Kindergarten Whole Group Lesson Plans

Kindergarten Whole Group Lesson Plans Topic: Helping Essential Question: How do tools help us do things with our hands? Comprehension skill: Details and Cause/Effect Lesson: 5 Grammar Skill: Action Words Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Opening Routines/Vocabulary Opening Routines/Vocabulary Opening Routines/Vocabulary Opening Routines/Vocabulary Opening Routines/Vocabulary Poem__The Little Red Hen Song_ Poem: The Little Red Hen Song Poem: The Little Red Hen Song Poem The Little Red Hen Song: Poem: The Little Red Hen Song *Use Flip Chart to introduce theme *Use cards to introduce/review *Use cards to review HFW: TE PG *Use cards to review HFW: TE PG *Use cards to review HFW: _I_ for the week through poem or song HFW: _TE PG T407- HFW:_like 425-HFW: _the 437-HFW:_and_ *Daily Vocabulary Boost: Review TE PG T388 *Daily Vocabulary Boost: Review *Daily Vocabulary Boost: Review *Daily Vocabulary Boost: Review the oral vocabulary for the week, *Use vocabulary cards to introduce the oral vocabulary words from oral vocabulary TE PG T425 oral vocabulary TE PG _T437_ TE PG _T447_ High Frequency Words (HFW): TE the week by asking questions on * Add words to the TWB from *Vocabulary Strategies: Teach *Briefly introduce story PG: T389 HFW: I , like *Daily Vocabulary Boost: Introduce TE PG _T407_. the Big Book on day 2 that relate and model the vocabulary vocabulary from the Interactive words related to topic to the theme or topic of the strategy for the week Read Aloud. These words should TE PG _T 389 (optional)_ week. (help ,helpful, handy, _Synonyms be pre-selected by teacher. *Begin a theme word bank (TWB) handiest) Complete the guided practice/apply that can be used throughout the section week -add words from the poem or TE PG _T439_- find synonyms for song that relate to theme or topic. verbs found in Big Book- you could Tools that Help our Hands also introduce synonyms for the word help like assist (paper plates) Read and Comprehend Read and Comprehend Read and Comprehend Read and Comprehend Read and Comprehend *Read the read aloud book “The *Introduce the Big Book, The *Dig Deeper: How to Analyze the *Connect to the Topic: Read and *Teacher selects an interactive Little Red Hen”, T390-397. Use Handiest Things in the World, on Text on TE PG T430-431 discuss the paired selection, Stone read aloud to go along with the “Think Through the Text” notes in TE PG T410-411_. Introduce the Revisit specific parts of Big Book Soup on TE PG T440-442. theme. Students will engage in TE to guide you as you read. comprehension skill Details and and have students use text *Compare texts using only the conversation with a partner as its *Discuss oral vocabulary found in the comprehension strategy evidence to support. Text-to-Text comparisons on TE PG read. Follow the read aloud read aloud TE PG _T398 - on left Asking Questions. *Your Turn: Use this section to _T442- discuss orally and extend planning template to plan hand side of page *Introduce Selection Vocabulary guide you in revisiting the with written response below. questions and writing extension. *Dig Deeper: Take a closer look at on TE PG _T411_ that will be essential question from the week Vocabulary: Write sentence with Title: _Owen & Mzee____ the read aloud using evidence found in the Big Book and discuss orally. each vocabulary word on a Author:_Hatkoff, Kahumbu_ from the text- TE PG _T398_ *Read through the Big Book asking TE PG _T432_- extend with written sentence strip. the “Think Through the Text” response below. questions as you read, T412-419 Grammar and Writing Grammar and Writing Grammar: and Writing Grammar and Writing Grammar and Writing Grammar: *Add action words from Grammar: *Review words on Writing: (shared) What can we Writing: (shared) How did the *Complete a modeled/shared The Little Red Hen to TWB. TWB through drama.Writing: The do with our hands? Use Retelling visitors help the towspeople? writing based on the read aloud or Writing: Cause and Effect author says that our hands are the cards to write a sentence about theme/topic. Integrate the Relationships. Make T-chart on the most handy thing we have. Find each picture. grammar and writing focus for the Cause and effect relationships in The details from the Big Book that prove week in the writing. Little Red Hen. how the hand is handy or useful to Topic: Cause & Effect- Make T-chart us- generate a list of ideas. based on Owen and Mzee (Extension- students can draw and label something they do with their hands. (Action words)