This unit was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 1st Grade ELA in Non-Fiction Literature.

In this resource, PBS NewsHour Extra helps teachers and students identify the who, what, when, where and why-it-matters of major national and international news stories. The Daily News Story takes the best of the PBS NewsHour news program and pairs it with discussion questions, CCSS lesson plans and stories developed specifically for students.

Resource for students to use during independent work time or literacy stations. Provides a QR code for students to listen to stories (2 non-fiction and 1 fiction) about elections. After they listen to the stories they choose one of the non-fiction texts to write facts about, find the main idea and key details, and define new words

Resource for students to use during independent work time or literacy stations. Provides a QR code for students to listen to stories (2 non-fiction and 2 fiction) about elections. After they listen to the stories they choose one of the non-fiction texts to write facts about, find the main idea and key details, and define new words
Extension: Discuss the vocabulary words: right, privilege. Students will read the description and determine if the example is a right or a privilege.

Students enjoy using the almanac and it is a great way to teach social studies and information skills like how to interpret a table or graph as well as ELA skills like how to scan for information. 

Students enjoy using the almanac and it is a great way to teach social studies and information skills like how to interpret a table or graph as well as ELA skills like how to scan for information. 

This resource includes a short quiz which focuses on Reading Information standard 1. Students will read an excerpt from King's Letter from Birmingham Jail and respond to open-ended questions. Students are tasked with using textual evidence by citing specific lines.

This resource includes a quiz which focuses on Reading Information standard 2. After reading the excerpt from Winston Churchill's speech, students will respond to open-ended questions.

This resource includes a quiz which focuses on Reading Information standard 3. Students will read an excerpt and respond to the open-ended questions.

This resource includes a quiz which focuses on Reading Information standard 4. Students will read an excerpt and attempt to define vocabulary within context using available clues. Students are tasked with citing specific clues.

This resource includes a quiz which focuses on Reading Information standard 7. Students will read an excerpt pertaining to global warming before attempting to answer open response questions.

This resource includes a short quiz which focuses on Reading Informational standard 8. Students will read the excerpt taken from a blog and respond to four open response questions.

This resource includes a short quiz which focuses on Reading Informational standard 9. Students will read an excerpt from "The Gettysburg Address" and respond to three short questions.

This resource provides an informational reading and short writing activity. Students are tasked with responding to the passage by utilizing textual evidence.

The resource is a SOAPSTone graphic organizer template. SOAPSTone is an analysis tool.

This resource provides a lesson pertaining to a close reading of "A Long Thin Line". Students will complete an analysis using a graphic organizer, review the article using the SOAPStone method and finally repsond to the work in the form of a freestyle writing.

This resource contains a primary source about a supreme court case related to World War II. Accompanying the reading are text-dependent questions, an academic vocabulary list, and a writing prompt with student samples.