First Grade:
ThinkCentral Website: This website is provided by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It offers numerous resources that connect directly to the lessons being taught in the classroom using Journeys. First, sign-in as a student using the log-in information provided. Then, it will bring you to the student's page and click on "my library". Finally, to access the resources provided you must click on "Reading" in the left column.
Here are a few helpful resources on Think Central:
iRead Videos: These videos feature songs and animations to support children as they learn to recognize and name uppercase and lowercase letters.
Student eBook: This is an electronic version your child's textbook. The "contents" tab on the left will help you navigate through the book. There are several other tools available within the left column.
Grammar Snap Videos: Journeys provides short grammar videos for most skills. They are organized by grade level and lesson.
**Teachers: In addition to Journeys, here are some resources that align to the units of study that may provide support.
Raz-Kids: Log into this site using the teacher username. This site provides interactive and leveled eBooks.
EPIC: This website is a digital library for kids 12 & under. It's free for educators!! WooHoo!
Storyline Online: This free website, provided by the Screen Actors Guild Foundation, is an on-line streaming video program featuring SAG members reading children's books aloud!
Here are a few helpful resources on Think Central:
iRead Videos: These videos feature songs and animations to support children as they learn to recognize and name uppercase and lowercase letters.
Student eBook: This is an electronic version your child's textbook. The "contents" tab on the left will help you navigate through the book. There are several other tools available within the left column.
Grammar Snap Videos: Journeys provides short grammar videos for most skills. They are organized by grade level and lesson.
**Teachers: In addition to Journeys, here are some resources that align to the units of study that may provide support.
Raz-Kids: Log into this site using the teacher username. This site provides interactive and leveled eBooks.
EPIC: This website is a digital library for kids 12 & under. It's free for educators!! WooHoo!
Storyline Online: This free website, provided by the Screen Actors Guild Foundation, is an on-line streaming video program featuring SAG members reading children's books aloud!
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Unit 1: "Around the Neighborhood" Take a Peek into Unit 1 Lessons and Skills: Lesson 1: Anchor Story: What is a Pal? Paired Selection: Friends Forever Target Skills: Main Idea and Information Text Target Strategy: Summarize Vocabulary Strategy: Classify and Categorize Words Grammar: Nouns High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Grammar Snap Video: Nouns Brainpop Jr.: Nouns Video Noun Game: Noun Explorer fish game Balloon Noun Game: A noun is a person, animal, place, thing, or idea. Move the mouse so the cursor hovers over a balloon. A sentence will appear at the top of the page to give you a clue. Click every balloon that has a noun in it. Lesson 2: Anchor Story: The Storm Paired Selection: Storms! Target Skills: Understanding Characters and Realistic Fiction Target Strategy: Infer/Predict Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues Grammar: Possessives High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Lesson 3: Anchor Story: Curious George at School Paired Selection: School Long Ago Target Skills: Sequence of Events and Author's Word Choice Target Strategy: Monitor/Clarify Vocabulary Strategy: Multiple-Meaning Words Grammar: Action Verbs High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Lesson 4: Anchor Story: Lucia's Neighborhood Paired Selection: City Mouse and Country Mouse Target Skills: Text and Graphic Features and Author's Word Choice Target Strategy: Question Vocabulary Strategy: Alphabetical Order Grammar: Adjectives High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central ABC Order Game: Mo has found a word plant. Can you help her put the words into alphabetical order FunBrain: Connect the Dots ABC order game Build a Neighborhood: PBS Kids Game Alphabetical Order: Children learn alphabetical order in this fun educational computer activity . Put the alphabet in the correct ABC order by clicking and dragging the letters. A fun way for kids to learn the alphabet. Alphabetical Order: Drag and drop the words in ABC order. Lesson 5: Anchor Story: Gus Takes the Train Paired Selection: City Zoo Target Skills: Story Structure and Fantasy Target Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate Vocabulary Strategy: Synonyms Grammar: Adjectives High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Grammar Snap Video: Adjectives Adjective Adventure Game: Click on the spider labeled with an adjective to feed the fly! Synonym Game: Make learning synonyms fun with Turtle Diary's Matching Synonym game. This game teaches synonyms via matching, a game you won't forget! Unit 2: "Sharing Time" Take a Peek into Unit 2 Lessons and Skills: Lesson 6: Anchor Story: Jack and The Wolf Paired Selection: The Three Little Pigs Target Skills: Understandings Characters and Story Message Target Strategy: Summarize Vocabulary Strategy: Shades of Meaning Grammar: Complete Sentences High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Grammar Snap Video: Understanding Sentences Lesson 7: Anchor Story: How Animals Communicate Paired Selection: Insect Messages Target Skills: Main Ideas & Details and Text & Graphic Features Target Strategy: Infer/Predict Vocabulary Strategy: Using a Glossary Grammar: Comas in a Series High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Grammar Snap Video: Commas in a Series National Geographic Kids: Explore animals Lesson 8: Anchor Story: A Musical Day Paired Selection: Drums Target Skills: Sequence of Events and Narrator Target Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate Vocabulary Strategy: Define Words Grammar: Statements High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Lesson 9: Anchor Story: Dr. Seuss Paired Selection: Two Poems from Dr. Seuss Target Skills: Text & Graphic Features and Genre:Biography Target Strategy: Question Vocabulary Strategy: Antonyms Grammar: Singular and Plural Nouns High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Dr. Suess Games Plural Noun: Plane Race Game It's a race to finish and the planes are fueled by your correct answers! Careful, wrong ones slow you down! Play Identifying the Plural Noun on Turtle Diary! Lesson 10: Anchor Story: A Cupcake Party Paired Selection: Happy Times Target Skills: Story Structure and Dialogue Target Strategy: Visualize Vocabulary Strategy: Synonyms Grammar: Using a, an, and the High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Unit 3: "Nature Near and Far" Take a Peek into Unit 3 Lessons and Skills: Lesson 11: Anchor Story: At Home in the Ocean Paired Selection: Water Target Skills: Author's Purpose and Details Target Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate Vocabulary Strategy: Classify and Categorize Color Words Grammar: Proper nouns High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Proper Nouns Video: Proper noun video Lesson 12: Anchor Story: How Leopard Got his Spots Paired Selection: The Rain Forest Target Skills: Sequence of Events and Story Lesson Target Strategy: Question Vocabulary Strategy: Homophones Grammar: Commands High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Homophone Game: Kids will learn and improve their vocabulary as they practice homophone words with our simple exercises. The game has two exercises. In exercise one, kids have to identify words that sounds same in a sentence. In exercise two kids have to complete the sentence by choosing correct homophone word. Lesson 13: Anchor Story: Seasons Paired Selection: Four Seasons for Animals Target Skills: Cause and Effect & Sound Words Target Strategy: Visualize Vocabulary Strategy: Word Endings -ed , -ing, or -s Grammar: Subjects and Verbs (Subject-Verb Agreement) High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Grammar Snap Video: Subject-Verb Agreement Lesson 14: Anchor Story: The Big Race Paired Selection: Rules and Laws Target Skills: Conclusions & Cause and Effect Target Strategy: Infer/Predict Vocabulary Strategy: Shades of Meaning Grammar: Verbs and Time (Present and Past Tense) High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Lesson 15: Anchor Story: Animal Groups Paired Selection: Animal Picnic Target Skills: Compare and Contrast & Text and Graphic Features Target Strategy: Monitor/Clarify Vocabulary Strategy: Suffixes -er, -est Grammar: The verb be (Using is, are, was, and were) High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Unit 4: "Exploring Together" Take a Peek into Unit 4 Lessons and Skills: Lesson 16: Anchor Story: Let's Go to the Moon! Paired Selection: Mae Jamison Target Skills: Main Idea and Details & Author's Purpose Target Strategy: Question Vocabulary Strategy: Suffixes -y, -ful Grammar: Questions: What is a Question? Writing Questions High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Lesson 17: Anchor Story: The Big Trip Paired Selection: Lewis and Clark's Big Trip Target Skills: Compare and Contrast & Conclusions Target Strategy: Visualize Vocabulary Strategy: Define Words Grammar: Compound Sentences (Produce and Expand Compound Sentences) High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Lesson 18: Anchor Story: Where Does Food Come From? Paired Selection: Jack and the Beanstalk Target Skills: Author's Purpose and Conclusions Target Strategy: Summarize Vocabulary Strategy: Multiple-Meaning Words Grammar: Names of Months, Days, and Holidays (Commas in Dates) High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Months of the Year Game: Drag the months of the year into the correct order. Days of the Week: Drag the days of the week in to the correct order. Lesson 19: Anchor Story: Tomas Rivera Paired Selection: Life Then and Now Target Skills: Sequence of Events and Using Context Target Strategy: Monitor/Clarify Vocabulary Strategy: Synonyms Grammar: Future Tense (using will and using going to) High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Lesson 20: Anchor Story: Little Rabbit's Tale Paired Selection: Silly Poems Target Skills: Cause and Effect & Story Lesson Target Strategy: Infer/Predict Vocabulary Strategy: Compound Words Grammar: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases (where and when) High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Compound Word Game: A compound word is a word made from two or more words. For example lady+bug = ladybug. Drag and drop the words to find each compound word. Compound Word Game: A fun game for grade 1 kids to learn and practice compound words. Unit 5: "Watch Us Grow" Take a Peek into Unit 5 Lessons and Skills: Lesson 21: Anchor Story: "The Garden" from Frog and Toad Together Paired Selection: Garden Good Guys Target Skills: Story Structure & Repetition Target Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate Vocabulary Strategy: Prefix re- Grammar: Subject Pronouns (That Name One and That Name More Than One) High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Lesson 22: Anchor Story: Amazing Animals Paired Selection: The Ugly Duckling Target Skills: Conclusions & Using Context Target Strategy: Visualize Vocabulary Strategy: Using a Dictionary Entry Grammar: The Pronouns I and me High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Grammar Snap Video: Pronouns: I and Me Lesson 23: Anchor Story: Whistle for Willie Paired Selection: Pet Poems Target Skills: Cause and Effect & Figurative Language Target Strategy: Monitor/Clarify Vocabulary Strategy: Define Words Grammar: Possessive Pronouns (my, his, and her ; mine, yours, his, and hers) High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Lesson 24: Anchor Story: A Tree Is a Plant Paired Selection: Grow, Apples, Grow! Target Skills: Sequence of Events & Figurative Language Target Strategy: Question Vocabulary Strategy: Multiple-Meaning Words Grammar: Indefinite Pronouns High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Lesson 25: Anchor Story: The New Friend Paired Selection: Symbols of Our Country Target Skills: Understanding Characters & Narrator Target Strategy: Summarize Vocabulary Strategy: Synonyms with Introduction to Thesaurus Grammar: Contractions (with not and with Pronouns) High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Grammar Snap Video: Contractions Unit 6: "Three Cheers For Us!" Take a Peek into Unit 6 Lessons and Skills: Lesson 26: Anchor Story: The Dot Paired Selection: Artists Create Art! Target Skills: Compare and Contrast & Figurative Language Target Strategy: Monitor/Clarify Vocabulary Strategy: Figurative Language Grammar: Exclamations (What is an exclamation? ; Writing Exclamations ; Using Determiners in Exclamations) High Frequency Words: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Lesson 27: Anchor Story: What Can You Do? Paired Selection: The Wind and the Sun Target Skills: Author's Purpose & Using Context Target Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate Vocabulary Strategy: Classify and Categorize: Emotion Words Grammar: Kinds of Sentences (Statement , Questions, Exclamation, or Command? ; Four Kinds of Sentences ; Produce and Expand Sentences Writing: Opinion Writing ; Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Grammar Snap Video: Kinds of Sentences: Telling and Asking Grammar Snap Video: Kinds of Sentences: Command and Exclamatory Lesson 28: Anchor Story: "The Kite" from Days with Frog and Toad Paired Selection: Measuring Weather Target Skills: Story Structure & Genre: Fantasy Target Strategy: Infer/Predict Vocabulary Strategy: Homographs Grammar: Kinds of Adjectives (Adjective for Taste, Smell, Sound, and Texture) Writing: Opinion Writing ; Focus Trait: Word Choice Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Lesson 29: Anchor Story: Hi! Fly Guy Paired Selection: Busy Bugs Target Skills: Understanding Characters & Author's Word Choice Target Strategy: Visualize Vocabulary Strategy: Prefix un- Grammar: Adverbs (Adverbs for How and Where ; Adverbs for When and How Much) Writing: Opinion Writing ; Focus Trait: Ideas Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central Grammar Snap Video: Adverbs Lesson 30: Anchor Story: Winners Never Quit! Paired Selection: Be a Team Player Target Skills: Main Idea and Details & Genre:Narrative Nonfiction Target Strategy: Summarize Vocabulary Strategy: Suffix -ly Grammar: Adjectives That Compare (Adjectives with er and est ; Using the Right Adjective) Writing: Opinion Writing ; Focus Trait: Organization Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Teachers: Vocabulary Strategy & Phonics Interactive Lessons on Think Central |
