Kindergarten
Unit 4 Module A: Learning About Each Other and the World
Mid January - Early February: 2nd Trimester
Kindergarten
Unit 4 Module A: Learning About Each Other and the World
Mid January - Early February: 2nd Trimester
Module Overview
Readers understand that characters have similar experiences in different stories.
Writers understand that using time-order words puts events in sequence.
Learners understand that different cultures share similar experiences.
How do readers compare and contrast the experiences of different characters?
How do writers identify the sequence of events in a story?
Readers will compare and contrast characters and their experiences in stories.
Writers will write a narrative using the sequence words first, then, and last.
Learners will understand that different cultures blend together in both families and communities.
Narrative Task: Write About A Day With My Friend
Children will pretend they are friends with the main character in either I Love Saturdays y domingos or Apple Pie 4th of July. They will draw, dictate, or write a simple narrative telling about a day they spend together.
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, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories. (CCSS: RL.K.9)
Supporting 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) *
Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text. (CCSS: RL.K.4)
Recognize common types of texts (for example: storybooks, poems).(CCSS: RL.K.5) *
With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (for example: what moment in a story an illustration depicts). (CCSS: RL.K.7)
Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding. (CCSS: RL.K.10)
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 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)
With guidance and support from adults, explore a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers (CCSS: W.K.6)
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)
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:
Pretend you are friends with either the girl in I Love Saturdays y domingos or the girl in Apple Pie 4th of July. Draw, dictate, or write a story about a day you and your friend spend together.
Remember to:
describe three things you and your friend do together.
tell about the events in order.
use the words first, next, and last.
tell how you and your friend react to the events.
use complete sentences.
*Administered AFTER Module 4B
Texts
Texts listed below reflect the full series of reading materials designed to build background knowledge within the Unit theme.
Anchor Text:
I Love Saturdays y domingos (trade book)
510L
Literary Text
Supporting Text:
Apple Pie 4th of July (Text Collection)
730L
Literary Text
Foundational Skills