1st Grade McGraw-Hill Cross-Curricular Connections

Essential

Question

Cross Curricular Connections

DESK Standards

Texts Comprehension

and Speaking

and Listening

Strategy and Skill

30-40 min.

Phonological

awareness

Phonics

25 min.

Fluency

5-10 min.

Word Recogn

ition

15 min.

Vocabulary

10 min.

Writing

30-40 min.

Language Re-teach

ingsmall grou

p

30 min

Interactive Read Aloud

Literature Big Book

Anchor text

Literature

Anthology

Paired text

Literature

Anthology

Shared

ReadReadi

ng Writin

g Workshop

Grammar

Incorporated in writing

Spelling

10 min.

Start Smart

The Three Billy Goats

Gruff

m, s, short a, p, t, n, r short i

Jack and the Beanstalk

K, f, short o,

d, h, sort e,

b, lThe Tortoise and the Hare

ck, short u, g, w, x, v, qu,y, z

Unit 1 What makes you specialWeek 1What do you do at your school?

Social Studies:Recognize the roles and responsibilities I the school and in the

neighborhood

Schools Around the

World

This School Year

Will be THE

BEST!

Nat and Sam

Rules at

School

Jack Can

Main ideas and

details

Visualize

Short a Does, not,

school, what

Learn subjects common

object recogniz

e

Share details

and feeling

s

Sentences

short a

Week 2What is it like where

you live?

Social Studies:Recognize and

describe how schools and neighborhoods are both similar and

differentFine Arts:

The City Mouse and the Country

Mouse

Alicia’s Happy

Day

Go Pip I Live Here

Six Kids

Main ideas and

details

Visualize

Short i Down, out, up, very

City, country bored, feast,

scurried

Descriptive

details

Word order

Short i

Explore the elements of visual arts

Springville Museum of Art p. 10

Week 3What

makes a pet

special?

Science:Investigate and

observe living things

Our Pets Cool Dog,

School Dog

Flip What Pet’s Need

A Pig for Cliff

Main ideas and

details

Visualize

l-blends Be, come, good, pull

Care, train,

companion,

groom, popuilar

Descriptive

Details

statements

l-blends

Week 4What do friends

do together

?

Social Studies:Recognize the roles and responsibilities I the school and in the

neighborhood

Games Long Ago

Friends All

Around

Friends There are

Days and

There are

Days

Toss! Kick!Hop!

Main ideas and

details

Ask and answer

questions

Short o Fun, make, they, too

Cooperate,

relationship,

chore, collect, deliver

Order ideas

Question and

exclamations

Short o

Week 5How does your body

move?

Healthy LifestylesIdentify the benefits of

daily fitness

Rabbit and Coyote Race

Move! Move it!

Using Diagra

ms

Move and

Grin!

Main ideas and

details

Ask and answer

questions

r-blends

s-blends

Jump, move, run, two

Exercise, physical,

agree, difficult, exhauste

d

Order ideas

Writing sentence

s

r-blends

s-blends

Unit 2 What makes a community?Week 1What jobs

need to be done

in a commun

ity

Social Studies:Describe the economic choices people make to meet their basic

economic needsFinance in the

Classroomhttp://

financeintheclassroom.org/passport/first/

Jobs Around Town

Millie Waits for the Mail

The Red Hat

Firefighters

at Work

Good Job

Ben!

Character, setting

plot

Make confirm, revise,

predictions

Short e Again, help, new, there,

use

Community,

occupation,

astonishing,

equipment,

fortunately

Stick to the Topic

Nouns Short e

Week 2What

buildings do you know? What

are they made

of?

Social Studies:Recognize and

describe how schools and neighborhoods are both similar and

different

The Three Little Pigs

The 3 Little

Dassies

The Pigs, the

Wolf, and the

Mud

Homes

Around the World

Cubs in a Hut

Character

Make, confirm,

revise predictio

ns

Short u Could, live, one, then, three

Shelter, material

s, collapse

d, furious, refused

Beginning,

middle, end

Singular and

plural nouns

Short u

Week 3Where

do

Science:Investigate and

observe living things

Animals in the Desert

Babies in the Bayou

At a Pond

Way Down Deep

The Best Spot

Main topic and

key

End blends

Eat, no, of, under,

Habitat, depand, hibernte,

Focus on an idea

Possessive nouns

End blends

animals live

together?

details

reread

who tranquil, tolerate

Week 4How do people

help out in the

community?

Social Studies:Recognize the roles and responsibilities I the school and in the

neighborhood

Luis’s Library The Story

of Martin Luther King Jr.

Nell’s Books

Kids Can Help

Thump

Thump

Helps Out

Character, setting,

plot

reread

Consonant

digraph th, sh, -

ng

All, call, day, her, want

Leadership,

admire, connecti

ons, enjoy,

rely

Order of

events

Common and

proper nouns

Consonant

digraph th,

sh, -ng

Week 5How can you find

your way

around?

Social Studies:Use geographic tools to demonstrate how symbols and models

are used to represent features of the school, the neighborhood, and

the world

Map it! Me on the

Map

Fun with

Maps

North East

South or

West

Which way

on the

Map?

Main idea and details

Consonant

digraph ch, -tch, wh, ph

Around, by,

many, place, walk

Locate, route, height, model,

separate

Main ideas

Irregular plural nouns

Consonant

digraph ch, -

tch, wh, ph

Unit 3 What Can Happen Over Time?Week 1How do

we measure

time?

MathMeasurement and Data: tell and write

time

Measuring Time

A Second

is a Hiccup

It’s About Time

On My Way

to School

Nate the

Snake is

Late

Character, settin,

plot

Make confirm,

revise predictio

ns

Long a a_e

Away, now, some, today, way, why

Immediately,

schedule,

calendar, occasion, weekend

Words to

descried

things

verbs Long a a_e

Week 2How do plants change as they grow?

Science:Investigate and

observe living things

The Great Big, Gigantic

Turnip

Mystery Vine

The Big Yucca Plant

How Plants Grow

Time to

Plant!

Character, setting,

plot

Make, confirm,

revise predicito

ns

Long I, i_e

Green, grow, pretty, should, togeth

er, water

Bloom, sprout, assist,

grasped, spied

Use specifi

c words

Past and present -

tense verbs

Long I, i_e

Week 3What is

a folktale?

Social Studies:Recognize and

describe how schools and neighborhoods are both similar and

different

The Foolish, Timid Rabbit

Interrupting

Chicken

The Gingerbread Man

Mother

Goose Rhym

es

The Nice Mitte

n

Character, setting,

plot, cause and

effect

Make, confirm,

Soft c, soft g,

dge

Any, from,

happy, once,

so, upon

Tale, hero,

eventually,

foolish, timid

Use specifi

c words

Past and future-tense verbs

Soft c, soft g,

dge

revise predicito

ns

Week 4How is

life different than it

was long ago?

Social Studies:Recognize and

describe how schools and neighborhoods are both similar and

different

Pioneers The Last Train

Long Ago and Now

From Horse

to Plane

Life at Home

Connections

within text

compare and

contrast

reread

Long o o_e,

long u u_e,

long e e_e

Ago, boy, girl,

how, old,

people

Century, past,

entertainment, future, present

Focus on a topic

Is and are

Long o o_e,

long u u_e,

long e e_e

Week 5How do we get

our food?

Science:Investigate and

observe living things

The Little Red Hen

From Farm

to Table

From Cow to

You

A Food Cart

A Look

at Breakfast

Connections

within text:

sequence

reread

/u/: oo, u

After, buy,

done, every, soon, work

Delicious,

nutritious,

delighted,

enormous,

responsibility

Give reason for an opinio

n

Contractions with

not

/u/: oo, u

Unit 4 What Animals Do You Know About, What are They Like?Week 1How do animals’ bodies help

them?

Science:Investigate and

observe living things

The Elephant’s

Child

How Bat

Got Its Wings

Bats! Bats! Bats!

A Tale of Tail

Plot: sequence

Ask and answer

questions

Long a intonation

About, animal, carry, eight, give, our

Feature, appeara

nce, determin

ed, predicament, relief,

splendid, special

Sensory

words

Was and were

Long a

Week 2How do animals

help each

other?

Science:Investigate and

observe living things

Animals Working Together

Animal Teams

Busy as a Bee

A Team

of Fish

Main idea and details

Ask and answer

questions

Long e Appropriate

phrasing

Because, blue,

into, or,

other, small,

danger

Behavior,

beneficial,

dominant,

endangered,

instinct

Introduce the

topic

Has have Long e

Week 3How do animals

Science:Investigate and

observe living things

Animals in Winter

Vulture View

When It’s

Snowi

Go Wild!

Main idea and details

Long o expression

Find, food, more,

Survive, provide, commun

Write a

conclu

Go and do

Long o

survive in

nature?

ngAsk and answer

questions

over, start, warm

icate, superior, wilderness, seek, search

ding senten

ce

Week 4What

insects do you know

about? How are

they alike and

different?

Science:Investigate and

observe living things

Insect Hide and Seek

HI Fly Guy

Meet the

Insects

Creep Low, Fly

High

Point of view

visualize

Long i Appropriate

phrasing

Caught, flew, know, laugh, listen, were,

beautiful,

fancy

Flutter, different, imitate, protect,

resemble

Use compl

ete senten

ces

See and saw

Long i

Week 5How do people work with

animals?

Science:Investigate and

observe living things

Ming’s Teacher

Koko and

Penny

Saving Mountain

Gorillas

From Puppy

to Guide Dog

Connections

within text:

sequence

Ask and answer

questions

Long e Found, hard, near, woma

n, would, write, clever, signal

Career, soothes, advice,

remarkable, trust

Words that tell

order

Adverbs that tell

when

Long e

Unit 5 How can we Make Sense of the World Around Us?Week 1How can

we classify

and categori

ze things?

Science:Analyze and classify

non-living things

Goldilocks A Lost Button from Frog and

Toad are

Friends

Sort it Out

A Barn

Full of Hats

Point of view

Make, confirm,

revise predictio

ns

Words with /ar/

Phrasing:

commas

Four, large, none, only, put,

round

Distinguish,

classify, entire,

organize, startled

Use compl

ete senten

ces

Words that join

Words with /

ar/

Week 2What

can you see in

the sky?

Why the Sun and the

Moon are in the Sky?

Kitten’s First

Full Moon

The Moon

A Bird Named Fern

Character, setting,

plot, cause and

effect

Make, confirm,

revise predictio

ns

Words with /ur/

Intonation:

exclamations

Another,

climb, full,

great, poor,

through

Observe, vast,

certain, remaine

d, thoughtf

ul

Use describing

words

adjectives

Words with /

ur/

Week 3What

inventions do you

know about?

Science:Analyze and classify

non-living things

Great Inventions

Thomas

Edison, Invent

or

Windshield

Wipers and Scisso

rs

The Story of a

Robot Invent

or

Problem and

solution

Ask and answer

questions

Words with /or/

Appropriate

phrasing

Began, better, guess, learn, right, sure

Curious, improve, complica

ted, device, imagine

Time-order words

Adjective that

compare

Words with /

or/

Week 4What

sounds can you hear?

How are they

made?

The Squeaky Bed

Whistle for Willie

Shake!

Strike! Strum

!

Now, What’s that Sound

?

Character, setting,

plot, problem

and solution

Ask and answer

questions

Diphthongs

ou, ow

Expression: read

patterns

Color, early,

instead,

nothing, oh,

thought

Volume, senses,

distracts, nervous, squeaky

Use compl

ete senten

ces

Use articles

and this, that,

these, and

those

Diphthongs

ou, ow

Week 5How do things

get built?

Science:Analyze and classify

non-living things

The Sheep and the Pig Who Set Up

House

Building

Bridges

Small Joy

The Joy of a Ship

Text structure,

cause and

effect

Ask and answer

questions

Diphthongs oi,

oy

Intonation and phrasin

g

Above, build, fall,

knew, money

, toward

Project, structure

, contente

d, intend, marvelo

us

Steps in

order

Prepositions and prepositi

onal phrases

Diphthongs oi, oy

Unit 6 How Does Teamwork Help Us?Week 1How can we work together to make our lives better?

Social Studies:Recognize the roles and responsibilities I the school and in the

neighborhood

The Cat’s Bell Click, Clack, Moo Cows that Type

March On!

Super Tools

Theme

reread

Variant vowel /

u/

Expression:

dialogue

Answer,

brought, busy, door, enough, eyes

Conflict, fair,

argument, shift,

risk

Varying

sentence

length

pronouns

Variant

vowel /u/

Week 2Who helps you?

Social Studies:Recognize the roles and responsibilities I the school and in the

neighborhood

Anansi’s Sons

Meet Rosina

Abuelita;s Lap

All Kinds

of Helpe

rs

Author’s purpose

reread

Variant vowel /

o/

Intonation:

questions

Brother,

father, friend, love,

mother,

picture

Inspire, respect, decision, distance,

swiftly

Express your feeling

s

Possessive

pronouns

Variant

vowel /o/

Week 3How can weather

affect

Paul Bunyan and the Popcorn Blizzard

Rain School

Rainy Weather

Wrapped in

Ice

Cause and

effect

Silent letters

intonation

Been, childre

n, month,

Cycle, predict, creative,

frigid,

Use describing

words

pronouns

Silent letters

us? reread question,

their, year

scorching

Week 4What is

a tradition? What traditions do you know?

Social Studies:Recognize and

describe how schools and neighborhoods are both similar and

different

Let’s Dance Lissy’s Friends

Making

Paper Shape

s

A Sprin

g Birthd

ay

Theme

visualize

Three-letter

blends

Phrasing :com

mas

Before, front, heard, push,

tomorrow, your

Effort, tradition, ancient, drama,

movement

Varying

sentence

types

Using I and me

Three-letter

blends

Week 5Why do

we celebrat

e holidays

?

Social Studies:Recognize and

describe how schools and neighborhoods are both similar and

different

Celebrate the Flag

Happy Birthda

y U.S.A..

!

A Young Natio

n Grows

Share the

Harvest and Give

Thanks

Author’s purpose

Words with /ar/

Appropriate

phrasing

Favorite, few gone,

surprise,

wonder,

young

Display, pride,

design, purpose, represen

t

Main idea and

details

Adverbs that tell

how

Words with /

ar/