Reading / ELA - Unit 4: Lesson 16 - Astronauts {SMARTboard Activities}

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Supplemental Activities: Teacher created supplemental activities based on Journey’s First Grade reading series.

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SMARTBoad File Contains the Following Activities:

• Phonics:Long o Decoding
• Phonics:Spelling Words (Sound-by-Sound) 
• Phonics:Read the word and circle the matching picture. (Long o)
• Words to Know:Introduction
• Grammar:Question Anchor Chart
• Grammar:Circle the sentences that ask a question.
• Daily Proofreading
• Writing: Topic and supporting details.
• Grammar:Suffixes y and ful Anchor Chart
• Phonics:Sort pictures with the long o and short o middle sound.
• Phonics:Draw & Spell (Draw a picture card and spell the word with letter tiles.)
• Phonics:Find & Graph Long o Words
• Words to Know:Match sight words with clues.
• Grammar:Add correct punctuation.
• Grammar:Spin a Pattern (Take turns spinning the spinner. If you land on “ful” color a word that ends with the suffix -ful blue. If you land on “y” color a word that ends with the suffix -y red. Continue until all of the words have been colored.)
• Phonics:Hope Rode (Long o Reading Passage)
• Phonics:Name each picture and write the missing letter to complete the word.
• Words to Know:Asteroid Game ( Students take turns blasting the asteroids and naming the sight words underneath.
• Grammar:Use the words from the word bank and add the correct punctuation to complete the sentences.
• Grammar:Let the students take turns building words with the suffix -y and -ful. Decide if the word will work with the suffix. Drag the base word first, then the suffix.
• Writing:Quick Write writing prompts.
• Phonics:Unscramble your spelling words and match to the correct spelling on the astronauts.
• Phonics:Help Joe find his spaceship. Follow the long o words until you reach the spaceship. Click on the square. If it is green then the word is long o.
• Words to Know:Seek a Word
• Grammar:Spiral Review
• Phonics:Seek a Word (Spelling Words)
• Phonics:ABC Spelling Words
• Phonics:Which One Does Not Belong? (Say the pictures’ name and decide which picture does not belong)
• Words to Know:Sight Word Fill-in the Blank

1st Grade English Language Arts Georgia Standards of Excellence (ELAGSE): 

ELAGSE1RL1: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
ELAGSE1RF1: Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
a. Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., first word, capitalization, ending punctuation).
ELAGSE1RF2: Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes). a. Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.
ELAGSE1RF3: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding
words. 
c. Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.
ELAGSE1RF4: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. 
d. Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.