Grade K

Unit 4.2 Materials and Pacing

Required Materials
Project Read Bridge
​Project Read Scope and Sequence
Project Read Volume 1
K Writing Rubrics
​Reimers, Fernando; Chopra, Vidur; Chung, Connie; Higdon, Julia; O'Donnell, E. (2016-07-28). Empowering Global Citizens: A World Course. Kindle Edition.​

​Lucy Calkins Units of Study

Required Texts
Teacher selected materials, such as an Eric Carle's The Grouchy Ladybug and the Hungry Caterpillar and From Caterpillar to Butterfly by Deborah Heiligman.
Video of Eric Carle reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar ​himself!

Reading A-Z and Science A-Z informational text that provides a non-fiction perspective that mirrors Carle's fictional approach.
List of Featured Books by Eric Carle 
Rainbow Fish
​Corduroy

Lesson 1 Foundational Skills (Daily)

Project Read Scope and Sequence

Lesson 2 (3-5 days)
Author Study and Reader's Theater
  • Students will participate in charades to act out the roles of author/illustrator. The teacher will be able to assess student understanding based on the students' ability to role play and identify the role that is acted out.
  • Upon questioning, students will be able to describe the relationship between the illustrations and the text in familiar books.
  • Students will participate in a shared writing activity in which they write a narrative that includes a beginning, middle, and end. They will also recommend illustrations that match the story. The teacher will be able to assess if students can apply their knowledge of the roles of author and illustrator to the writing of a narrative. They will also be able to assess if students know the parts of a narrative before they are expected to write their own.
Adapted from www.cpalms.org

Lesson 3 (5 Weeks)
World Course - Unit 6 

Lesson 4 (5 Weeks)
Include Technology and Other Digital Media
Eric Carle's Website with images, video and texts
Eric Carle Museum in Amherst Mass.
https://www.carlemuseum.org/
Interview with Eric Carle on Reading Rockets
Use the chart to compare and contrast a fictional and non-fictional text about an animal or insect, such as those found in the Eric Carle Series. Compare and Contrast using a T-Chart - Informational Writing Task

​Text Based Vocabulary: cocoon, pupa, metamorphosis, chrysalis, molting.

My Caterpillar Loves to Eat

Lesson 5 (5 Days)
Prior to administering Rainbow Fish, use this retell task as an instructional tool. You will need a copy of Corduroy to complete. 

Vocabulary

Reading
Foundational
Writing
Speaking and Listening
Language
Complete sentences Details
Beginning
Middle
End
Retell
Characters
Setting
Events
Clarification
Compare
Contrast
Same/alike Different
Active listening Participate
Engaged Fiction/narrative
Fairy tales
Fantasy   
Nursery rhyme
​Poetry
Tracking Letters
Tracking
Blend Syllable Consonant Vowel
Beginning sound Ending sound Sound/phoneme
Letter
Sound
Word
Consonant
Long vowel
Short vowel
Sight words
Accurately
Smoothly   
With expression Strategy use
Reading for meaning Setting a purpose
opinion
Non-­‐fiction/informational text
Explanatory
Topic
Personal narrative Sequence of events
Revise
Edit
Details
Publish
Produce
Research
Opinions
Fact
Recall
Sources
Background knowledge
Complete  sentence Turn-­‐taking
Listening to speaker Eye contact
Think-­‐pair-­‐share
Complete sentence Clarification
Ask questions
Answer questions
Describe
Details
Events
Familiar
Illustration
Visual display
Provide
Additional
Audibly
Express
Appropriate
volume
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
Action words/verbs
Audibly
​Express
Complete sentences Appropriate volume