Required Materials |
Kindergarten Project Read
Reimers, Fernando; Chopra, Vidur; Chung, Connie; Higdon, Julia; O'Donnell, E. (2016-07-28). Empowering Global Citizens: A World Course. Kindle Edition. Project Read Bridge Project Read Volume 1 Lucy Calkins Writing Unts |
Required Texts |
Science Texts
Feel the Wind Gilberto and the Wind Assessment Text: What is Severe Weather (Guided Reading) |
Foundational Reading
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Foundational Reading Daily
Foundational Writing
Demonstrate understanding that a systematic, predictable relationship exists between written letters and spoken sounds |
Project Read Lessons
Engage Lessons
Skills Resources |
Daily |
In morning meeting, begin to establish the rituals and routines of the class. Have students engage in exercises to develop friendships and class rules and behavioral expectations using Responsive Classroom Strategies for morning meeting.
Connect Responsive Classroom to Mindfulness Curriculum
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Lesson 1 (7-10 Days) |
Complete Lucy Calkins Informational Unit of Study
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Lesson 2 (5-7 days) |
Complete this series of lesson on from Read Works on telling Fiction from Non-Fiction
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Lesson 3 (5-7 days) |
Lesson - Feel the Wind
Students will listen to informational text r ead aloud and use literacy skills (reading, writing, drawing, d iscussion and listening) to understand and learn about wind and its role in our lives. |
Lesson 4 (1-3 days) |
Lesson Gilberto and the Wind
This fictional text pairs well with the informational read, Feel the Wind. Before completing the lessons, watch the read aloud Gilberto and the Wind |
Lesson 5 (1 day) |
Read and answer informational questions about the article
A Tornado is Coming https://www.readworks.org/article/A-Tornado-Is-Coming/37e99eb9-4b7a-490b-8644-07ab04b7b4b8#!articleTab:content/ |
Lesson 6 (2 weeks) |
Connect lessons to our study of informational texts and informational writing.
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Lesson 7 (4 weeks) |
Suggested Text |
Read About Holidays - Rookie Readers 400-660L M. Becker
The Wind Thunderstorms Covers, (poem) Giovanni, Nikki Our Seasons, Lin, Grace 500.2 The Story of Snow, Cassino, Mark 870 I Face The Wind, Cobb, Vicki 540 Not a Buzz to be Found-Insects in Winter, Glaser, Linda 680 Weather Watchers: set Acorn (Heinemann) · Rain · Snow · Sunshine · Wind Weather, Viglianno, Adrian The Snowy Day, Keats, Ezra Jack 500 Hibernation Station, Meadows, Michelle 310 Over and Under the Snow, Messner, Kate 700 Optional Text sets on Transportation to use with World Course |
Optional Lessons |
Weather words by Gail Gibbons and Winter Wonders Task
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Academic Vocabulary
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Reading
Main topic
Connections Events Relationship Texts Role Reasons Support Points |
Writing
Informative
Explanatory Compose Dictate Topic Research Projects Sources Collaborate Respond Variety Tools Produce Publish Explore |
Speaking/Listening
Answer
Questions Confirm Understanding Visual display Descriptions Audibly Thoughts |
Language
Represent
Consonant Short vowels Capitalize Sentence Pronoun End punctuation Orally Prepositions Distinguish Variations Meaning Describe Act out Action Frequent Recognize Name Sounds Word First |
Foundation
Isolate
Pronounce Initial Medial Final Vowel sounds Phoneme Demonstrate Letter sound correspondence Produce Primary Consonant Long Short Vowels Spelling High frequency words |
