KINDERGARTEN ELA- 2nd 9 weeks Theme title Standards Essential
Vocabulary Task Analysis Learning Activities/Assessments Resources
Unit 3 Friends, Family, & Community LK.1 RF.K.1a RL.K.3 RL.K.9 L.K.1d RF.K.2a L.K.1a L.k.2c L.K.2d RF.K.1d RF.K.2b RF.K.2c RF.k.2d RL.K.4 RL.K.9 W.K.2 SL.K.4 RI.K.1 LK.1f L.K.2d L.K.1f RF.K.2d WK.7 Noun Verb Plural Singular Proper noun Common noun Sentence Pronoun Adjective Past Present Future Joining words Tense Compound Extend Period Question mark Exclamation mark Statement Question Exclamation Command Write pre-writing strokes (lines: vertical, horizontal, diagonal, Curved, etc.)
Print many upper- and lowercase letters.
Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs
Form regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/ (e.g., dog, dogs; wish wishes).
Form regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/ (e.g., dog, dogs; wish, wishes). Understand and use question words
(interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
With assistance, use the most frequently
occurring prepositions (e.g., to, from, in, out, on, off, for, of, by, with). Use the most frequently occurring prepositions (e.g., to, from, in, out, on, off, for, of, by, with).
Matching plural CVCs words with singular CVC words (community helpers) ex.- baker, bakers; teacher, teachers.
Five Fingers of a Story (Who, what, when, where, why?)
Bats and
spiders--spider wreath for poem Little Miss Muffet
-spider snack using Oreos and pretzels
-fact book emergent reader -at family activities
-Retell to go with book There Was An Old Lady (-Have your student make their own old lady! All you need is a ziploc baggie. Your students create legs, arms, and a head to attach to the lady. Use the pictures of the characters to sequence how they were ordered in the book)
-where is your spider game (practice place a spider in different places around a web)
North Carolina Guide for the Early Years (2nd Edition)
Storyonline.net http://www.teachervision.fen.com/ fiction/activity/1738.html http://www.twigglemagazine.com/ October-kids-activities.html Stellaluna
es.com/Stellaluna-Lesson-Sounds Onset-Rime Rhyme Consonant Vowel Syllable Blend Blending Beginning Middle End Segment C-V-C Consonant blend Phoneme
Character Events Adventures Compare Alike Different Contrast Similar Experiences
Listen and repeat rhyming words
Recognize and produce rhyming
Words.
Sound out and spell CVC words.
Identify characters & events. Know that adventures
are a series of events that make up a story
Identify characters in more than one story. Know that compare means looking for things that are alike or
Different. Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of Characters in familiar stories.
Fall (leaves, pumpkins, scarecrow)
-growth of a pumpkin craft -pumpkin circumference estimation
-5 little pumpkins poem and activities (retell using stick puppets)
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leaf rub -leaf sorting-draw and describe a fall setting (using a vocabulary quilt) -compare/contrast the The Old Lady from the various books (There Was An Old Lady) using a bubble map
-follow directions to create a scarecrow (write simple directions on chart paper using prepostitions-to/from, on/off, in/out for the students to follow)
Plans.html
http://www.kidssoup.com/ Fall/a_howmanybats.pdf
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever, , There Was an Old Lady That Swallowed Some Leaves, , The Littlest Pumpkin Ever
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/fall/ mbagscarecrow.htm
Friends, Family and Feelings
-Circle map of feelings (choose 1 feeling and write about something that would make you feel that way)
-Make a paper plate happy and sad (read scenarios and let students decide the emotion) -Play guess the feeling of the student sitting in the middle by their facial expression
-compare stephanie’s feelings from beginning of the book and the end
-centers/game see resource link
When Sophie Gets Angry, Terrible Horrible Day, Stephanies Ponytail
http://www.mes-english.com/flashcards/ feelings.php
Little Critter Series Joy Cowley family books North Carolina Guide for the Early Years (2nd Edition)
A Curricular Plan for the Reading
Workshop, Grade K (Lucy Calkins)
Interactive Read Alouds, Grades K-1
(Linda Hoyt)
http://tc.readingandwr itingproject.com/ http://www.readwritet hink.org/
http://www.kbumreadi ng.com/
www.readinglady.com
Thanksgiving
provide students with various items (some floatable) to build “Mayflower”-try to float them. Did your boat float? Why/why not? -Enlarge clip art of Pilgrim boy
On the Mayflower, Sara Mortons, Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving , There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie
and girl. lable their clothes. (Girls: coif, apron, pocket, shoe, petticoat, waistcoat. Boys: hat, breeches, doublet, stocking, shoes) create a venn diagram to compare/contrast Pilgrims with themselves)
-Recall and brainstorm food items that the Pilgrims might have eaten. Have students graph what they think their favorite Thanksgiving food would have
been.-compare/contrast pilgrims and native Americans
-Make a farmers breakfast (pancakes) sequencing (see “The Cat Book” kindergarten unit 2 page 19-sample online- book is online(see resource)
-discuss action words with this lesson and adding
-ing to the end of words -Disguise a turkey
-I am thankful for (write on turkey feathers)
watch?v=4yzLbf15w3g
Run, Turkey, Run!
Unit 4
America: Symbols & Celebrations (Holidays)
Describe, Detail ,Event Experience Information Who questions Introductory Clarify Adjective Feelings Ideas Relevant
Describe relevant details about an experience,
Object or person.
Describe using clarity of thought and emotions.
Describe familiar
People, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
Gingerbread Men
-make gingerbread men (write simple directions on chart paper using
prepostitions-to/from, on/off, in/out for the students to follow)
-locate a hidden gingerbread man by reading a map
-venn diagram to compare/contrast gingerbread man/girl/baby
Christmas Around the World -make a suitcase/passport before beginning unit
(http://www.abcteach.com/free/p/p assport.pdf)
-crafts activities Kwanzaa candle
Hanukkah Candle Star of David Paper Poinsettias
www.Santa.net/songs.htm
Non-fiction books about various countries
Traditional Christmas(polar express)
-Decorate a stocking a home - pretend Rudolph is retiring. Students will create a new reindeer and name him and decorate him -students will read a map of the school to locate the gingerbread man
-Compare/contrast gingerbread man and ginger bread girl
Polar Express, Rudolph, The Night Before
Christmas, Sweet Smell of Christmas
Winter/Penguins
-make a report card for Tacky (see resource link)
-winter game (ice skating with paper plates, walk like a penguin carry a ball relay race, scooter slide race on stomachs)
-eat ice cream sandwiches (tell students it’s a penguin)
Tacky the Penguin,
http://fun-in-first.blogspot.com/2011/01/t acky-penguin.html
http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Cc04etiu508
-compare and contrast Antarctica’s climate to our climate
-me on the map flipbook (see resource link)
-Role play the mitten (students get in sleeping bag)
-Bubble map of different name to call a grandmother
-parent volunteer to come knit for the class
-Thumbs up, Thumbs down for facts and fantasy in the Mitten
Pepple, Me On The Map,
http://pinterest.com/ kaylahenr/me-on-the-map-landforms/
-The Mitten
http://www.bing.com/ images/search?
q=the+mitten+activities&id =A326DFA057D433B552C 8BFD32CAF6E1566C6D56 6&FORM=IQFRBA
Martin Luther King/Black History
-Research a black American inventor (at home project)
Invent something to share with the class (at home project)
-Make Underground Railroad Quilt Patterns
-Role play Rosa Parks -make the drinking gourd constellation
