Elementary Language Arts - Kinder Module 1A

Kindergarten

Unit 1 Module A: Living Together: This is Home

Late August - Mid September: 1st Trimester

Module Overview

Supplementary Resources for Support

Use the drop down menu to view the new resources that have been curated to support ReadyGEN reading and writing and the foundational skills block

eBackpacks Unit 1 - digital books, articles, etc. for student reading to encourage a love of reading and build background knowledge around unit topics and themes
Kindergarten PBA Writing Guidance for Unit 1
PBA Student Writing Samples for Unit 1A - Samples & reflective questions to use with students to support their PBA writing and scoring support for teacher use
Fundations Videos - Exemplar videos in the Edthena Video Bank to watch Fundations lessons
Fundations Learning Activities Overview & Video Examples - An at-a-glance support for the Learning Activities used in Fundations
ML & Newcomer Spanish ReadyGen Anchor Text Summaries Unit 1 - Summaries to use for Newcomers in their home language to orient them with the text as they listen to read alouds in English

Enduring Understandings

Readers understand that there is a relationship between illustrations and words.

Writers understand that pictures and words about events help tell a story.

Learners understand that home is an important concept to all living things.

Essential Questions: "Knows"

How do readers use both words and illustrations to understand stories?

How do writers use both illustrations and words about events to tell a story?

Module Goals: "Dos"

Readers will use both words and illustrations to retell stories.

Writers will write a short narrative that includes a drawing and one event.

Learners will recognize the importance of homie to all living things.

Evidence of Learning: PBA

Narrative Task: Write About Animal Homes

Children will choose an animal from Where is Home, Little Pip? Or A House for Hermit Crab. They will tell about the animal and its home.

Standards Addressed

The highlighted evidence outcomes are the priority for all students, serving as the essential concepts and skills. It is recommended that the remaining evidence outcomes listed be addressed as time allows, representing the full breadth of the curriculum.

Standard 1: Oral Expression & Listening

Evidence outcomes in bold are those that are expected to be mastered in trimester 1

Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges. (CCSS: SL.K.1b)
Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail. (CCSS: SL.K.5)
Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly. (CCSS: SL.K.6)

Standard 2: Reading for All Purposes

Evidence outcomes in bold are those that are expected to be mastered in trimester 1

Prioritized Evidence Outcomes:

With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.(CCSS: RL.K.2)
With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. (CCSS: RL.K.3) *

Supporting Evidence Outcomes:

With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. (CCSS: RL.K.1) *
Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text. (CCSS: RL.K.4)

Foundational Skills:

Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page. (CCSS: RF.K.1a)
Recognize and produce rhyming words. (CCSS: RF.K.2a) *

Standard 3: Writing & Composition

Evidence outcomes in bold are those that are expected to be mastered in trimester 1

Prioritized Evidence Outcome:

Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened. (CCSS: W.K.3)

Supporting Evidence Outcomes:

With guidance and support from adults, respond to questions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed. (CCSS: W.K.5)

Grammar & Conventions:

Print many upper- and lowercase letters. (CCSS: L.K.1a)
Recognize and name end punctuation.(CCSS: L.K.2b)
Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short - vowel sounds (phonemes). (CCSS: L.K.2c)

Assessments

Assessments listed below reflect a balance of both formative and summative options, providing teachers and students with information relative to mastery of module and unit goals in reading and writing.