KinderLiteracy® Curriculum is a simple print and teach literacy curriculum. No more tracking down ideas, books, printables, and writing! This bundle is designed for the kindergarten classroom and easily adapted to fit a guardian-led homeschool setting! If inquiring about this bundle for a homeschool setting, feel free to email me directly with any questions at [email protected]! What is KinderLiteracy®? KinderLiteracy® Curriculum units are based upon the close read model. Each week you will focus on one text and each day look closely at that text. KinderLiteracy is a 50 week literacy curriculum that included lesson plans for whole-group reading, writing, phonemic awareness, includes a weekly craft, skill check, follow-up practice sheets each day and SO much more! The units have been completely planned out for you, but with the ability for you to have them meet your individual needs. KinderLiteracy® Curriculum is a simple print and teach literacy curriculum. No more tracking down ideas, books, printables, and writing! I have it covered! SPANISH VERSIONS included! What is included in KinderLiteracy Curriculum? Teacher "simple read" lesson plans. You will not need to rewrite these lesson plans, unless you choose do. If so I have included editable lesson plans. Each week I have planned out the; big idea, focus standard, essential questions, comprehension focus, story element focus, writing genre, phonemic awareness piece, vocabulary, and so much more! * *Read a very detailed blog post and listen to a virtual presentation all about KinderLiteracy HERE Included in the bundle: Unit One {5 weeks of instruction} Unit Two {5 weeks of instruction} Unit Three {5 weeks of instruction} Unit Four {6 weeks of instruction} Unit Five {6 weeks of instruction} Unit Six {4 weeks of instruction} Unit Seven {4 weeks of instruction} Unit Eight {15 weeks of instruction} What texts are included in KinderLiteracy? Unit One: Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister Huggapotamus by Steve Metzger Apples for Everyone by Jill Esbaum A Tree for All Seasons by Robin Benard Transportation in My Neighborhood by Shelly Lyons Unit Two: Three Little Pigs by Paul Galdone The Three Bears by Paul Galdone The Three Billy Goats by Paul Galdone Stellaluna by Janell Cannon Pumpkin Town by Katie McKy Unit Three: Veterans Day by Elaine Landau Scarecrow by Cynthia Rylant Look, Listen, Taste by Pamela Nettleton Reindeer by Katie Marisco Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone Unit Four: The Snowy Day by Jack Ezra Keats Penguins by Anne Schreiber Ron’s Big Mission by Corrine Naden Polar Bears by Laura Marsh Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson Unit Five: Snakes by Melissa Stewart Dinosaurs by Kathleen Zoehfeld Moon by Melanie Mitchell Storms by Miriam Goin Ponies by Laura Marsh A Pet’s Life: Rabbits by Anita Ganeri OR Welcome to the World of Rabbits and Hares by Diane Swanson Unit Six: Frogs by Elizabeth Carney Seed to Plant by Kristin Rattini Butterflies by Laura Marsh Tigers by Laura Marsh Unit Seven: Helpers in my Community by Bobbie Kalman Koala Lou by Mem Fox Enemy Pie by Derek Munson Dolphins by Melissa Stewart Unit Eight: The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone Night Before Thanksgiving by Natasha Wing The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg Jamie O’ Rourke by Tomie dePaola Chicken Life Cycle by David Schwartz The Mitten by Jan Brett Hogwash by Karma Wilson Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson How I Became a Pirate by David Shannon Owls by Laura Marsh Aaaarrgghh! Spider! by Lydia Monks Firefighters Help by Dee Ready Bear’s Loose Tooth by Karma Wilson What Does the President Do? by Amanda Miller ***You can download a printable book list HERE!*** *Note- You will need to provide your own texts for these units. The texts are the only thing that you'll need to add in each week. **KinderLiteracy Home Connections (Weekly Newsletters) are available HERE!** Tell me more! What is Close Reading? “Essentially, close reading means reading to uncover layers of meaning that lead to deep comprehension.” (Nancy Boyles, Educational Leadership) “The overarching goal of close reading is to cause students to engage in critical thinking with a text.” (Dr. Douglas Fisher, Close Reading in Elementary Classrooms) >>Close, analytic reading stresses engaging with a complex text directly and examining meaning thoroughly and methodically, encouraging students to read and reread with a purpose. >>By directing students attention to the text itself, we empower students to understand the central ideas and key supporting details. >>This purposeful reading enables students to reflect on the meanings of words and sentences; the order the sentences unfold; and the development of ideas over the course of the text-which ultimately leads to students to understanding the text as a whole. As close reading practices are implemented over time, students become better equipped to handle more difficult texts, both in the classroom and independently. Components of KinderLiteracy Close Reading and How it Supports Best Practices: Determine what the text says: Understanding one’s purpose for reading is a metacognitive process that supports a reader’s comprehension of text. The KinderLiteracy close reading structure requires students to apply their sense of purposeful reading in order to locate information in a text. In addition with KinderLiteracy, teachers can think aloud and model how to read with a purpose by clearly stating the different purposes for them. Before and during reading, students discuss with partners and as a whole group their background knowledge, or schema, about the text topic. KinderLiteracy provides students with opportunities to develop collaborative conversation skills, integrating text evidence into their discussions. This allows students and teachers to determine their level of knowledge about a topic, which in turn will determine how a reader will read the text. Teachers can help students gain a thorough understanding of the text during the first read by posing low level questions in order to check for understanding and allow students to turn and talk. After the first reading, students should have an understanding of their level of knowledge on the text topic and have a general understanding of what the text is about. Throughout the week of KinderLiteracy, the text (or parts of the text) will be read more than once, each time with a different purpose for reading. Reread the text to focus on unknown words or phrases: The second reading of a KinderLiteracy text week usually involves a focus on unknown words or phrases within the text. Students listen tentatively as the teacher reads aloud parts of the text, leading a discussion about any unknown words or phrases. Students can engage with unknown vocabulary in a variety of ways, such as: recording words as they hear them (as opposed to the teacher telling them which words are the vocabulary words), working in partners or small groups to determine the meaning of unknown words based on the text, or using the context clues to determine a “kid friendly” definition of the word/s, as well as an “action” to describe the word. Deepen understanding through Text Dependent Questions: “Text-dependent questions are used in reading instruction to promote the habit of rereading text in order to build schema” (Fisher & Frey, Pearson & Johnson). In KinderLiteracy, these specific questions cause students to dive deeper into the text and signal to readers the information is complex enough to linger over the details. The text dependent questions move from explicitly stated information (similar to those asked after the first read) to those that require inferential and critical reading. Comprehension deepens at this stage of the lesson, as the basic outline of the text is now understood, allowing students to go back into the text to look for evidence to text dependent questions. Evaluate the quality and value of the text: The fourth day of KinderLiteracy involves comparing the text in a variety of ways. The purpose for reading on this day provides students with opportunities to develop conversation skills, while they integrate evidence from the text into their discussions. The collaboration that takes place on this day allows students to make a claim about the text, provide evidence to support the claim, and offer counter claims-all of which are necessary skills to be college and career ready. Comparisons of the text and author’s purpose can also be done through collaborative projects in which students must work together toward a common goal. Hattie’s research tells us that activities that involve cooperative learning, goal setting, and problem solving all have high effects on student learning. All of these components take place in this close reading structure. Strive for meaning through a writing prompt or extended discussion with a focus on synthesizing: The final stage of the close reading model involves a post-reading task to demonstrate understanding of the standards and skills taught throughout the close reading lesson. The main focus of this day is to present students with a task that is not completely based on personal experience, but requires them to have read and deeply understood the text in order to complete the task. Students can demonstrate understanding through a written response, project, or discussion. This final task is a way to finalize the learning from the week-students can use their annotations from the text, details from the collaborative discussions they have had throughout the week, as well as feedback they have gotten from the teacher in order to construct a thorough and well constructed response to demonstrate understanding. Phonemic Awareness instruction for Kindergarten and First Grade Lessons: Why is that important? “Phonemic awareness and letter knowledge have been identified in several research studies (Anderson, Hiebert, Scott, & Wilkerson, 1985; Adams, 1990; Snow, Burns, & Griffin, 1998) as the two
During the last few weeks, students have been pointing out lines they noticed on their clothing, and lines in objects found in our classroom and around the school yard. They were excited to show me their lines and identify them by name. One morning during outdoor play, S. C. proceeded to tell me more about lines: "Lines are everywhere! Our bodies are lines! We can make lines with our feet and our hands! We can make lines out of wood chips!" It was interesting to see that looking closely at lines was starting to pick up momentum with the students again, so I asked them if they thought they could find more lines outside during our outdoor exploration? Take a look at their findings! Sharing the pen Since the beginning of the school year, we have been exploring and investigating lines through various art forms: pencils, crayons, pastels, charcoal pencils, paint, plasticine, and wire. In adding another element, we decided to try creating a collaborative line art piece. A large piece of paper was placed in the center of the carpet with a pen. The students sat in a circle around the paper all asking each other what this was for, and what we were going to do? The objective of the art activity was for each student to have a turn creating a desired line and passing the pen to their friend without removing the pen off the paper. The students marveled at each other's lines and supported one another when passing their pen to their friend by reminding them to leave it touching the paper. *Thank you for the wonderful activity Havergal College (Junior School) Collaborative line art piece board display
Start the year off right with these adorable Back to School Kindergarten Worksheets. Preview and get your FREE printable worksheet today!!
Students will love practicing important reading skills and strategies with these free reading comprehension worksheets. Just PRINT & GO!
Teach your students how to build simple sentences with this fun activity!
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Start your fine motor skills task box collection with this free set of playdough activity cards! This freebie also includes a label and instructions.
I love using interactive lapbooks in the classroom. They are fun to create, engaging and can be used throughout the year to review skills taught. I finally completely my Lapbook Bundle and I am happy to share the lapbooks included with you. Whether you think your learners will enjoy creating all of the lapbooks, if you
"It was like herding cats!" That was my answer to my husband the other day when he asked how my day had gone. Seriously, the days I have first and second graders are just hard - fun, but exhausting. That is until I found the SECRET to STEM and the littles! Are you ready for
My kindergarten through 2nd graders looked at the illustrations by Guy Parker-Rees in the book Giraffes Can't Dance. They created their up-close giraffes using the wet on wet technique with liquid watercolors. Using all sides of their paper, they were encouraged to create a detailed jungle background of leaves, vines, flowers and a full moon in oil pastels. They could see how it resisted the blue watercolor that was then painted for the night sky. Last, they added stars with acrylic using the backs of their paint brushes. 1st grade Kinder 1st grade Kinder
Das Legematerial zeigt einen ansprechenden Überblick der sieben Kontinente, ihrer Tierwelt und einiger Sehenswürdigkeiten. Das Lernmaterial besteht aus: Karteikarten, ein Informationsheft, ein Puzzle und Informationskarten, welche zum Weiterforschen und Recherchieren anregen. Die Kinder legen die Kärtchen (Kreispuzzle oder Erdteilpuzzle) entsprechend auf. Die Informationskärtchen bieten detaillierte Informationen und weiterführende "Forscherfragen", deren Antworten sie in externen Quellen entdecken können. Lieferform: Mittel: 28 A4-Blätter
Twelve leaf-themed classroom activities to practice this fall. From science to math to reading lessons, we've got it all.
Snails Reading Passages (Fiction/Nonfiction) Close Reading, Comprehension Questions, 1st Grade Printable Worksheets Are your students working on their reading comprehension? Are they learning about snails? This resource is perfect for you! Made for kindergarten and first-grade students. Comes with 3 different reading passages, 6 pages total. 1 passage is a nonfiction text, the other two passages are fictional (one short fictional text, one longer fictional text). Each reading passage includes a page with 3 comprehension questions and space for students to respond in writing. Versatile: can be used in small groups or whole groups. Can be used as morning work, in reading centers, or in sub plans. Your students will love these fun reading passages! Enhance your students' reading comprehension skills with this engaging Reading Passage resource! Product Highlights: Target Audience: Kindergarteners and First Grade Students Content: 3 Different Reading Passages, 6 pages total Comprehension Questions: Each passage includes 3 targeted comprehension questions with ample space for written responses Versatility: Perfect for small groups, whole-group instruction, morning work, reading centers, or sub plans. Your students will love these fun and educational reading passages, and you'll love seeing their comprehension skills grow! You may also like: Count Snails Count within 20 K/1st Grade Math Worksheets SPRING bugs Snails I Spy, Find and Count within 20, Kindergarten/1st grade Math Worksheets Spiders I Spy, Find and Count within 20, K/1st Grade Halloween Math Worksheets Thank you for supporting my TPT store! If you would like to receive notifications when I post new resources, follow me! If you liked the product, leave a REVIEW! TPT GIVES YOU CREDIT FOR REVIEWS! If you have any questions or concerns please email me at: [email protected] Let's connect! Follow me on Instagram @RayvensResources
This fun sunglasses craft is perfect for the end of the school year or the beginning of the year! The sunglasses template paired with all of these wri
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How Do Pine Cones Open and Close? This student led science experiment is a fascinating and quick learning activity that the entire family will enjoy!
Playpen, Kindergarten play zone, kids playground, play corner for the public room, play yard, kids playing yard, kids playing corner. 🧒Usage: Build your play corner. Use any of our sections to create a personalized play corner that fits to children's room, kids-friendly restaurant, or kindergarten. For crawling babies, we suggest to build a closed manege with an arch and doors. For toddlers, there are many options for how to arrange the room. 🛠️Assembling: Every section can be connected with special fixators in 45 or 90 degrees and the best part is that it takes just a few seconds. The first installation of one section (make a frame and insert acrylic glass) can take approximately 2-3 minutes, make shapes from installed sections will take seconds. For assembling all tools are included. 🪵Materials: Playpen is made of strong Baltic Birch plywood + acrylic glass which is very durable and flexible and will protect from injuries. Wood parts are covered with water base lacquer which will protect the wood and will make cleaning very easy. 🏭Production: 100% made in the European Union. All details are cut out with a precision CNC milling machine and next, products are processed with hand tools, taking care of every detail. 🚚Shipping: Currently we are offering shipping to the European Union, USA, Canada, and UK, using DHL, UPS, and DPD services. Delivery takes approximately 4-7 working days. ⚠️Prior to purchasing please consult your country's regulations or us regarding imports. ALL COSTS-related import duty, taxes, and other customs charges ARE ON THE BEHALF of the BUYER. Dimensions: SMALL RECTANGLE: 49x60cm RECTANGLE: 71x60cm WAVE: 71x80x60cm CORNER: 49x49x60cm ARCH: 71x130cm DOOR: 63x60cm SHELF: 71x35x60cm WINDOW: 71x70cm BOOKSHELF: 71x35x60 👣Please follow us: www.facebook.com/woodworkforkids www.instagram.com/woodworkforkids
Closing Circle in the classroom The end of the day used to be chaotic for my students and me. I would be teaching, and suddenly the bell would ring. We would rush to pack up all our belongings. Students would forget to stack their chairs, leave homework on top of their desk, and leave the […]
Snails Reading Passages (Fiction/Nonfiction) Close Reading, Comprehension Questions, 1st Grade Printable Worksheets Are your students working on their reading comprehension? Are they learning about snails? This resource is perfect for you! Made for kindergarten and first-grade students. Comes with 3 different reading passages, 6 pages total. 1 passage is a nonfiction text, the other two passages are fictional (one short fictional text, one longer fictional text). Each reading passage includes a page with 3 comprehension questions and space for students to respond in writing. Versatile: can be used in small groups or whole groups. Can be used as morning work, in reading centers, or in sub plans. Your students will love these fun reading passages! Enhance your students' reading comprehension skills with this engaging Reading Passage resource! Product Highlights: Target Audience: Kindergarteners and First Grade Students Content: 3 Different Reading Passages, 6 pages total Comprehension Questions: Each passage includes 3 targeted comprehension questions with ample space for written responses Versatility: Perfect for small groups, whole-group instruction, morning work, reading centers, or sub plans. Your students will love these fun and educational reading passages, and you'll love seeing their comprehension skills grow! You may also like: Count Snails Count within 20 K/1st Grade Math Worksheets SPRING bugs Snails I Spy, Find and Count within 20, Kindergarten/1st grade Math Worksheets Spiders I Spy, Find and Count within 20, K/1st Grade Halloween Math Worksheets Thank you for supporting my TPT store! If you would like to receive notifications when I post new resources, follow me! If you liked the product, leave a REVIEW! TPT GIVES YOU CREDIT FOR REVIEWS! If you have any questions or concerns please email me at: [email protected] Let's connect! Follow me on Instagram @RayvensResources
The fourth graders just finished these cool portraits that we have worked on FOREVER! We started them when the weather was bad an...
Clear out, play, store ... The translucent plastic crates prove to be true multi-talents in the kindergarten. When playing with water rides, for example, they serve as a 15-litre catch basin. Otherwise, all kinds of utensils can be stored in them: Costumes, building blocks, creative materials and much more. The tightly closing lid protects the contents from dust and allows the boxes to be stacked, which can be carried with one hand thanks to the handle. The contents of the box are visible from the outside - and if required, it can also be labelled with a sticker (not included). Material: high-quality PP synthetic material Measurements: 40 x 30 x 18 cm
I like to have students do some reading of nonfiction about landforms.
If you can't take one more day of dismissal chaos, a closing circle is the solution. Like morning meeting, this let's you focus on what's important before you part ways.
Reading strategies useful in every content area include Questioning the text, Visualization, and using Context Clues to infer meaning.
A control panel that is, for our spaceship cockpit. All from cardboard as is the norm in the studio. And if you look real close you can see...
