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Unit 7
Kindergarten
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Explain what Merian learned about butterflies and why this was important.
Book: Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian by Margarita Engle
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What did Maria learn about butterflies? Why was this important?
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Questions about the text that will help guide the students understanding
What was a “summer bird”? How did people feel about them?
Where did people think the butterflies came from?
What does Maria believe? How is this different from her neighbors?
What does Maria notice when she watches the summer birds?
What does Maria learn from watching the summer birds? How is this different from what the grown-ups think?
How does Maria spend her time? Why?
What does Maria want to do with her paintings? Why?
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RI.K.3 — With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
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).
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
RI.K.1 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RI.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.K.2 — Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
Lesson 11
Lesson 13
Explain how the little boy knows it’s spring.
RI.K.2
Explain how you can tell if something is alive and what all living things need to survive.
L.K.4 L.K.6 RI.K.2 RI.K.3
Explain how seeds change as they grow and what they need in order to change and grow.
RI.K.2 RI.K.3
Explain how seeds change into sunflowers and what happens at each stage.
L.K.4 L.K.6 RI.K.3 RI.K.4 RI.K.7
Explain how the tiny seed survives.
RL.K.3
Explain how animals are an important part of a plant's life cycle.
RI.K.3
Writing – 3 days
Write a story about a seed that travels from one place to another.
L.K.1 L.K.1.e L.K.2 W.K.3 W.K.5
Retell key details about the stages in a frog’s life cycle.
Identify additional details about each stage of a frog’s life cycle.
RI.K.3 RI.K.9
Writing
Write an informational text to teach about a frog’s life cycle.
L.K.1 L.K.2 W.K.2 W.K.7 W.K.8
Predict the stages in a butterfly’s life cycle and what happens at each stage.
RI.K.3 RI.K.7
Describe the stages in a butterfly’s life cycle and what happens at each stage.
Write a book that teaches about each stage in a butterfly’s life cycle.
Explain why the nesting bird was not making any noise.
Explain what happens at each stage of a bird’s life cycle.
Describe the life cycle of a chicken.
L.K.4 L.K.6 RI.K.3 RI.K.9
Write a story about a baby bird hatching from an egg.
L.K.1 L.K.1.e L.K.2 W.K.2 W.K.3 W.K.5
Explain how the other animals treated the little duckling and how it made him feel.
RL.K.2 RL.K.3
Explain what the duckling learns about himself and what lessons we can learn from him.
Discussion
Discuss unit essential questions.
SL.K.1 SL.K.2
Assessment
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