Kindergarten
Unit 2 Module B: Understanding Then and Now
Early November - Late November: 2nd Trimester
Kindergarten
Unit 2 Module B: Understanding Then and Now
Early November - Late November: 2nd Trimester
Module Overview
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Readers understand that asking questions helps them understand a text.
Writers understand that they can state an opinion through words and illustrations.
Learners understand that people’s lives “then” were similar to and different from our lives today.
How do readers ask questions to help them understand informational texts?
How do writers use illustrations to help them state an opinion?
Readers will ask questions to better understand informational texts.
Writers will state an opinion and draw a picture to show a reason for their opinion.
Learners will identify similarities and differences between people’s lives “then” and our lives today.
Opinion Task: Write about Life on a Farm
Children will state an opinion about whether they would like to live on a farm.
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.
Evidence outcomes in bold are those that are expected to be mastered in trimester 2
Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (for example: listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion). (CCSS: SL.K.1a)
Listen with comprehension to follow two-step directions.
Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail. (CCSS: SL.K.4)
Sort common objects into categories (for example: shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent. (CCSS: L.K.5a)
Evidence outcomes in bold are those that are expected to be mastered in trimester 2
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)
Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text. (CCSS: RI.K.4)
Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book (CCSS:RI.K5)*
Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text. (CCSS: RI.K.6)
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:
Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters. (CCSS: RF.K.1b) *
Understand that words are separated by spaces in print (concept of word). (CCSS: RF.K.1c) *
Recognize and name all upper - and lower case letters of the alphabet. (CCSS: RF.K.1d)*
Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words. (CCSS: RF.K.2b) *
Blend and segment the onset and rime of single - syllable spoken words.(adapted from CCSS: RF.K.2c) *
Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words. (CCSS: RF.K.2e) *
Read text consisting of short sentences comprised of learned sight words and consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words. *
Identify phonemes for letters. *
Demonstrate basic knowledge of letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or most frequent sound for each consonant. (adapted from CCSS: RF.K.3a) *
Associate the long and short sounds with the common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels. (CCSS: RF.K.3b) *
Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ. (CCSS: RF.K.3d)
Identify new meanings for familiar words and apply them accurately (for example: knowing duck is a bird and learning the verb to duck). (CCSS:L.K.4a) *
Identify and produce groups of words that begin with the same sound (alliteration). *
Identify the initial, medial, and final phoneme (speech sound) of spoken words. *
Evidence outcomes in bold are those that are expected to be mastered in trimester 2
Prioritized Evidence Outcome:
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (for example: My favorite book is...). (CCSS: W.K.1)
Supporting Evidence Outcomes:
Recount two or more appropriately sequenced events. (CCSS: W.1.3)
Include some details regarding what happened (CCSS:W.1.3)
Provide some sense of closure. (CCSS: W.1.3)
Grammar & Conventions:
Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs. (CCSS: L.K.1b)
Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities.(CCSS: L.K.1f)
Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I.(CCSS: L.K.2a)
Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.(CCSS: L.K.2d)
Evidence outcomes in bold are those that are expected to be mastered in trimester 2
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.
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.
Student Prompt:
Would you like to live on a farm? Why or why not? Think about what you read in Farming Then and Now. Think about what you know about farms. Draw, dictate, or write to tell your opinion and a reason. Remember to:
tell your opinion.
draw, dictate, or write one reason for your opinion.Â
Check your sentences. Did you use a capital letter at the beginning? Did you put a punctuation mark at the end?
*Administered AFTER Module 2B
Texts
Texts listed below reflect the full series of reading materials designed to build background knowledge within the Unit theme.
Anchor Text:
Farming Then and Now (trade book)
600L
Informational Text
Supporting Text:
The Old Things (Trade Book)
60L
Informational Text
Additional Text Sets:
Century Farm
Life at Home: Then and Now
(Available for check out through District Media Services)
Foundational Skills