Quarter 2 Unit 1: Teaching and Modeling Skills To Support Emerging Opinion And Narrative Writing (20 days)

 

Full Curriculum

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Written Curriculum

 

Reading Standards for Literature

Text Types and Purposes

RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

 

RL.K.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.

 

Range of Reading and Text Complexity

RL.K.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

 

Reading Standards for Informational Text

Key Ideas and Details

RI.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

 

RI.K.2 With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

 

RI.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts).

 

RI.K.8 With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.

 

Reading Standards: Foundational Skills

Print Concepts

RF.K.1 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.

a. Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page-by-page.

b. Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.

c. Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.

d. Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

 

Phonological Awareness

RF.K.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes)

a. Recognize and produce rhyming words.

b. Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.

c. Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.

 

Writing Standards

Text Types and Purposes

W.K.1 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is . . .).

 

W.K.3 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.

 

Speaking and Listening Standards

Comprehension and Collaboration

SL.K.1 Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

a. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion).

b. Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

SL.K.5 Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.

 

Language Standards

Conventions of Standard English

L.K.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking

e. Use the most frequently occurring prepositions (e.g., to, from, in, out, on, off, for, of, by, with).

 

L.K.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

a. Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I.

b. Recognize and name end punctuation.

 

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

L.K.5 With guidance and support from adults, explore word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

b. Demonstrate understanding of frequently occurring verbs and adjectives by relating them to their opposites (antonyms).

 

Standards that support the unit of study focus standards

Reading Standards for Literature

Key Ideas and Details

RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.

 

Craft and Structure

RL.K.6 With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.

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Reading Standards for Informational Text

Craft and Structure

RI.K.4 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

 

RI.K.5 Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.

 

RI.K.6 Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.

 

Speaking and Listening Standards

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

SL.K.6      Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly

 

L.K.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

a. Print many upper- and lowercase letters.

 

Concepts and Skills

Concepts to be learned and skills to be used

When reading

• ASK/ANSWER questions about key details in literary and informational text

• RETELL familiar stories with details

• ENGAGE in group reading activities with purpose and understanding

• IDENTIFY main topic

• • RETELL key details

• DESCRIBE the relationship between illustrations and text

• IDENTIFY reasons an author gives to support points in text

When applying foundational skills

• DEMONSTRATE understanding of organization and features of print

• • FOLLOW words from left to right, top to bottom, page by page

  • UNDERSTAND that words are separated by spaces

  • RECOGNIZE that words are represented by a specific sequence of letters

  • RECOGNIZE/NAME upper/lowercase letters

• DEMONSTRATE understanding of spoken words, syllables and sounds

• • RECOGNIZE/PRODUCE rhyming sounds

  • COUNT, PRONOUNCE, BLEND, and SEGMENT syllables into spoken words

  • BLEND/SEGMENT onset and rimes of single-syllable words

When writing

• USE combination of DRAWING/DICCTATING/WRITING to COMPOSE opinion pieces

• • TELL a reader the topic or name of the book they are writing about

  • STATE an opinion preference

• Use combination of DRAWING/ DICTATING/WRITING to NARRATE one or more than one loosely linked events

• • TELL events in order

  • PROVIDE reaction to what happened

When speaking and listening

• PARTICIPATE in collaborative conversations

• • FOLLOW rules in discussion.

  • LISTEN to others speak

  • TAKE TURNS speaking

• CONTINUE conversations through multiple exchanges

• ADD drawings or other visual displays to provide details

When using language

• DEMONSTRATE command of conventions of standard English grammar and usage (writing and speaking)

• • USE prepositions

• DEMONSTRATE command of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling

• • USE capitalization at the beginning of a sentence and with the pronoun I

  • RECOGNIZE/NAME end punctuation

• EXPLORE word meanings (with guidance and support).

• • DEMONSTRATE/UNDERSTAND verb and adjectives by relating them to their opposites.

 

Essential Questions

• What happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story? How can this help you understand the story?

• How do details help you answer questions from a book?

• How can the illustrations and words tell me what the story is about?

• How can we share our stories with others?

• Why is it important to have space between words?