K ELA Unit 2 Overview

Longview ISD Page 1 Kindergarten Unit 2: Changes Suggested Time Frame: 6 Weeks TAKS Objective: 2 TEKS: K.5B, K.5C, K.6B, K.6F, K.11B, K.11C, K.14B, K.15B Unit Overview Change can affect the way we work and play. Many changes take place in the Fall. Community helpers can change the world we live in. Enduring Understandings Essential Questions Writing Purpose  Changes take place in the Fall.  What changes take place in the Fall? Focus on detail, sequence, and writing  Community helpers help change the  How could one be a better listener? with a sense of story. Record sounds community and make it better.  How can community helpers change using known words, tackling words,  Listening to others strengthens communities? leaving spaces between words, and relationships. being a risk taker with spelling.

Focus and Coherence Language of Instruction Relationships and/or Connections that Focus on one idea and stick with it beginning should emerge clapping syllables  Many changes take place during the Fall fact  Change does effect us fantasy  How we have an impact on change fiction Writing Organizations manipulatives Sequence of story medial & final sounds nonfiction print simple stories Depth of Development spaces Details structure Products students will develop  Make a Fall tree  Leaf rubbings  Draw a picture of what they would like Voice to be when they grow up, dictate to The author’s style teacher Core Vocabulary Vocabulary is generated by the teacher from selected reading materials (these words should be used throughout the year). Conventions of Written Language As to include: Grammar

big grande help ayudar little pequeño Every lesson should incorporate make hacer Word Works Lessons the 5 components listed above with con Pinnell & Fountas work trabajar Use the 5 components when doing Week 1: PA 8, PA9, LK 6 shared and interactive writing. You Week 2: LK7, WSA1, WSA2, can demonstrate the components Week 3: ELC4, ELC5, ELC6, through daily news, writing about your Week 4: PA10, PA11, LK8, leader and writer’s workshop stories. Week 5: LK9, LK10, LK11, This is recommended as a daily Word Wall Words activity. English We, and, it no, yes Estrellita Program for Bi-Lingual Spanish Sonidos iniciales Ending sounds –a, o, ending sound with me, estoy, se, es, son, ese, esas

Glue words (written on black and white) are in Bold.

Words with rimes are written on bright colored paper.

8/27/2007 DRAFT 3 Longview ISD Page 2 Kindergarten Unit 2: Changes Suggested Time Frame: 6 Weeks TAKS Objective: 2 TEKS: K.5B, K.5C, K.6B, K.6F, K.11B, K.11C, K.14B, K.15B Unit Overview Change can affect the way we work and play. Many changes take place in the Fall. Community helpers can change the world we live in. Text Resources Enrichment Workstations Speaking and Listening Skills/Processes Read Aloud Books  Read the Room (use pointers to read the □ K.1A □ K.3A  A House is a House for Me room) □ K.1B □ K.3B  The Little House  Reading Boxes (use text from Guided □ K.1C □ K.3C  A Day With the Doctor Reading)  A Day With the Mail Carrier  Class Library (fiction and non-fiction books) □ K.1D □ K.3D  Firefighters  Buddy Reading □ K.1E □ K.3E  Dr. DeSoto  Pocket Chart Activities □ K.1F □ K.4A  A Season of Arnold’s Apple Tree  Ten Apples up on Top  Making Words (magnetic letters, etc.) □ K.2A □ K.4B  When Autumn Comes  Letter Center (a variety of alphabet □ K.2B □ K.4C  Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf activities)  The Story of Johnny Appleseed  Writing (write the room, make books, Reading Skills/Processes  The Little Red Hen journals, etc.) □ K.5C □ K.4D □ K.11A  Big Red Barn  Listening □ K.5D □ K.5A □ K.11B  Rosie’s Walk  Overhead □ K.5E □ K.5B □ K.11C  Old Mc Donald Had a Farm  Computers (Waterford, etc.)  Pumpkin, Pumpkin  Dramatic Play (baskets of books and props □ K.5F □ K.7C □ K.11D  Apples and Pumpkin [Mrs. Wishy Washy, etc.) □ K.5G □ K.8A □ K.11E  Bread and Jam for Frances  Flannel boards □ K.5H □ K.8B □ K.12A  Stone Soup  If You Give a Mouse a Cookie □ K.6A □ K.8C □ K.12B  Gregory the Terrible Eater A House is a House □ K.6B □ K.9A □ K.12C Technology & Electronic Resources for Me □ K.6C □ K.9B □ K.12D  Mike Mulligan Steam Shovel K.6D K.9C K.13A  Raccoons and Ripe Corn  Waterford Early Reading Program (where □ □ □  Mama Provi and the Pot of Rice applicable) □ K.6E □ K.10A □ K.13B  The Wolf’s Chicken Stew □ K.6F □ K.10B WEB SITES Shared Reading Books □ K.7A □ K.10C  Honk! Honk! A Story of Migration  http://atozteacherstuff.com/Lesson_Plans/le  No, No Titus ssonplans-kindergarten.shtml □ K.7B □ K.10D  Five Little Ducks (themes, learning stations)  Mouse Mess  http://www.proteacher.com/020026.shtml  El chivo que no podia estornudar (themes and lesson plans)  A Rainbow Year  www.atozteacherstuff.com  Todos a dormer (themes)  Colors of the Seasons  http://www.childcareland.com/free.html  Donte estan los cangrejos (folder games, free printables) Guided Reading Resources  http://teachers.santee.k12.ca.us/carl (reading strategies, books, & more)  PM Readers  http://tech.classroom.com  Rigby (Teacher technology lesson plans)  Scholastic  Wright Group  Scott Foresman  Mondo Writing Mini-lessons NOTES: Method(s) of Assessment  Write upper and lowercase letters Observation  Leaving spaces between words A Observation evaluated by peers B Students engaged in learning activities  Tackling unknown words & being a risk C Direct questioning taker D Observation of performance or process  Concentrate on sequence & making Constructed Response sense of the story (check for I. TEKS Check understanding by reading their own II. Open-ended writing) III. Essay  In independent writing the students will IV. Research Paper practice leaving spaces; using upper and V. Log / Journal lowercase letters; and using strategies VI. Story / Play / Poem given in mini lessons on how to spell VII. Model / Map / Video VIII. Oral / Visual / Multimedia Presentation unknown words Selected Response Resources: 1 Fill-in-the-blank test Units of Study for Primary Writing 2 Matching test by Lucy Calkins 3 Multiple choice test

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Kindergarten ELA 2nd Six Weeks Summary 2007-2008

In this brief summary, dates will fluctuate according to your students, calendar, and special events.

Changes

October 4th – November 9th

 how surroundings change during fall  how change effects us  how do people change our world  know that print moves left to right  understand that written words are separated by spaces  identify, segment and combined syllables within spoken words  segment one syllable phonemes by beginning, medial and final sounds  understand simple story structure  distinguish fiction from nonfiction, including fact and fantasy

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