Rutherford County Schools – Individual Learning Modules

Grade Course1st ELA-week 4

Unit Focus Read a fiction story for understanding Reading an informational text for understanding Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question. Writing in response to literature or informational text while using prior knowledge such as how to sound out

words, correct punctuation and spacing Recognizing, reading and writing sight words Phonics activities included but not limited to final e and vowel teams, cvc words and irregularly spelled words

Day 1Laundry Day from Reading VineWriting Prompt: Would you rather do laundry with the washing machine or a washtub like in the story? Why or why not?Your choice of an ELA activity from the Choice Board

Day 2Why Do We Have Summer? From ReadWorksWriting Prompt: Write a narrative story about a fun summer day (can be real or fictional).Your choice of an ELA activity from the Choice Board

Day 3Chicks Grow Up from ReadWorksWriting Prompt: Draw a life cycle of a chicken. Write about the life cycle using complete sentences and correct transition words. (First, Next, Then, Last)Your choice of an ELA activity from the Choice Board

Day 4Ribbit and Rabbit from Reading VineWriting Prompt: Write about one way that Ribbet and Rabbit are alike and one way they are different.Your choice of an ELA activity from the Choice Board

Day 5Carl’s Garden Problem from ReadWorksWriting prompt: Write the steps on how to plant and grow seeds (include what plants need to live).Your choice of an ELA activity from the Choice Board

Story/Article 1: Laundry Day (Reading Vine)

Cameron lived in the city. His apartment was in a tall building. It was small, but there was a playground and a game room for sharing.There was also a laundry room with washing machines and clothes dryers. Cameron liked helping his mother because it always smelled very

clean in the laundry room. People used different kinds of soap, but they all smelled nice.In the summer, Cameron went to spend a week with his grandmother. She lived in the country. Cameron liked being surround by trees and grass in the summer. It felt much cooler there.On Monday morning, Grandma woke Cameron up early. "Today is laundry day!" she said. "On a Monday?" Cameron asked. "Mom usually does the wash on the weekend.""Well," said Grandma, "Washing on Monday is a farm tradition. That's how my grandmother always did it, and she taught my mother. And I taught your mother, but she doesn't have a washtub in the city.""A washtub?" asked Cameron. "Don't you have a machine?""I do, but I like to do laundry the old-fashioned way in the summer. Come down and see."Cameron got dressed and went into the back yard, where Grandma has a large tub of water. She sat facing the vegetable garden in a shady spot under a tree. Cameron watched as Grandma lifted a pillowcase out of the laundry basket and dunked it into the water. Then she took a bar of soap and scrubbed it over the wet pillowcase. Finally, she rubbed the pillowcase up and down over a piece of metal."What's that?" asked Cameron."That's my washboard," said Grandma. "The ridges help scrub out the dirt." Grandma used a large pitcher to pour some fresh water over the pillowcase. Then she squeezed it hard and handed it to Cameron. "Your job can be to hang the wash on the line."Cameron used the little wooden clothespins to clip the pillowcase to a long piece of rope that stretched from the tree to the fence post. He ran back and forth from Grandma to the rope until she was all finished. Now all the laundry waved in the breeze. Cameron thought it was very pretty."Wait until you get to sleep on those sheets," said Grandma. "They'll smell like the good, fresh air.Cameron smiled. Even though took longer, he liked the traditional way of doing laundry.

Guiding questions

1. Where does Cameron live?

2. According to the story, what does the word “tradition” mean?3. What tools does Grandma use to do the laundry?4. Would you rather use a washing machine or wash tub to do the laundry? Why?

Story/Article 2: Why Do We Have Summer? (ReadWorks)

Story/Article 3: Chicks Grow Up (ReadWorks)

Story/Article 4: Ribbit and Rabbit (Reading Vine)

Ribbet was a very small toad. He lived in a shady corner of the garden where there were large horseradish leaves to shelter him from the sun. Ribbet was brown with dark spots. He was very hard to see in the grass. Ribbet was hopping around the garden looking for flower petals to bring home to decorate his home. He liked orange petals best and wanted to the gather marigold petals early in the morning before it got too hot.Ribbet was going to the flower patch when it began to rain. Ribbet didn't like rain at all, and this looked like a big storm. The sky was very dark, and the wind blew hard. Ribbet hopped as fast as he could to get to his house before the rain ruined his flower petals.CRACK!Lightning flashed in the sky, and Ribbet dropped his petals. He hopped toward the cucumber vines and hid beneath a wide, green leaf.Just as Ribbet reached the leaf, a baby bunny hopped toward the same safe, dry spot. The brown bunny was much larger than Ribbet, but he could tell the bunny was still a baby because his ears will still very small. His pink nose twitched. The bunny was shaking."Can we share this spot?" asked Ribbet. "I don't want to get wet." The bunny nodded. He was shaking all over.Ribbet could see that the bunny was scared. He hopped a little closer and sat down next to the bunny's front paw. "It's just a thunderstorm," Ribbet said. "It will stop soon.""I want my mama," said the bunny. He began to cry.Ribbet didn't know what to do. He was too small to give the bunny a hug, so he patted his paw with his front foot. "She'll be back to get you when the rain stops," said Ribbet. "What's your name?""Rabbit.""That's funny. My name's Ribbet. That's almost the same!" RIbbet laughed.Rabbit smiled. Ribbet could tell he was starting to feel better. Ribbet and Rabbit sat under the cucumber leaves and talked until the storm passed. They had a lot in common. By the end of the day, they were the best of friends.Guiding questions

1. What is Ribbit looking for in the garden?2. What makes the sound “crack” in the story?3. How does Ribbit help Rabbit?

4. What do you think Ribbit and Rabbit have in common?Story/Article 5: Carl’s Garden Problem (ReadWorks)