: Fine Arts



Evaluate

Ask yourself what you like and what you don’t like about the story.

Comprehension Skill

Topic, Main Idea, Details/Summarizing

Topic: tells what the whole story is about Main Idea: the most important idea Details: gives more information about the main idea Summarize: tell about the story

Spelling Words

cow house down now found out pouch pout crowded snout crown trout town drown clown

Vocabulary Words

butterfly enemies caterpillar nectar changing orange chrysalis suit danger

Vocabulary Skills: Science Words

Words that are used when you study

science topics, such as nature. caterpillar chrysalis hatch butterfly

Grammar Skill: Present Tense

An action word tells when something takes place. An action word in the present tense tells about

something that is happening now.

Example:

The worms hide in the grass.

Writing Skill: An Informational Paragraph

An informational paragraph is a group of sentences

that gives information and facts about a topic.

Example:

The caterpillar changes into a butterfly. It has to spend time in the chrysalis to

change. When the butterfly is ready to come out, the chrysalis hatches. The

butterfly is ready to go!

Color and Pattern Words yellow blue stripes striped



Week Three


butter saw carry were kind work person put

Main Selection

The legacy of Johnny Appleseed is shared in this biography for young

people.

Genre of Main Selection: Biography

(Examples of Biography)

A story that is written to tell about someone’s life. It is written by someone else.

Phonics

Base Words and Endings –ed, -ing

-ed -ing bake baked baking save saved saving flap flapped flapping

Science Link

Genre: Timeline


Comprehension Skill

Drawing Conclusions

You draw conclusions when you use story clues and what you know from real life to

help you understand the story.


Predict and Infer

We know that Goldilocks tried Papa Bears porridge and it was too hot. We can use that information to predict that she will taste the other bowls of porridge.

To use what we know and what we have

learned to find out more about the story.

Spelling Words checking missed filled sleeping landed telling bluffing planted walking following jumping pulling checked liked moving

Vocabulary Words

apple stories bread years cider young clothes river

Vocabulary Skills: Homophones

These are words that sound alike but have different meanings and spellings.

too two to threw through

Grammar Skill: Action Words with -ed

An action word with –ed is made from a base word and the ending –ed. It tells about an action that

happened in the past.

Example:

Mom talked on the phone for a long time.

The clown smiled and clapped.

Writing Skill: Writing Clearly with Action Words

Some action words tell more clearly about an

action. We can use the words to better describe the action.

Example:

The girl ate the apple.

The girl bit the apple.

The girl chewed the apple.

Words That Name Apple Products apple pie apple butter applesauce apple cider


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1st Grade Theme 8 Focus Walls