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Unit 4
Kindergarten
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Students will state an opinion about which of Grace Lin's books is their favorite and why using a combination of drawing and writing.
Book: Kite Flying by Grace Lin
Book: Dim Sum for Everyone! by Grace Lin
Book: The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin
Book: Fortune Cookie Fortunes by Grace Lin
Rubric: Opinion Writing Rubric (GK)
Rubric: Single Point Opinion Writing Rubric (GK, U4)
Template: Letter-Writing Template (GK, U4, L6)
Resource: Exemplar Letter (GK, U4, L6)
Resource: Nonexemplar Letter (GK, U4, L6)
Opinion Writing Anchor Chart
Essential Understanding Anchor Chart
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Explain how the family works together to build a kite by using details and illustrations to retell key details and events in a text.
Standards
RL.K.2RL.K.6RL.K.7SL.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.4RL.K.2RL.K.3RL.K.6RL.K.7
Explain the traits of a fortune cookie using details and illustrations to retell key details and events in a text.
Compose complete sentences orally and in writing.
L.K.1.bL.K.1.fL.K.2.cL.K.2.dRI.K.1SL.K.1SL.K.6
Explain why the narrator changes her mind about the ugly vegetables.
L.K.1.bL.K.1.fL.K.4L.K.6RL.K.2RL.K.3RL.K.7
L.K.1.bL.K.1.fL.K.2.aSL.K.1W.K.1W.K.5W.K.7W.K.8
Explain what challenges Yuyi and her son face and how they overcome them.
L.K.1.bL.K.1.fL.K.4L.K.6RL.K.2RL.K.3RL.K.6RL.K.7
Describe Niño and what lesson he learns.
Explain how Grandma Beetle tricks Señor Calavera.
L.K.1.bL.K.1.fRL.K.2RL.K.3RL.K.6RL.K.7
Explain Señor Calavera's problem and how he solves it.
Students will state an opinion about which of Yuyi Morales's books is their favorite and why using a combination of drawing and writing.
L.K.1.bSL.K.1SL.K.3SL.K.5SL.K.6W.K.1W.K.5W.K.7W.K.8
Explain who Tito Puente is and why Tito Puente is famous.
L.K.1.bL.K.1.fRI.K.2RI.K.3RI.K.6RI.K.7SL.K.1
Explain why Celia Cruz is famous.
L.K.1.bL.K.1.fL.K.4L.K.6RI.K.2RI.K.3RI.K.6RI.K.7SL.K.1
Explain who Gabriela Mistral is and why she was famous.
Students will state an opinion about which of Monica Brown's books is their favorite and why using a combination of drawing and writing.
Retell what happens in The Lion and the Mouse.
L.K.1.bL.K.1.fRL.K.2RL.K.3RL.K.7SL.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.
Students will state an opinion about which of Jerry Pinkney's books is their favorite and why using a combination of drawing and writing.
Explain how authors and illustrators get ideas for the books they write and illustrate.
RL.K.6SL.K.1SL.K.3SL.K.5SL.K.6W.K.1W.K.7
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Write a narrative text to tell a story with a beginning, middle, and end.
Brainstorm a story with a beginning, middle, and end using a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing.
L.K.1.bL.K.2.aL.K.2.bW.K.3W.K.5
Draft a story with a beginning, middle, and end using a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing
Revise a narrative story by adding words to tell more about the characters' feelings.
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