Open Court Theme:

Grade 1 - Games

Unit Opener Ideas:

Submit Unit Opener and Closer Ideas for this Unit

Powerpoint: Games We Play and People Who Play Them by Mathew Needleman

Powerpoint: Games by Harding Elementary

Chants (for teaching vocabulary, particularly to English Language Learners):

Outdoor Games and Indoor Games Chants by Mathew Needleman

A Game Called Piggle by H. Nolan

Jafta by H. Nolan

The Big Team Relay Race by H. Nolan

Matthew and Tilly by H. Nolan

Concept/Question Board:

Games Unit Concept/Question Board

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Independent Work Time:

Independent Work Time Activities

Independent Work Time.com the missing manual of how, why, and what to do during IWT

Lesson Plans:

Extensive Lesson Plans for Teaching About Games

Matthew and Tilly Lesson Idea and Worksheet

Movies:

Games Played on the Street

Powerpoints:

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Scaffolding the Writing Process :

Pictures of teachers modeling the writing process for this unit.

Games Prewriting Templates
copy two pages back to back and make a book of five pages use these for one entire week of prewriting allowing students to write about different games each day or the same game everyday teacher responds to student prewriting by asking questions and providing sentence frames like:
"______is a game where you try to _____."
or "When you __________ you win."

Final Draft Paper

Matthew and Tilly Writing Assignment

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