Kindergarten
Unit 5 Module B:Â
Knowing About Patterns and Structures
Late March - Mid April: 3rd Trimester
Kindergarten
Unit 5 Module B:Â
Knowing About Patterns and Structures
Late March - Mid April: 3rd Trimester
Module Overview
Readers understand that texts contain a main idea and details that support it.
Writers understand that informational texts are about topics that have been developed through research and observation.
Learners understand that there are different kinds of patterns in nature.
How do readers identify the main topic and supporting details of an informational text?
How does research on a topic strengthen informational writing?
Readers will determine the main topic and supporting details in informational texts.
Writers will write an explanatory text that names a topic and includes facts and a conclusion.
Learners will demonstrate understanding of patterns in nature.
Informative/Explanatory Task: Create a Did You Know? Book
Children will look at the patterns in nature using the selections Plant Patterns and Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature along with additional sources found during shared research. Children will then write their own Did You Know? books about patterns in nature that include information learned from their research.
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 3
Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. (CCSS: SL.K.1)*
Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood. (CCSS: SL.K.2) *
Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood. (CCSS: SL.K.3) *
Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and respond to texts. (CCSS: L.K.6) *
Demonstrate understanding of frequently occurring verbs and adjectives by relating them to their opposites (antonyms). (CCSS: L.K.5b)
Identify real-life connections between words and their use (for example: note places at school that are colorful). (CCSS: L.K.5c)
Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs describing the same general action (for example: walk, march, strut, prance) by acting out the meanings. (CCSS: L.K.5d)
Use new vocabulary that is directly taught through reading, speaking, and listening. *
Relate new vocabulary to prior knowledge. *
Evidence outcomes in bold are those that are expected to be mastered in trimester 3
Prioritized Evidence Outcomes:
With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text. (CCSS:RI.K.2)
Supporting Evidence Outcomes:
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. (CCSS: RI.K.1) *
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)*
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 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:
Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. (adapted from CCSS: RF.K.2d) *
Read common high-frequency words by sight (for example: the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does). *(CCSS: RF.K.3c)
Read emergent-reader text with purpose and understanding
Use the most frequently occurring inflections and affixes (for example: -ed,-s, re-, un-, pre-, -ful, -less) as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word. (CCSS: L.K.4b) *
Evidence outcomes in bold are those that are expected to be mastered in trimester 3
Prioritized Evidence Outcome:
Recount real or imagined, sequenced events that include details and a sense of closure. (CCSS:W.1.3)
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:
Print all upper- and lowercase letters. (CCSS:L.1.1a)
Use common, proper, and possessive nouns. (CCSS:L.1.1b)
Use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in basic sentences (for example: He hops; We hop). (CCSS:L.1.1c)
Use frequently occurring adjectives. (CCSS:L.1.1f)
Spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions. (CCSS:L.1.2e)
Ask primary questions of clarity, significance, relevance, and accuracy to improve quality of thinking.
Use a variety of resources to answer questions of interest through guided inquiry (for example: texts read aloud or viewed, direct observation).
Gather relevant information and check various information sources for accuracy (for example: In a class discussion focused on butterflies, students ask questions related to a butterfly and the life cycle.).
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.
Student Prompt:
Use Plant Patterns, Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature, and other sources to research patterns in nature with your classmates. Write a Did You Know? book about patterns in nature. Use information you learn from your research.Â
Remember to:
name what you are writing about.
tell information about the topic.
write an ending.
5B Informative/Explanatory Rubric
*Administered AFTER Module 5B
Texts
Texts listed below reflect the full series of reading materials designed to build background knowledge within the Unit theme.
Anchor Text:
Plant Patterns (trade book)
740L
Informational Text
Supporting Text:
Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature (Text Collection)
330L
Informational Text
Foundational Skills