JUST UPDATED PLEASE RE-DOWNLOAD FOR 2020 YEAR OF THE RAT! This is a common core aligned Mini-Unit for Year of the Rat for Kindergarten. If you have previously bought this - just re-download to get this year's update FOR FREE!!!! It is written for Special Education/ELD Students and includes: 3 mini one page folding books; Various worksheets for tracing and original student writing; Several worksheets cover CCSS Math K.CC.A.2 and; A.3 There are some puzzle pages which will help if you have English Language Learners (or others that need a "fun" way to practice reading). There are cut-out animal crowns for each of the 12 animals that made it to celebrate Buddha in the Chinese New Year. There are animal characteristics posters (for each of the 12 animals). There are coloring pages of the 12 animals. The standards are written on each worksheet (they also include the California State Standards for Science and Social Studies where applicable). There is NO EDITING allowed as this is a locked PDF and Powerpoint file with tons of really fun but restricted from copying/altering graphics. Here are the standards covered: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.Rl.K.1 Writing CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.K.2 CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.A.2 CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.A.3 And California NGSS Kindergarten for Science and California State Standards for History/Social Science There are instructions pages for the teacher but there are no answer keys as they are not needed for this unit. I have kept 2015 (Goat), 2016 (Monkey); 2017 (Rooster); 2018 (Dog); and, 2019 Pig in this packet but not included in the listed total of 70 pages. Enjoy! Peg :8) Some of my other lower elementary products: Fairy Tales Silly Sentences - Fairy Tales Silly Sentences Winter Data and Measurement - Winter Measurement and Data Graphing Five Little Ducks, Dogs and Pigs - Five Little Ducks Christmas Songs, Crowns and Reindeer Versus Caribou Christmas Songs, Crowns and Reindeer Versus Caribou Chinese New Year Kinder - Chinese Year of the Pig Kinder Alaska Kinder Prepositions - Alaska Kindergarten Prepositions Dealing With Frustration - Rescue Dogs' Series - Free Taste Dealing With Frustration - Free Taste! Russian Nesting Doll Math - Russian Nesting Doll Math Day of the Dead Book 1 - Kinder Day of the Dead Book 1 Kinder George Washington Kinder George Washington Kinder Martin Luther King Kinder Martin Luther King Jr. Kinder Abraham Lincoln Kinder Abraham Lincoln Kinder Presidents' Day Bundle Kinder Presidents' Day Bundle Spring Barnyard Animals Kinder Spring Barnyard Animals Kinder Valentine's Day Community Helpers Crown Valentine's Day Community Helpers Crowns Day of the Dead Bundle (Books 1-5) Kinder Day of the Dead Bundle Books 1-5 Day of the Dead Book 5 Kinder Day of the Dead Book 5 Kinder