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Unit 7
Kindergarten
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Retell key details about the stages in a frog’s life cycle.
Book: Frogs by Gail Gibbons pp. 1 – 21
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Tell two to three key details about each stage in a frog’s life cycle.
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Questions about the text that will help guide the students understanding
What is the first stage in a frog’s life cycle? Tell two to three key details about the stage.
What changes happen inside of the eggs?
How do tadpoles survive when they first leave the egg?
What do the tadpoles look like one week after they are born?
What do tadpoles look like one month after they are born? How have they changed?
What are the tadpoles like two months after they are born? Give three to four specific details.
What are the tadpoles like when they are three months old? Give two to three specific details.
How do the frogs continue to change?
Literary terms, text-based vocabulary, idioms and word parts to be taught with the text
hatch
v.
to come out of its egg
shed
to allow its skin or shell to come off
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RI.K.2 — With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
RI.K.3 — With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.K.1.e — Use the most frequently occurring prepositions (e.g., to, from, in, out, on, off, for, of, by, with).
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 7
Lesson 9
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
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
Explain what Merian learned about butterflies and why this was important.
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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