Exploring Life Cycles
ELA
Unit 7
Kindergarten
Lesson 23 of 23
These assessments accompany this unit to help gauge student understanding of key unit content and skills.
Content Assessment
The Content Assessment pushes students to synthesize unit content knowledge or unit essential questions in writing. The Content Assessment should be used as the primary assessment because it shows mastery of unit content knowledge and standards. This assessment should take approximately one class period.
Cold Read Assessment
The Cold Read Assessment tests students' ability to comprehend a "cold" or unfamiliar passage and answer standards-based questions. The Cold Read Assessment can be given in addition to the Content Assessment as a pulse point for what students can read and analyze independently, a skill often required for standardized testing. This assessment should take approximately one class period.
Lesson Map
3 days
Write a narrative about a seed that travels from one place to another.
Brainstorm a story with a beginning, middle, and end using facts about plants.
- Narrative Writing Brainstorm Graphic Organizer (GK–2)
- Mentor Text 1 (GK, U7, L9)
Standards
L.K.1.bL.K.1.fL.K.2.cL.K.2.dW.K.3W.K.5W.K.6
Draft a story about a seed moving from one place to another with a beginning, middle, and end.
- Narrative Writing Brainstorm Graphic Organizer (GK–2) — From Day 1
- Narrative Writing Brainstorm Graphic Organizer Sample Response (GK, U7, L9)
Standards
L.K.1.bL.K.1.fL.K.2.cL.K.2.dW.K.3W.K.5W.K.6
Revise narrative writing by adding topic-specific vocabulary.
- Revision Text (GK, U7, L9)
Standards
L.K.1.bL.K.1.fL.K.2.cL.K.2.dW.K.3W.K.5W.K.6
3 days
Write a narrative about a bird that hatches from its egg.
Brainstorm a story with a realistic beginning, middle, and end, using facts about the life cycle of a bird.
- Mentor Text 3 (GK, U7, L19)
- Narrative Writing Brainstorm Graphic Organizer (GK–2)
Standards
L.K.1.bL.K.1.fL.K.2.cL.K.2.dW.K.3W.K.5W.K.6
Draft a story about a bird that hatches with a beginning, middle, and end.
- Narrative Writing Brainstorm Graphic Organizer (GK–2) — From Day 1
- Narrative Writing Brainstorm Graphic Organizer Sample Response (GK, U7, L19)
Standards
L.K.1.bL.K.1.fL.K.2.cL.K.2.dW.K.3W.K.5W.K.6
Revise a narrative story by adding words to tell more about the character's feelings.
- Phase 4: Conventional Writing (GK, U7, L19)
- Mentor Text 3 (GK, U7, L19)
Standards
L.K.1.bL.K.1.eL.K.1.fL.K.2.cL.K.2.dW.K.3W.K.5W.K.6
