Kindergarten ELAR Unit 5
Fiction in Focus
29 Instructional Days - 3rd 6 Weeks
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Big Idea:
Readers use phonemic and comprehension strategies to understand and respond to their reading.
Student Expectations:
Priority TEKS
K.5(C) make and confirm predictions using text features and structures with adult assistance
K6.(D) Retell texts in ways that maintains meaning
K.6(B) Provide an oral pictorial, or written response to a text
Focus TEKS
K.2(Av) blend syllables to form multi-syllabic words
K.2(Avi) segments multi-syllabic words into syllables
K.5(A) establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts with adult assistance
K.5(B) generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information with adult assistance;
K.5(D) create mental images to deepen understanding with adult assistance
K.5(E) make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society with adult assistance
K.7(A) discuss topics and determine the basic theme using text evidence with adult assistance
K.6(E) interact with sources in meaningful ways such as illustrating or writing
K.6(F) respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate
K.8(E) recognize characteristics of persuasive text with adult assistance and state what the author is trying to persuade the reader to think or do
Ongoing TEKS
K.2(Avii) blend spoken on-set and rimes to form simple words
K.2(Dv) identifying all uppercase and lowercase letters
K.3(B) use illustrations and texts the student is able to read or hear to learn or clarify word meanings
K.4 The student reads grade-appropriate texts independently. The student is expected to self-select text and interact independently with text for increasing periods of time.
K.6(A) describe personal connections to a variety of sources
K.6(B) provide an oral, pictorial, or written response to a text
K.10(E): Share writing
Student Learning Targets:
- I will retell a simple text.
- I will predict what will happen in a story.
- I will respond to what we read by drawing a picture.
- I will respond to what we read by retelling the story.
- I will confirm if my prediction was correct.
Essential Questions:
- How can you retell a story? (pictures, words, acting it out)
- How can you confirm if your prediction was correct or incorrect?
- What could be an alternate ending?
- What can you tell me about__? (the character, the problem, etc)
Extra Information:
Adopted Textbook: Texas Treasures, McMillian / McGraw-Hill