Kindergarten ELA
Scope
How do the texts I read and write allow me to know myself and others (in my immediate environment)?
Unit — All About Me
Essential Questions
How am I unique?
What makes me who I am?
Guiding Questions
How do readers work?
How do writers work?
What makes a good reader?
What makes a good writer?
What do good readers do?
How am I similar to the characters I read about?
How am I different from the characters I read about?
How do the texts I read connect me to my family, classmates, and community?
How do nursery rhymes reveal what is important to people?
How do nursery rhymes reveal the problems of human beings?
How do nursery rhymes connect me to my family, classmates, and community?
How are the problems and issues presented in nursery rhymes similar to and different from what we experience?
How are the expectations in a family similar to the ideas presented in the fables?
Reading
Anchor Texts:
Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
Creak Said the Bed by Phyllis Root
We Are in a Book! by Mo Willems
Arthur Writes a Story by Marc Brown
“Roses Are Red” and “Ring Around the Rosie”
“Rain, Rain Go Away” and “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring”
“This Little Pig Went to Market” and” One, Two, Buckle My Shoe”
“Jack and Jill” and “Little Miss Muffet”
Fiction Skills:
Students will:
develop a purpose for listening/reading.
identify the beginning, middle, and end of a text.
identify specific information to support an idea in the text.
identify a character, setting, or event of a story.
identify and retell key details in a story.
summarize a story.
make text-to-self connections, text-to-text connections, and text-to-world connections.
name the author and illustrator and define the role of each.
Writing
Anchor Writing:
TC Narrative Writing Unit
Writing about Reading
Skills:
Students will:
ask and answer questions about texts they read.
draw, dictate, or write narratives.
draw, dictate, or write an opinion about a topic.
create a response to a text, author, or personal experience.
Reading: KR1, KR2, KR3, KR4, KR5, KR6, KR7, KR8, KR9
Writing: KW1, KW2, KW3, KW4
Unit — Me and the People I Know
Essential Questions
How do I work as part of a family/class/community?
Guiding Questions
How am I similar to the characters I read about?
How am I different from the characters I read about?
How do the texts I read connect me to my family, classmates, and community?
How are the problems and issues presented in the texts I read similar to and different from what we experience?
How do the texts I read reveal what is important to people?
How do the texts I read reveal the flaws/problems in people?
How do fables reveal what is important to people?
How do fables reveal the flaws in human beings?
How do fables connect me to my family, classmates, and community?
How are the problems and issues presented in fables similar to and different from what we experience?
How are the expectations in a family similar to the ideas presented in the fables?
How can we fit in with people around us?
How can I be a good citizen?
Reading
Anchor Texts:
“Baa, Baa, Black Sheep” and “Humpty Dumpty”
“Star Light, Star Bright” and “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”
Fables by Aesop
"The Lion and the Mouse"
"The Hare and the Tortoise"
"The Dog and His Reflection"
Fiction Skills:
Students will:
develop a purpose for listening/reading.
identify the beginning, middle, and end of a text.
identify specific information to support an idea in the text.
identify a character, setting, or event of a story.
identify and retell key details in a story.
summarize a story.
make text-to-self connections, text-to-text connections, and text-to-world connections.
name the author and illustrator and define the role of each.
Writing
Anchor Writing:
TC Information Writing Unit
Writing about Reading
Skills:
Students will:
ask and answer questions about texts they read.
draw, dictate, or write narratives.
draw, dictate, or write an opinion about a topic.
create a response to a text, author, or personal experience.
Reading: KR1, KR2, KR3, KR4, KR5, KR6, KR7, KR8, KR9
Writing: KW1, KW2, KW3, KW4
Unit — Me and My Community
Essential Questions
How do texts help me and my community in everyday life?
Guiding Questions
Where do I see the lessons from the texts I read in my own community (school and family)?
How do people help one another through the books they write?
What information can I learn about the world around me?
How do the texts I read reveal what is important to people?
How do fables reveal the flaws in people and where do I see this in everyday life?
How do the texts I read connect me to my family, classmates, and community?
How are the problems and issues presented in the texts I read similar to and different from what we experience?
How are the expectations in a family and a community similar to the ideas presented in the texts I read?
How are my ideas the same as my family, friends, class, and community?
How are my ideas different from those around me?
Reading
Anchor Texts:
Milk to Ice Cream by Lisa M. Herrington
Wax to Crayons by Inez Snyder
Non-Fiction Skills:
Students will:
develop a purpose for listening/reading.
summarize parts of a text and the whole text.
identify illustrations and details and how they support the purpose of the text.
identify specific information to support an idea in the text.
explain the difference between fiction and non-fiction texts.
make text-to-self connections, text-to-text connections, and text-to-world connections.
name the author and illustrator and define the role of each.
Writing
Anchor Writing:
TC Opinion Writing Unit
Writing about Reading
Skills:
Students will:
ask and answer questions about texts they read.
draw, dictate, or write narratives.
draw, dictate, or write an opinion about a topic.
create a response to a text, author, or personal experience.
Reading: KR1, KR2, KR3, KR4, KR5, KR6, KR7, KR8, KR9
Writing: KW1, KW2, KW3, KW4