Magazine Madness for Fantastic 1st Graders

Each day, students will learn a new comprehension strategy through a Scholastic News Magazine.  Each magazine will cover specific skills, have a fun video and game, as well as an activity.  Below is a break down of the course, magazines, and skills that will be covered each week. 

** Please note that Scholastic News Magazine comes out with new, monthly magazines so the titles of the magazines might change depending on the month. However, we will be focusing on the same skills as planned. **

Week 1 
* Comprehension strategy - Text features
* Other skills - Key details, vocabulary, decoding words, phonics
* Science and social studies focus - Healthy habits, parts of a plant
* Magazine articles - Little Green Apple, Let's Stay Healthy

Week 2 
* Comprehension strategy - Compare and contrast
* Other skills - Vocabulary, decoding words, key details, writing
* Science and social studies focus - communities and being helpful
* Magazine articles - Thank You Community Workers, Can I Help?

Week 3 
* Comprehension Strategy - Main idea
* Other skills - Key details, writing, social emotional, text types, vocabulary
* Science and social studies focus - Structure and function, parts of a plant, good work habits
* Magazine articles - Mo Doesn't Give Up, Palm Trees in the Wind

Week 4 
* Comprehension Strategy - Sequence of Events
* Other skills - Key details, predictions, text evidence, vocabulary, critical thinking
* Science and social studies focus - States of matter, weather
* Magazine articles - Making Ice Cream, My Wild Weather Day

Week 5  
* Comprehension Strategy - Text features/Analyze 
* Other skills - Key details, vocabulary, syllables, decode words
* Science and social studies focus - Ocean animals, caring for animals, animal babies, cooperation
* Magazine articles - Saving Gibson, Make Way for Ducklings

Week 6 
* Comprehension Strategy - Main Idea 
* Other skills - Key details, vocabulary, decode words 
* Science and social studies focus - World cultures, rural and urban areas, character traits, determination
* Magazine articles - Welcome to Ireland, Flip for the Olympics

Week 7 
* Comprehension Strategy - Sequence of Events
* Other skills - Vocabulary, key details, text evidence, writing
* Science and social studies focus - Frogs, life cycles, Earth Day, recycling, inventors
* Magazine articles - Don't Mess With This Dad, Recycle That Gum

Week 8 
* Comprehension Strategy - Vocabulary and key details
* Other skills - Text evidence, writing, context clues, long and short vowels
* Science and social studies focus - Earth Day, endangered animals, habitats, animal adaptations, personal health
* Magazine articles - Do Pigs Use Sunscreen, Forest Helpers

The class is ongoing and has no tentative end date. Each week, we will circle back through these skills with a different, new, up-to-date magazine.

* Please note that the magazine titles and skills change monthly. *