Elementary Language Arts - Kinder Module 1B

Kindergarten

Unit 1 Module B: Living Together: This is Home

Mid August - Mid September - Early October: 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 1B - 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 answering questions helps them understand information in texts.

Writers understand that informational texts provide answers to questions about topics.

Learners understand that the environment affects living things.

Essential Questions: "Knows"

How do readers use text evidence to answer questions about informational texts?

How do writers explain information about a topic?

Module Goals: "Dos"

Readers will answer questions about key details in informational texts.

Writers will write a sentence that explains information.

Learners will identify different environments and their effects on living things.

Evidence of Learning: PBA

Informative/Explanatory Task: Write About A Special Home

Children will select an animal from Life in a Pond or A Bed for the Winter. They will explain about the animal’s or plant’s 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

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)
Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges. (CCSS: SL.K.1b)

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, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. (CCSS: RL.K.1) *

Supporting Evidence Outcomes:

With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text. (CCSS:RI.K.2)
With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text. (CCSS:RI.K3)
With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (for example: what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustrator depicts). (CCSS: RI.K.7)
With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text. (CCSS: RI.K.8)
With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (for example: in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures). (CCSS:RI.K9)
Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding. (CCSS:RI.K10)

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 compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic. (CCSS: W.K.2)

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)

Standard 4: Research Inquiry & Design

Participate in shared research and writing projects (for example: explore a number of books by a favorite author and express opinions about them). (CCSS:W.K.7)
Identify a clear purpose for research or inquiry (for example: If the class is learning about trees, is my need to know more about pets related?)
Ask a specific question and gather relevant information from various sources related to that question that inform clarity of purpose and conclusions about research.
With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experience or gather information from provided sources to answer a question. (CCSS:W.K.8)

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.