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Unit 4
Kindergarten
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Explain who Gabriela Mistral is and why she was famous.
Book: My Name is Gabriela: The Life of Gabriela Mistral by Monica Brown
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Who is Gabriela Mistral? Why is Gabriela Mistral famous?
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What was Gabriela like as a child? Give three specific details about her childhood.
What did she do when she was a grown-up? Why is her work important?
Why did Gabriela win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
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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.
RI.K.6 — Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or 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).
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
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.
RL.K.9 — With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories.
Lesson 13
Lesson 15
Explain how the family works together to build a kite by using details and illustrations to retell key details and events in a text.
RL.K.2 RL.K.6 RL.K.7 SL.K.1
Describe dim sum and how the family feels about dim sum using details and illustrations to retell key details and events in the text.
L.K.4 L.K.4 RL.K.2 RL.K.3 RL.K.6 RL.K.7
Explain how the family’s fortune cookie fortunes came true and why by using details and illustrations to retell key details and events in a text.
L.K.4 RL.K.2 RL.K.3 RL.K.6 RL.K.7
Explain why the little girl changes her mind about the ugly vegetables.
L.K.4 L.K.6 RL.K.2 RL.K.3 RL.K.7
Discussion & Writing – 2 days
Write a letter to Grace Lin explaining which story is your favorite and why.
L.K.1.b L.K.1.f L.K.1.f L.K.2.a L.K.2.b SL.K.1 SL.K.2 SL.K.3 SL.K.5 SL.K.6 W.K.1 W.K.5 W.K.7 W.K.8
Explain what challenges Yuyi and her son faced and how they overcame them.
L.K.4 L.K.6 RL.K.2 RL.K.3 RL.K.6 RL.K.7
Describe Niño and what lesson he learns.
Explain how Grandma Beetle tricks Señor Calavera.
RL.K.2 RL.K.3 RL.K.6 RL.K.7
Explain Señor Calavera’s problem and how he solves it.
Discussion & Writing
Write a letter to Yuyi Morales explaining which story is your favorite and why.
L.K.1.b SL.K.1 SL.K.3 SL.K.5 SL.K.6 W.K.1 W.K.5 W.K.7 W.K.8
Explain who Tito Puente is and why Tito Puente is famous.
RI.K.2 RI.K.3 RI.K.6 RI.K.7 SL.K.1
Explain why Celia Cruz was famous.
L.K.4 L.K.6 RI.K.2 RI.K.3 RI.K.6 RI.K.7 SL.K.1
Describe why Pelé is famous.
RI.K.2 RI.K.6 RI.K.7 RL.K.3 SL.K.1
Write a letter to Monica Brown explaining which story is your favorite and why.
Retell what happens in The Lion and the Mouse.
RL.K.2 RL.K.3 RL.K.7 SL.K.1
Retell what happens in the beginning, middle, and end of The Tortoise & The Hare.
Retell what happens in The Grasshopper and the Ants.
Write a letter to Jerry Pinkney explaining which story is your favorite and why.
L.K.1.b SL.K.1 SL.K.2 SL.K.3 SL.K.5 SL.K.5 SL.K.6 SL.K.6 W.K.1 W.K.5 W.K.7 W.K.8
Discussion
Explain which author or illustrator was their favorite.
RL.K.6 SL.K.1 SL.K.3 SL.K.3 SL.K.3 SL.K.5 SL.K.5 SL.K.5 SL.K.5 SL.K.5 SL.K.6 W.K.1 W.K.7
Assessment
Writing – 4 days
Write a story about something you love.
L.K.1.b L.K.2.a L.K.2.b W.K.3 W.K.5
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