Grade 1 Unit 1 –  Animals, Tame and Wild Dear Teacher, It's always exciting to start a new school year! We created this newsletter to make your teaching life a little easier. Each issue is filled with enrichment content aligned to the Reading Street unit you will be covering, as well as key information about the program. We'll highlight features you may want to use daily or as needed – with some or all of your students. Start off your new year by administering the Baseline Group Test to identify students' needs and make initial grouping decisions. This test will provide you with the information you need to begin the year on the right track, with a baseline for each student to help you track his or her progress throughout the year.

Cross-Curricular Resources Week One Sam, Come Back! Cat Mask Use this template to create a cat mask for role-playing and other creative activities. Playful Kittens This reading activity helps build skills in recognizing color words. Cat Bulletin Board Use colorful cat cutouts to create a bulletin board that will help your students learn colors and counting. To Pet or Not to Pet Learn about animals that make good pets and animals that don't make good pets. Pick a Pet Students fill in this graphic organizer with ways to care for a pet. Unit Inquiry Project: Help Animals in Danger Have children research the many ways people can help animals that are in danger. Week Two Pig in a Wig Ready to Rhyme Students will enjoy recognizing rhyming words with these fun activities. Our Best Friend This science activity focuses on how animals can be helpful to humans. On the Farm Read this farm story to your class, then have them illustrate it. Mrs. Pig's Garden In this counting activity, students match pictures based on numbered groups. The Four Strands of Reading Street Reading Street is organized into four strands: Oral Language, Reading, Word Work, and Language Arts. The strands work together to meet the needs of all children. Reading Street provides you with routines for each strand of instruction to establish a familiar routine each week filled with new material to expand and enhance learning. Week Three The Big Blue Ox Rhyming Time Students practice identifying rhyming words. Now or Long Ago? Compare items from the present era with those from the past. Word Webbing Create words using common word families. Then and Now Mini-Book Students draw a picture of themselves as a baby ("then") and a picture of themselves today ("now"). Week Four A Fox and Kit Name That Animal This activity helps build skill in recognizing animal names. Animals and Their Young Discuss the names of some baby animals with your class. What Animals Need Use this graphic organizer to paste in pictures that show different animal needs. How Animals Move Students count the number of legs and wings on an animal, and then indicate how it moves. Little Joey Poetry Pack Students learn about story sequence by rearranging the lines of the stanzas in correct order. Week Five Get the Egg! A Bird Wordsearch Search for words related to birds. Bird Feeders Make bird feeders and observe and record data on the birds that visit the feeders. A Nesting Station You class can help birds make their nests by giving them some extra supplies. Explore Activity: Explore Nests Students draw a picture of a bird's nest and show how the bird uses the nest to care for its young. Week Six Animal Park Characteristic Classification Classify animals according to characteristics such as amphibian, invertebrate, etc. Animal Home Puzzles Creating a puzzle on animal homes will help students learn how to classify animals. Colorful Animals This science activity focuses on categorizing animals by color. Where's My Home? Students classify plants and animals according to their environment or habitat. Where Can You See Me? This science activity focuses on wild and domesticated animals.

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