Curious George at School Journeys First Grade Supplement
Curious George at School Journeys First Grade Supplement | Unit 1 Lesson 3
Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, Grammar, and Story Sequencing Activities
Save planning time and bring Curious George at School to life with this engaging first grade Journeys supplement for Unit 1, Lesson 3! This ready-to-use resource supports your reading block with purposeful lessons, eye-catching anchor charts, vocabulary practice, grammar activities, story sequencing, and writing—all in one convenient pack.
Whether you need whole-group instruction, literacy center practice, small-group support, or an easy review activity, these materials help students build essential ELA skills while staying connected to the weekly text.
What’s Included
First-read lesson plan: A structured guide for introducing the story, activating prior knowledge, previewing vocabulary, setting a reading purpose, asking comprehension questions, and checking student understanding.
Writing lesson plan: Step-by-step support for modeling the writing process, discussing ideas, planning a response, drafting, and sharing student work connected to the weekly text.
Instructional anchor charts: Clear, student-friendly visual references that help introduce important reading, writing, vocabulary, grammar, and sequencing concepts during whole-group instruction.
Vocabulary and Words to Know practice: Activities that help students read, identify, discuss, and use key lesson words in meaningful contexts.
Noun activities: Focused practice identifying people, places, animals, and things through examples connected to first grade language skills.
Verb activities: Engaging practice recognizing action words and using verbs to describe what characters do.
Beginning, middle, and end sequencing: Story-retelling activities that guide students to place important events in order and explain how the story develops.
Reading comprehension support: Opportunities to recall key details, discuss characters and events, and respond to the text orally or in writing.
Student-friendly review activities: Flexible skill practice that can be used during centers, independent work, small groups, intervention, or assessment review.
Ready-to-use teaching materials: Coordinated resources designed to reduce weekly planning time and keep instruction aligned across reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar.
Skills Students Practice
Using and understanding story vocabulary
Identifying nouns and action verbs
Retelling events in beginning-middle-end order
Organizing ideas before writing
Responding to a shared text
Strengthening reading comprehension and oral language
Perfect For
Whole-group reading lessons
Guided reading and small groups
Literacy centers and independent practice
Morning work, review, or intervention
Sub plans and easy lesson preparation
Make your lesson easier to plan and more engaging to teach. Add this comprehensive Curious George at School supplement to your classroom toolkit and enjoy meaningful, low-prep ELA practice all week long!