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= ﻿Grade 1 - Unit 2 - The Amazing Animal World  =



=Overview= ====Building on the informative writing in the first unit, students focus on constructing stronger informative writing pieces. Then, students revise their work with an adult. They also learn about the creative process through the artist Henry Matisse, and create a piece of art to go with their informative writing. The class explores explanatory writing by explaining the technique used to create their own artistic works. As they read fictional texts, they learn to retell a story using details and focusing on a central message.==== =Suggested Instructional Time=

2 weeks
====Building knowledge systematically in English language arts is like giving children various pieces of a puzzle in each grade that, over time, will form one big picture. At a curricular or instructional level, texts—within and across grade levels—need to be selected around topics or themes that systematically develop the knowledge base of students. Within a grade level, there should be an adequate number of titles on a single topic that would allow children to study that topic for a sustained period. The knowledge children have learned about particular topics in early grade levels should then be expanded and developed in subsequent grade levels to ensure an increasingly deeper understanding of these topics. ==== (p. 33 CCSS for ELA)