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Macmillan McGraw-Hill TREASURES READING SERIES
Activity Supplement K e l l y Te n k e l y 2 0 1 0 h t t p : / / i l e a r n t e c h n o l o g y. c o m
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3-12
FIRST GRADE UNIT 4 TREASURES
Week 1
TREASURESUNIT 4 First Grade- Pelican was Hungry
Focus/ Essential Learning
Web Address
Activity Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Phonics
http:// www.starfall.com/n/ picture-hunt/long-o/ load.htm?f
Long-o picture hunt
Students read sentence, identify Long-o word and click on the picture of the word.
Identifying, decoding, and comprehending Long-o words.
Phonics
http:// www.starfall.com/n/ make-a-word/long-o/ load.htm?f
Make a Word: Long-o
Students view pictures and drag the correct letters to make the long “o� word.
Identifying, decoding, and comprehending Long-o words.
Phonics
Robot and Mr. Mole worksheet Page 49 of Starfall Level 1 journal.
o-e words, matching pictures to words.
Comprehension /Phonics
Robot and Mr. Mole worksheet Page 50 of Starfall Level 1 journal.
Sentence Completion with Long-o words
Comprehension /Phonics
Robot and Mr. Mole worksheet Page 52 of Starfall Level 1 journal.
Match Long-o words to pictures
Comprehension /Phonics
Robot and Mr. Mole worksheet Page 53 of Starfall Level 1 journal.
Silly sentences with Long-o words.
Long-o and silent-e story
Hearing and identifying Long-o CVCE words
Phonemic Awareness
http:// www.starfall.com/n/ long-o/lo/load.htm?f
Robot and Mr. Mole
Week 1
TREASURESUNIT 4 First Grade- Pelican was Hungry
Focus/ Essential Learning
Web Address
Activity Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Comprehension
http:// activities.macmillanm h.com/ OralLanguageActiviti es/main1.php? activityID=410
Comprehension Activity 1
Students work with a partner to match pictures of birds with their behavior.
Reinforcement of ideas from “Pelican was Hungry”. Observation and making connections.
Vocabulary/ word recognition
http:// activities.macmillanm h.com/ OralLanguageActiviti es/main1.php? activityID=411
Vocabulary Activity 2
Students drag vocabulary words to the matching picture.
Vocabulary building for “Pelican was Hungry” story.
Spelling
http:// www.spellingcity.com /spelling-gamesvocabularygames.html? listId=1866558
Spelling City Games
Students practice Spelling words for Unit 4 Week 1 with word search, matching games, hangman, alphabetize, unscramble, audio word match, missing letter, sentence unscramble, and crossword
Spelling words with o_e pattern.
Vocabulary/ Comprehension
Promethean
Flipchart: Vocab building Unit 4 Week 1
Making connections with prior knowledge, monitoring, making inferences.
Grammar/ Spelling
Promethean
Flipchart: 1st Morning Message Unit 4
Sentence order, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, high frequency words
Week 2
TREASURESUNIT 4 First Grade- June Robot Cleans Up
Focus/ Essential Learning
Web Address
Activity Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Phonemic Awareness
http:// www.starfall.com/n/ long-u/lu/load.htm?f
Dune Buggy
Long-u and silent e story
Hearing and identifying long-u CVCE words
Phonics
http:// www.starfall.com/n/ make-a-word/long-u/ load.htm?f
Make a Word: Long-u
Students view pictures and drag the correct letters to make the long “u” word.
Identifying, decoding, and comprehending silent-e Long-u words.
Center Activity/ IWB
Center Activity/ IWB
Phonics/ Comprehension
Corresponding worksheet
Dune Buggy u-e words match the words to pictures. Page 55 of Starfall Level 1 Journal
Identifying, decoding, and comprehending silent-e Long-u words.
Comprehension /Phonics
Corresponding worksheet
Sentence completion with long-u words. Page 56 of Starfall Level 1 Journal
Sentence Completion with Long-u words
Punctuation
Corresponding worksheet
Contractions with “will” and “have” Page 57 of Starfall Level 1 Journal
Students complete contractions by adding apostrophe.
Every Day is Earth Day: Recycling
Students demonstrate understanding of recycling by sorting plastic, paper, and cans.
Students build background knowledge to make connections to reading.
Background knowledge/ Comprehension
http:// www.starfall.com/n/ holiday/earthday/ load.htm?f
Center Activity
Week 2
TREASURESUNIT 4 First Grade- June Robot Cleans Up
Focus/ Essential Learning
Web Address
Activity Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Spelling
http:// www.spellingcity.co m/spelling-gamesvocabularygames.html? listId=1866558
Spelling City Games
Students practice Spelling words for Unit 4 Week 1 with word search, matching games, hangman, alphabetize, unscramble, audio word match, missing letter, sentence unscramble, and crossword
Spelling words with o_e pattern.
http:// activities.macmillan mh.com/ OralLanguageActivi ties/main1.php? activityID=390
Activity 1: Sort the pictures
Students work with a partner to sort pictures of items that can and cannot be recycled.
Students demonstrate understanding of reusable materials.
http:// activities.macmillan mh.com/ OralLanguageActivi ties/main1.php? activityID=391
Activity 2: Make connections about new uses for recycled materials
Students work with a partner to connect garbage with a new use.
Students demonstrate and discuss understanding of reusable materials.
Oral Language/ Comprehension
Oral Language/ Comprehension
Center Activity
Center Activity/ IWB
Center Activity/ IWB
Week 3
TREASURESUNIT 4 First Grade-Stormy Weather
Focus/ Essential Learning
Web Address
Activity Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Phonics
http:// adrianbruce.com
Swap it! Vowel Pair Playing Cards
Students practice ay, ai long-A vowel combinations
Hearing and identifying long-u CVCE words
Oral Language Activities/ comprehension
http:// activities.macmillanm h.com/ OralLanguageActiviti es/main1.php? activityID=447
Match the picture to its correct category.
Students view pictures and drag them to the correct category.
Students demonstrate their understanding of weather occurrences.
Oral Language Activities/ comprehension
http:// activities.macmillanm h.com/ OralLanguageActiviti es/main1.php? activityID=448
Catch the picture.
Students catch pictures with an umbrella.
Students demonstrate understanding of storms.
Comprehension /background knowledge
http:// www.theweatherchann elkids.com/
The Weather channel Kids!
Students can visit the weather center to learn about different weather occurrences and find out what their local forecast will be.
Students build background knowledge to make connections to their reading.
Comprehension /background knowledge
http:// www.scholastic.com/ kids/weather/sim/ game.htm
Interactive Weather Maker
Students can change the humidity and temperature to change the weather.
Students build background knowledge to make connections to their reading.
Spelling
http:// spellingcity.com/ ktenkely
Spelling City
Students practice spelling words with ay, ai
Spelling long-A words with ai, ay
Week 4
TREASURESUNIT 4 First Grade- Meet Ben Franklin
Focus/ Essential Learning
Web Address
Activity Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Phonics
http:// www.iknowthat.com/ com/Language? Topic=Long+E +Sounds&Activity=ex plore Center Activity
Long “e” Word Builder game iKnow That.com
Students create Long “e” words to match the pictures following the “ee” and “ea” spelling pattern.
Students identify and construct long “e” words spelled “ee” and “ea”
http:// www.iknowthat.com/ com/Language? Topic=Long+E +Sounds&Activity=w ordsearch Center Activity
Long “e” Word Search
Students search for long “e” words spelled “ea” in a word search. When the word is found, the “ea” words
Students identify long “e” words spelled “ea”
http:// www.iknowthat.com/ com/Language? Topic=Long+E +Sounds&Activity=m atch
Match the Word to its picture.
Students match the long “e” words to the corresponding picture.
Students identify and match long “e” words.
Students practice spelling words with e, ee, ea
Spelling long-e words with e, ee, ea
Phonics
Phonics
Center Activity
Spelling
http:// spellingcity.com/ ktenkely
(When it asks students to register, they should click, “Maybe Later” button.)
(When it Asks students to register, they should click “Maybe Later” button.)
(When it asks students to register, they should click, “Maybe Later” button.)
Spelling City
Week 4
TREASURESUNIT 4 First Grade- Meet Ben Franklin
Focus/ Essential Learning
Web Address
Activity Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Phonics
http://www.sadlieroxford.com/phonics/ grade_k_1/longe.htm Center Activity
Long E picture hunt
Students drag all of the pictures that have the long “e” sound into the box.
Students identify long “e” sounds and pictures.
Phonics
http:// www.bbc.co.uk/ schools/ wordsandpictures/ longvow/poems/ fpoem.shtml
Long ee and ea vowel poems with animation.
Students listen to and watch a poem about long “e” both ee and ea. When the poem is over, students can find the long e words.
Students listen to and identify long e words in the poems. Both ee and ea words.
IWB
Comprehension /Vocabulary
http:// activities.macmillanm h.com/ OralLanguageActiviti es/main1.php? activityID=418 Center Activity
Activity 1: Scientists
Students Catch the pictures of items that would help a scientist study.
Students identify tools that scientists use to build science vocabulary.
Comprehension
http:// activities.macmillanm h.com/ OralLanguageActiviti es/main1.php? activityID=419 Center Activity
Activity 2: Scientists
Students learn about scientists and the objects in everyday life that we have because of scientists.
Students identify objects that scientists have helped to create, using clues from the reading this week.
Week 4
TREASURESUNIT 4 First Grade- Meet Ben Franklin
Focus/ Essential Learning
Web Address
Activity Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Comprehension
http:// reading.ecb.org/ student
Summarizing
Students learn to summarize a text through an interactive activity. Students should click on the speaker to have the story read to them.
Students learn to identify key elements and condense important information into their own words to solidify meaning
Students listen to a song about using the summarizing reading strategy.
Students learn about using the summarizing reading strategy by listening to a song.
(Drag the flashlight into the book)
Center Activity
Comprehension
Comprehension
http:// reading.ecb.org/ downloads/ sum_Summarizing.m p3 IWB with speakers
Summarizing song
http:// reading.ecb.org/ students
Inferring (drag the magnifying glass into the book)
Students learn how to use the inferring reading strategy by completing an interactive activity.
Students think about and search the text and sometimes use prior knowledge to construct meaning beyond what is literally stated.
Inferring Song
Students listen to a song about using the inferring reading strategy.
Students learn about using the inferring reading strategy by listening to a song.
(Lyrics attached)
Center Activity
Comprehension
http:// reading.ecb.org/ downloads/ in_Inferring.mp3 IWB with speakers
Week 5
TREASURESUNIT 4 First Grade- Little Rabbit
Focus/ Essential Learning
Web Address
Activity Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Comprehension
http:// reading.ecb.org/ student
Summarizing
Students learn to summarize a text through an interactive activity. Students should click on the speaker to have the story read to them.
Students learn to identify key elements and condense important information into their own words to solidify meaning
(Drag the flashlight into the book)
Center Activity
Comprehension
http:// reading.ecb.org/ downloads/ sum_Summarizing.m p3 IWB with speakers
Summarizing song
Students listen to a song about using the summarizing reading strategy.
Students learn about using the summarizing reading strategy by listening to a song.
Phonics
http:// www.bbc.co.uk/ schools/ wordsandpictures/ longvow/poems/ flash/fpoem8.shtml
I Spy a Little Fly long vowel poem.
Students listen to a poem and identify the long /e/ spelled “y”. Students play a game to find all of the “y” words in the poem.
Students listen to and identify long /e/ sound spelled “y”.
Starfall story: My Family
Students listen to and read a story identifying Y as / ee/ and Y as /igh/ (Click on any word in the story to have it phonetically read to you).
Students hear and identify Y as /ee/ and /igh/.
IWB with Speakers
Phonemic Awareness
http:// www.starfall.com/n/ y-as-e/y-as-e/ load.htm?f Center Activity/IWB
Week 5
TREASURESUNIT 4 First Grade- Little Rabbit
Focus/ Essential Learning
Web Address
Activity Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Phonics
http:// www.starfall.com/n/ picture-hunt/y-as-e/ load.htm?f
Starfall- Picture Hunt with Y as long e.
Students read sentences that contain a variety of Y as long e words. Students click on the picture of the word in the illustration to color it in.
Students identify, decode, and comprehend Y as /ee/ words.
Phonics
Starfall- Writing Journal 1 Page 85 Phonics: y as /ee/ and y as /igh/
Students read each word out loud (my, tiny, silly, very, baby, why, family, try, daddy) and color the word red if the y sounds like a long i. Color it blue if the y sounds like a long e.
Students identify and decode y as /ee/ and y as /igh/ words.
Phonics/ Comprehension
Starfall- Writing Journal 1 Page 88 Picture hunt.
Students look a the picture and circle the things that end with the letter y, using the word bank to help them.
Comprehension: students match y as / ee/ and y as /igh/ words to pictures.
Phonics/ Comprehension
Starfall- Writing Journal 1 Page 89 Make a silly sentence.
Students make silly sentences using the word bank of words that end in y from page 88 in Starfall Journal.
Students identify Y as / ee/ and /igh/ words and use them in a sentence.
Spelling City Games
Students play a variety of spelling games to practice the /ee/ as Y words.
Students learn to spell /ee/ as Y words.
Center Activity/IWB
Spelling City
http:// spellingcity.com/ ktenkely Center Activity