This parent guide supports parents in helping their child at home with 1st Grade ELA content.

These resources accompany our Rethink 1st Grade ELA course. They include ideas for use, ways to support exceptional children, ways to extend learning, digital resources and tools, tips for supporting English Language Learners and students with visual and hearing impairments. There are also ideas for offline learning. 

This unit was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This unit is aligned to the NC Standards for 1st Grade ELA. 

This 5-E lesson introduces the use of nonfiction materials from the library with a maker component. Students willexamine nonfiction materials,draw diagrams,make models,ask questions of others,and explain their work. 

K-2 students will learn basic technology terms with a scavenger hunt and games!

In this lesson, students choose their own reading material, respond to reading in a journal, and talk about their books daily in small groups. The teacher guides the work through structured prompts and by rotating participation with the groups. Students read at their individual levels, while heterogeneous grouping provides peer support. This lesson is a structured guideline for helping students learn to think about the books they read, and to ask questions about books shared by other students.

In this unit, students will learn how to stretch out moments in their life to write a story. Students will learn how to brainstorm ideas, plan their story, use sequence words, add details, work with partners, edit, and so much more to make a "Small Moment" story.

In this lesson, students will read Chrysanthemum to introduce the topic of names. Students make Name Bingo cards by writing the name of each classmate in a different square of a blank Bingo board. Next, students brainstorm personal questions designed to get to know one another. To play the game, the teacher randomly calls out a name, and students cover that name on their board with a marker. In this twist of the traditional bingo game, after each name is chosen, the student responds by answering one of the questions designed to help students learn more about one another.

This resource supports English language development for English language learners. This activity helps students to express theuir opinions on various subjects. Students complete a survey individually and in partners. Students must give reasons to support their answers as well. After all the surveys are completed, students get together in small groups and attempt to describe the views of the entire class in written statements. Students will listen, speak, read, and write in this lesson.

This resource supports English language development for English language learners. These activities teach students the vocabulary associated with transportation. Students complete matching, true or false, and questions activities. They create questions and engage in dialogues. Students listen, speak, read, adn write. Teaching suggestions can be found on http://www.tefl.net/esl-lesson-plans/TBW_Transport_Vocabulary_TS.pdf .