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Unit 4
Kindergarten
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Explain Señor Calavera’s problem and how he solves it.
Book: Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book by Yuyi Morales
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What was Señor Calavera’s problem? How does he solve his problem?
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Questions about the text that will help guide the students understanding
How does Señor Calavera feel at the beginning?
Who stops Señor Calavera on the way to the party? What does he tell him? How does it make Señor Calavera feel?
What presents does Señor Calavera think of for Grandma Beetle? (spiral this question)
Why does Zelmiro repeat, “But I wonder, are they what Grandma Beetle would love the most? Why do you not look again, my friend? Just in case…”? How does this make Señor Calavera feel?
What happens to all of Señor Calavera’s presents? How does this make him feel?
What present does Señor Calavera end up bringing? How does this make Grandma Beetle feel?
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RL.K.2 — With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
RL.K.3 — With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
RL.K.6 — With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.
RL.K.7 — With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
RL.K.1 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.K.9 — With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
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Write a letter to Yuyi Morales explaining which story is your favorite and why.
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.4L.K.4RL.K.2RL.K.3RL.K.6RL.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.4RL.K.2RL.K.3RL.K.6RL.K.7
Explain why the little girl changes her mind about the ugly vegetables.
L.K.4L.K.6RL.K.2RL.K.3RL.K.7
2 days
Write a letter to Grace Lin explaining which story is your favorite and why.
L.K.1.bL.K.1.fL.K.1.fL.K.2.aL.K.2.bSL.K.1SL.K.2SL.K.3SL.K.5SL.K.6W.K.1W.K.5W.K.7W.K.8
Explain what challenges Yuyi and her son faced and how they overcame them.
L.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.
RL.K.2RL.K.3RL.K.6RL.K.7
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.
RI.K.2RI.K.3RI.K.6RI.K.7SL.K.1
Explain why Celia Cruz was famous.
L.K.4L.K.6RI.K.2RI.K.3RI.K.6RI.K.7SL.K.1
Describe why Pelé is famous.
RI.K.2RI.K.6RI.K.7RL.K.3SL.K.1
Explain who Gabriela Mistral is and why she was famous.
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.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.
Write a letter to Jerry Pinkney explaining which story is your favorite and why.
L.K.1.bSL.K.1SL.K.2SL.K.3SL.K.5SL.K.5SL.K.6SL.K.6W.K.1W.K.5W.K.7W.K.8
Explain which author or illustrator was their favorite.
RL.K.6SL.K.1SL.K.3SL.K.3SL.K.3SL.K.5SL.K.5SL.K.5SL.K.5SL.K.5SL.K.6W.K.1W.K.7
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4 days
Write a story about something you love.
L.K.1.bL.K.2.aL.K.2.bW.K.3W.K.5
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