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