What's Special About Grade 1?
First grade is a critical time for developing fluency and learning cueing systems. When students can choose from plenty of selections with just the right amount of challenge so that they can read successfully every single day, they gain confidence as readers. That confidence boosts their ever-increasing level of skill — and vice versa. First graders in Literacy Place get solid skills instruction that is explicit and systematic, with an emphasis on phonics.
Program Components
Literacy Place Grade 1 contains the following program components:
Suggested Core Components
Other Critical Resources
· Assessment Kit
· Read Alouds
· Phonics Readers
· My Books
· Phonics Chapter Books
· Trade Books
· Phonics Workbooks
· ESL/ELD Resource Book
· Big Books
· Selection Audiocassettes
Unit-by-Unit
Each six-week Literacy Place unit is built around a Big Idea, a Mentor, and a Place. The sixth week is spent in a unit wrap-up and a final creative project.
PERSONAL LITERACY
INTELLECTUAL LITERACY
SOCIAL LITERACY
Hello!
Big Idea We share what we like.
Mentor Author: Donald Crews
Place Writer's Home
Project Scrapbook
Problem Patrol
Big Idea There are many kinds of problems.
Mentor Veterinarian: Fay Vittetoe
Place Veterinarian's Office
Project Pet Care Guide
Team Spirit
Big Idea It's fun to do things together.
Mentor Soccer Coach: Danny Prenat
Place Soccer Stadium
Project Game Rule Book
Imagine That!
Big Idea Imagination lets us look at things in new ways.
