Grade 1 Unit 2 –  Communities Dear Teacher, Have you noticed this image in your Teacher's Edition? The Monitor Progress boxes help you to check progress quickly during instruction and identify student needs along the way. They are worded with "If/Then" statements, which will guide your teaching and provide easy-to-use reinforcing or reteaching ideas as you need them. When you find a skill area that needs more time for student mastery, you may want to attach a sticky note to flag the page for future reference.

Cross-Curricular Resources Week One A Big Fish for Max Feed the Sea Creature In this activity, students find words that start with F and S. Fishing for Numbers This math activity focuses on the concept of before/after. Going Fishing In this counting game, students fish for numbers. Silly Sea Songs Sing these silly songs with students and make up new verses. Helping Hand In this art activity, students think about what they can do to help out their family. Week Two The Farmer in the Hat Farm Theme Incorporate a farm theme or a farm-inspired bulletin board into your lessons. Farm Animals Matching Strengthen your students' visual skills with this farm animal matching activity. Farm Animals Lace Cards Improve students' fine motor skills with this farm animal lace cards activity. Reciting Nursery Rhymes Students memorize and recite nursery rhymes -- an excellent way to transition to more formal speeches. Unit Inquiry Project: Plan a Community Children plan a community, focusing on human and natural resources. Week Three Who Works Here? I Want to Be a Police Officer Use the activities in this printable to teach children what a police officer does. I Want to Be a Firefighter Use the activities in this printable to teach children what a firefighter does. Helpers Write the important telephone numbers of emergency helpers on this sheet. Can't Do Without You Teach students about specialization and the interdependence of people. Where Does the Garbage Go? Here's an illustration that shows what happens to trash after it is thrown out. Week Four The Big Circle Contractions Display this contraction guide in your classroom. Paper Plate Dinosaur Students make a brachiosaurus out of paper plates. Plant Eaters and Meat Eaters Learn about meat eaters versus plant eaters, and classify different foods. Data to Dinosaur Identify different kinds of dinosaurs and learn what scientists know about them. What Do Animals Eat? Students draw pictures to make a model of a food chain. Concept Literacy Leveled Readers Bookshelf Collection The Concept Literacy Leveled Readers use patterned, repetitive text to help low-level readers better understand basic concepts and grade-level themes. Most of the readers are nonfiction texts that help children learn concept vocabulary. The Bookshelf Collection includes 6 copies of 12 titles and a Teaching Guide. Week Five Life in the Forest Our Friend the Tree Teach your students how trees help us. KWL Chart - Plants This KWL chart is a graphic organizer for recording what students Know, Want to know, and have Learned about plants. Ecology Students match animals with their ecological habitats. The Hungry Squirrel Students cut and paste the story parts to the appropriate illustrations. Woodpecker Poetry Pack Teach students how to use a KWL and a Who, What, When, Why, Where, and How Chart to extract important details about a text. Week Six Honey Bees Bees This science activity focuses on comparing types of bees. What Are the Parts of an Ant? Help your students draw an ant and label its parts. Going on a Bee Hunt Students will enjoy studying bees in the wild. Imaginary Insect Zoo Students will create imaginary insects that have the essential characteristics of an insect, such as six legs and three body parts.

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