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Valerie Gresser
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Valerie Gresser
1st Grade ELA
151 Lessons
Pleasant Ridge Elementary
Knoxville, TN
Urban Environment
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1st Grade ELA
(23 Units, 151 Lessons)
Unit 7 - Cause and Effect With "The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash"(4 Lessons)
Unit 1 - Reading Comprehension(8 Lessons)
Unit 2 - Introduction to Expository Writing About Honeybees(5 Lessons)
Unit 3 - Frog and Toad Are Friends(5 Lessons)
Unit 4 - Analyzing Author's Craft and Expository Writing on Crabs(6 Lessons)
Unit 5 - Analyzing Author's Craft and Expository Writing on Sharks(7 Lessons)
Unit 6 - Comparing and Contrasting with the Three Little Pigs(5 Lessons)
Unit 7 - Cause and Effect With "The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash"(4 Lessons)
Unit 8 - Cause and Effect With "Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People's Ears"(4 Lessons)
Unit 9 - Introducing Thinking Maps(8 Lessons)
Unit 10 - Speaking and Listening Lessons(4 Lessons)
Unit 11 - Comparing, Contrasting, and Determining Theme in Multicultural Cinderella Stories (6 Lessons)
Unit 12 - Reading Comprehension Lessons(14 Lessons)
Unit 13 - Grammar and Language Lessons(8 Lessons)
Unit 14 - Small Group Reading Lessons(7 Lessons)
Unit 15 - Nonfiction Text Features(9 Lessons)
Unit 16 - Comparing and Contrasting Two Different Goldilocks Stories(5 Lessons)
Unit 17 - Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Lessons(12 Lessons)
Unit 18 - Let's Learn About Poetry(9 Lessons)
Unit 19 - How Do We Help The Earth? (6 Lessons)
Unit 20 - Expository Writing About Elephants(7 Lessons)
Unit 21 - A First Grade Reading Comprehension Unit on "Owl Moon"(6 Lessons)
Unit 22 - Writing Activities(3 Lessons)
Unit 23 - A First Grade Reading Comprehension Unit on "Rude Giants"(3 Lessons)

Cause and Effect with "Jimmy's Boa" Day One
1st Grade ELA
» Unit:
Cause and Effect With "The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash"

Big Idea:Today we are going to be determining how the characters interactions in this story cause the events in the story to happen.
Standards
20 Resources
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20 Resources
6 Favorites

Cause and Effect with "Jimmy's Boa" Day Two
1st Grade ELA
» Unit:
Cause and Effect With "The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash"

Big Idea:The chaos in the story continues. We will continue to analyze how the interactions between the characters cause the events in the story to happen.
Standards
20 Resources
3 Favorites
20 Resources
3 Favorites

Cause and Effect with "Jimmy's Boa" Day Three
1st Grade ELA
» Unit:
Cause and Effect With "The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash"

Big Idea:The students will continue to giggle when they hear what this class does on a field trip in our ongoing reading of The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash. The students will again determine how the characters interactions cause the events to happen.
Standards
22 Resources
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22 Resources
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Cause and Effect with "Jimmy's Boa" Day Four
1st Grade ELA
» Unit:
Cause and Effect With "The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash"

Big Idea:We are finishing up the story today. Today we are finishing analyzing the story and determining how the characters interactions cause the events in the story to happen.
Standards
19 Resources
2 Favorites
19 Resources
2 Favorites