Grade 1 - Conventions & Vocabulary - Alberta Language - Lesson/Workbook Bundle

Grade 1 - Language Conventions and Vocabulary Unit - Alberta Language Curriculum - Lesson/Workbook Bundle. This bundle was created to provide everything you need to teach the Grade 1 Language Conventions and Vocabulary unit in the Alberta Language Curriculum.

With your purchase, you will receive lesson slides that follow the 3-Part lesson format, engaging your students from start to finish. You will also receive the workbook, which contains fun activities and worksheets for your students to demonstrate their understanding.

Workbook Details:
This resource covers all skills and procedures in the organizing ideas: Vocabulary, Conventions, Phonics, Phonological Awareness, and Fluency (ELA). The 450 pages teach the skills and procedures in these four curriculum areas.

Included in this unit are 30 weeks of ELA instruction, with weekly word lists that explicitly teach consonant clusters as well as vowel teams. Along with these Science of Reading principles, we have weaved in the skills and procedures students in grade 1 need to learn while working with these word lists.

Included in this resource are the organizing ideas below:

Vocabulary – tier 2 words, synonyms, antonyms, prefixes, suffixes, and compound words.

Fluency – identifying all 26 letters, blending sounds, and reading 125 high-frequency words automatically.

Phonics – recognize upper- and lower-case letters, consonants and vowels, letter sounds, long and short vowel sounds, and beginning, middle, and ending sounds.

Phonological Awareness – alliterative words, rhyming words, syllables, blending phonemes (sounds), substituting, deleting, and adding phonemes to create new words.

Conventions – capital letters, punctuation, complete thoughts, types of sentences, nouns and verbs, and spelling patterns.

Some of the concepts covered:

• Printing Practice
• Mastering Alphabetic Principles and Letter Identification
• Vowel and Consonant Recognition
• Identifying Beginning Sounds and Ending Sounds
• Understanding Vowel Sounds and Silent 'E' Rules
• Enhancing Reading Accuracy with Phonics
• Developing Spelling Proficiency and Word Structure
• Position-Based Tendencies
• Synonyms and Antonyms
• Compound Words
• Alliteration and Rhyming Words
• Spelling Patterns – VC, CVC, VCe
• Understanding and Using Base Words
• Exploring Word Formation with Prefixes and Suffixes
• Distinguishing Sentence Types and Applying Correct Punctuation
• Differentiating Singular and Plural Nouns
• Recognizing Common Adjectives
• Verbs: Tense, Agreement, and Usage
• Understanding Common Adverbs
• Identifying Common Conjunctions
• Expanding Vocabulary with Suffixes (-s, -es, -ies, -ing, -ed)
• Enhancing Language with Prefixes (un, re, dis, non)
• Sentence Construction: Fragments vs. Complete Sentences
• Types of Sentences: Interrogative, Exclamatory, Imperative, Declarative
• Capitalization Rules: Beginning of Sentences
• Vocabulary Development and Sentence Building
• Fluency readings for each week using the word list for that week
• Weekly quizzes (30 different assessments)
• Answer pages for all activities

Google Lesson Slides

Grade 1 - Language Conventions and Vocabulary Unit - Google Lesson Slides - Alberta Language Curriculum. This resource is packed with all the lessons you need to teach the Language Conventions and Vocabulary Unit, Grade 1, New 2023 Alberta Language Curriculum.

We have structured these lessons to follow the popular 3-Part Lesson format. By using these lessons, you will be provided with learning goals, discussion questions, relevant YouTube videos, interactive slides, exit cards, and more. Check out the variety of activities you'll receive below.

Part 1: Minds On!
- Learning Goals

- Discussion Questions

- Quotes

Part 2: Action!
- Interactive Activities

- Drag and Drop

- Fill in the Blanks

- Matching

- Drawing

- Writing

Part 3: Consolidation

- Exit Cards

- Quizzes

- Reflection

After purchasing this resource, you will be able to download a copy of this file to your Google Drive. From there, you can complete these lessons with your class, and/or assign these slides in Google Classroom.