Grade 1 · Reading and writing · Unit
Words and How They Work
8 lessonsabout 4 weeks
The unit ends with three more days: a review day, the unit check, and a day to act on what the check showed.
Unit 3 of 3 in the Grade 1 Reading and Language Scope and Sequence
What's included in this unit
- 8 lessons in teaching order, each with its objective and a teacher note
- 35 practice pages to print, with an easier and a harder page where available
- 8 activities and pages that children do on a screen
- 8 check-up pages to collect
- A worksheet maker for every lesson, for the day you need one more page
The whole unit in one file
Print every page of the unit at once, with the teacher guide first. The guide has one page per lesson: the objective, what to hand out, and the teacher note.
The unit file, the teacher guide, and saved pages are included with the Teacher plan.
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Lessons
Lesson 1
ABC order
Children put words in alphabetical order by their first letter, and by the second letter when two words start the same.
- Prepares forCommon Core L.2.2.e
- Prepares forCommon Core L.2.4.e
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Practice on paper
ABC Order: Number the Words
ABC Order: When Words Start the Same
Practice on screen
ABC Order: Number the Words (a page that checks the answers)
Lesson 2
Nouns, verbs, and adjectives
Children sort words into nouns and verbs, and into nouns and adjectives.
- StandardCommon Core L.1.1.f
- Goes beyondCommon Core L.K.1.b
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Practice on paper
Nouns and Verbs: Two Bins
Nouns and Adjectives: Two Bins
Practice on screen
Lesson 3
He, she, it, they
Children choose the pronoun that takes the place of a name and write it in a sentence.
- StandardCommon Core L.1.1.d
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Practice on paper
Personal Pronouns
Replace the Name with a Pronoun
Practice on screen
Lesson 4
A or an: sort the words
Children read a word, decide whether a or an belongs in front of it, and write it in the right group.
- StandardCommon Core L.1.1.h
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Practice on paper
Sort the Words
Practice on screen
Lesson 5
Write the opposite
Children find the opposite of a word in a word bank and tell an opposite from a word that means the same.
- StandardCommon Core L.1.5
- ReviewsCommon Core L.K.5.b
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Practice on paper
Opposites: Write the Opposite Word
Opposite or the Same? Circle the Opposite
Practice on screen
Lesson 6
Two words that mean the same thing
Children look at a picture and circle the two words under it that mean the same and tell about the picture.
- StandardCommon Core L.1.5
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Practice on paper
Synonyms with Pictures: Two Words, One Picture
Lesson 7
From a little to a lot
Children put three words with nearly the same meaning in order from the weakest to the strongest.
- StandardCommon Core L.1.5.d
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Practice on paper
Shades of Meaning: From a Little to a Lot
Practice on screen
Lesson 8
Find the root word
Children name a picture and find the longer word that is built from that word, such as rain in rainy.
- StandardCommon Core L.1.4.c
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Practice on paper
Root Words with Pictures: Circle the Word
Practice on screen
Unit check: before and after
Two short paper checks made from this unit's own worksheets. Give Check A before you teach the unit and Check B after it, and you can see what changed. Each part belongs to one lesson.
- Part 1: Lesson 1, ABC order (1 task)
- Part 2: Lesson 2, Nouns, verbs, and adjectives (1 task)
- Part 3: Lesson 3, He, she, it, they (1 task)
- Part 4: Lesson 4, A or an: sort the words (2 tasks)
- Part 5: Lesson 5, Write the opposite (2 tasks)
- Part 6: Lesson 6, Two words that mean the same thing (2 tasks)
- Part 7: Lesson 7, From a little to a lot (1 task)
- Part 8: Lesson 8, Find the root word (1 task)
Printing a check counts as a download, like any worksheet.
The answer keys and the teacher pages come with the paid Teacher plan.
This is a classroom check of this unit's lessons. It is not a standardized test, and its points are not a grade.