Grade:

Unit:

Information Literacy SkillsTheme: All About Us

Theme Information Literacy Skills

ResearchOpportunities

Week 1

Big Book:That Big Cat!

Student Book:Pam and Sam

Read-Aloud Anthology: Beverly Billingsly Borrows a BookThe Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

Decodable Reader:All About UsA Cap for Pam

Get Ready Story:Can Pat Jump?

Social Studies: Our Best Days

Being Friends

Approaching:

Cat Can Jump

On Level:

Can You?

Beyond:

Look at Chameleon!

ELL:

I Can!

Comprehension Strategy:

Story structure Comprehension Skill:Character and setting FluencyWord Automaticity Echo-Read: exclamationsHigh Frequency Words: mat, can, jump, not, up, downText Feature: photos LiteratureFantasyNonfictionRealistic FictionFable Information Literacy

Skills Research/Reference

Graphic OrganizersCharacter Chart 7JWeb 13D Technology Website (www.macmillanmh.com) GrammarSentencesCapitalization

Main Writing:Personal Narrative

Other: Read informational text Meet the Author/Illustrator: Nancy Tafuri

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Week 2

Big Book:From Head to Toe

Student Book: I Can! Can You?

Read-Aloud Anthology: Just WatchThe Tortoise and the Hare

Decodable Reader:All About UsI Can, I Can!

Get Ready Story:Yes, I Can!

Social Studies:

Science:Run! Jump! Swim!

Ready, Set Move

Approaching:

Play Ball

On Level:

We Like Sports

Beyond:

Sports Fun

ELL:

We Play Sports

Comprehension Strategy:

Story Structure Comprehension Skill:Sequence of Events FluencyWord Automaticity Echo Read High Frequency Words: jump, not, up, down, too, it, yes, overText Feature: Labels LiteratureInformational storyNonfiction PoetryFable Information Literacy

Skills: Research/ReferenceHow animals move 63A Graphic Organizers Word Web (43C)Sequence Chart (37J)Chart 65A

TechnologyAudio CDWebsite (www.macmillahmh.com)

GrammarWord OrderPunctuation

Main WritingPersonal narrative (43D) OtherMeet the Illustrator: Lorinda Bryan Cauley

Week 3Big Book:Growing Up

Student Book: How You Grew

Read-Aloud Anthology: Growing OldI’m Growing Up!Decodable Reader:All About UsJim Had a Big Hit

Growing Up

Approaching:

Growing Up

On Level:

We Grow Up

Beyond:

What Will You Be?

ELL:

Comprehension Strategy

Text Structure Comprehension Skill:Sequence of Events FluencyWord Automaticity Echo-Read High Frequency Words: run, ride, be LiteratureNonfiction Poetry Nonfiction Article Information Literacy

Skills Book Parts (77I) Grammar

Main WritingDescriptive SentencesWriting Prompts OtherTest Strategy: Right There (77J-78/79)

Get Ready Story:

Social Studies: How You Grew

We Can Grow StatementsPunctuation Reference/Research

SkillsNonfiction Article (229I) Graphic

OrganizersSequence of Events ChartWeb 77EChart 81D TechnologyAudio CDWebsite (www.macmillahmh.com)

Week 4

Big Book:Along Came Toto

Student Book: Pet Tricks

Read-Aloud Anthology: Snake on the LooseMary had a Little Lamb

Decodable Reader:All About UsGrab a Crab

Get Ready Story:Come Down, Brad!

Science: What Pets Need

Pets

Approaching:

Good Cat!

On Level:

Rosa’s New Puppy

Beyond:

My Pet Hamster

ELL:

A Puppy for Rosa

Comprehension Strategy

Story Structure Comprehension Skill:Character and setting FluencyWord automaticity,Echo-readText Feature: ListsHigh Frequency Words: come, good, on, that LiteratureRealistic FictionInformational NonfictionFantasy Nonfiction Nursery rhyme Information Literacy

Skills GrammarQuestions and exclamationsPunctuation Reference/Research

SkillsResearch one pet on the pictograph. Write one fact about it (109A) Graphic

OrganizersStory Map: Teaching Chart 20 (83J)Setting Chart 102/103Bar graph 111A TechnologyAudio CDWebsite (www.macmillahmh.com)

Main WritingDescriptive Sentences

OtherMeet the illustrator:Joe Cepeda

Week 5 Being Friends Comprehension Strategy

Main Writing: Persuasive

Big Book:Teamwork

Student Book: Soccer

Read-Aloud Anthology: The Three Billy Goats GruffUp,Up,Up! It’s Apple-Picking TimeDecodable Reader:All About UsKids Can Do IT Fast!

Get Ready Story:Help for Hank

Social Studies: Guess What!

Approaching:

We Help!

On Level:

We Can Help

Beyond:

All Kinds of Teams

ELL:

We Can Clean

Text structure Comprehension SkillAuthor’s Purpose

FluencyWord Automaticity Echo-Read High Frequency Words: very, help, use, now LiteratureRhyming PoemNonfiction FolktaleFiction poetry Information Literacy

Skills GrammarWriting SentencesCapitalizationPunctuation Reference/Research

SkillsWhy it matters (135C) Graphic

OrganizersAuthor’s Purpose Chart (113J, 132/133)Web 119D, 135EChart 139A TechnologyAudio CDWebsite (www.macmillahmh.com)

sentences (113H)

OtherMeet the Photographer: Ken Cavanagh (134)

WritingPersuasive SentencesVoice

Week 6

Big Book:

Big Book of Explorations:

Read-Aloud Anthology:

Decodable Reader:

Review and Assess

Approaching:

On Level:

Beyond:

ELL:

Test StrategyRight There Questions Comprehension Reference

/ Research SkillsAll About Us DaySteps:1. Plan the project2. Do the project.3. View and evaluate project.

TechnologyUsing the Mouse

Unit Theme: Everyone is SpecialProject: Student Questions: How are you the same as a friend? How are you different?What if all people were exactly the same?

Research Component

Activities Skills Materials

AppreciationStudent realizes the need for information after a viewing, reading, listening or other type of sensory experience.

Unit Stories and discussion

PresearchStudents establish a focus by developing an overview of the topic and exploring relationships.

Define “diversity”. Use a dictionary.

Dictionary.

SearchStudents plan and implement a search strategy by identifying information providers, selecting information resources and tools, and seeking relevant information.

Ask people what makes them special

Taking notes.

InterpretationStudents interpret the information they have gathered to make new meaning. They assess the usefulness of their information and reflect on the information to develop personal meaning.

Write down names of resources (people and titles of books).

CommunicationStudents apply their information to construct

Present project at an “All About Us” day.

Materials to create their presentation materials

and present their new knowledge.

Create a brochure showing jobs that make people special

Show a book showing people’s talents and abilities.

EvaluationStudents think about and evaluate both their process and their product during research and at the conclusion of research.

See scoring rubric on page 143L

Task Skills Procedures/ProductsUsing a mouse Explain How do we tell the computer

what to do?Vocabulary Keyboard

MouseDisk DrivesDisk

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