Required Materials |
Lucy Calkins Unit on Informational How Tos
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. |
Required Texts |
Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Texts by Mo Willems such as Knufflebunny by Mo Willems |
Suggested Texts |
Knufflebunny Too by Mo Willems
Knufflebunny Free by Mo Willems Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems The Pigeon Finds A Hot Dog by Mo Willems |
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 strategies to mindfulness curriculum |
Foundational Skills Daily |
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*Common Sight Words-Can read 19
*Name Upper and Lower Case Letters-Can Name 40 /d/, /v/, from, have, had PR Vol 1, Unit 3 /o/, /w/, on, not, was, PR Vol 1, Unit 8 & Unit 4 /c/, /-ck/, /k/, your PR Vol 1, Unit 5 & Unit 6 /qu/, /x/, here, they PR Vol 1, Unit 7 /-nk/ PR Vol 1, Unit 10 /-ng/ PR Vol 1, Unit 10 |
Lesson 1 (5-7 Days) |
Work on compare and contrast with your students. As a culminating lesson, complete the Achieve the Core Lesson, Elephants Can Paint Too.
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Lesson 2 (3 Weeks) |
Begin Lucy Calkins How to Unit. Students will write their own how to in unit 3.2
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Lesson 3 (4 Weeks) |
Lesson 4 (1-2 days) |
Engage Lesson - Animal Habitats - Animals on a Farm
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Lesson 5 (4 Weeks) |
Optional Lessons |
Consider lessons from Engage: https://www.unbounded.org/ela/kindergarten/listening-and-learning-strand/unit-3
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Vocabulary
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Reading
Complete sentences Details
Beginning Middle End Retell Characters Setting Events Fiction/narrative Nursery rhymes Poetry Fairy tales Fantasy Author Illustrator Illustration Text Relationship Compare Contrast Same/alike Different Active listening Participate Engaged Fiction/narrative Fairy tales Fantasy Nursery rhyme Poetry |
Foundational
Tracking
Letters Blend Syllable Consonant Vowel Beginning sound Ending sound Sound/phoneme |
Writing
Non-‐fiction/informational text
Explanatory Topic Revise Edit Details Publish Produce |
Speaking
Describe
Details Events Familiar |
Language
Uppercase/lowercase Plural
Naming words Action words Complete sentences Question words Capitalization Punctuation Period Question mark Exclamation mark/point Phonetic spelling Clarification Word endings (suffix) Word beginnings (prefix) Categorize Opposites/antonyms Synonyms verbs |
Sight Words
from, have, had
on, not, was,
your
here, they
on, not, was,
your
here, they
