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ELA
Unit 1
Kindergarten
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Explain what caused Wemberly’s worries about school to go away by asking and answering key questions about key details in the text.
Make text-to-self connections between Wemberly’s experience of overcoming a worry and own experiences of overcoming a worry.
Book: Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
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What caused Wemberly’s worries about school to go away?
How do you make your worries go away?
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What kinds of things does Wemberly worry about?
Why do you think that Wemberly is so worried about starting school?
Why do you think Mrs. Peachum wanted Wemberly to meet Jewel? What in the story makes you think that?
How did Wemberly feel at the end of the story? Why?
Literary terms, text-based vocabulary, idioms and word parts to be taught with the text
worry
v.
to think about problems or fears
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L.K.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
RL.K.1 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.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.1.a — Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion).
SL.K.6 — Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
Lesson 2
L.K.6 RL.K.1 RL.K.10 SL.K.1 SL.K.1.a SL.K.6
Explain what the little boy likes about kindergarten.
RL.K.1 RL.K.10 SL.K.1 SL.K.1.a SL.K.6
Explain why the narrator says, “There’s no one else I’d rather be” by asking and answering questions about key details in a text.
Make connections to what they like about themselves and how that connects to a joyful and safe classroom community.
Explain what makes the boy special and why they are special.
RL.K.1 SL.K.1 SL.K.1.a SL.K.6
Identify what the characters in a story learn by asking and answering questions about key details in a text.
RL.K.1 RL.K.10 RL.K.3 SL.K.1 SL.K.1.a SL.K.6
Explain what Grace learns.
Explain what the author wanted us to learn by asking and answering questions about key details in a text.
RL.K.1 RL.K.2 SL.K.1 SL.K.1.a SL.K.6
Identify the difference between helpful words and hurtful words by asking and answering questions about key details in a text.
Generate a list of helpful words to use in the classroom.
L.K.4.b RL.K.1 RL.K.3 SL.K.1 SL.K.1.a SL.K.6
Identify different ways that people can feel by asking and answering questions about key details in a text.
Generate a list of feeling words and pictures to use in the classroom.
RL.K.1 RL.K.3
Explain what it means to hold someone up and how you can hold up your classmates.
Discussion & Writing
Explain what it means to be part of a classroom community and how they can make the classroom community a fun place to be.
L.K.6 SL.K.1 SL.K.1.a SL.K.6 W.K.1
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