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Unit Materials for Kindergarten English Language Arts

Explore the texts and supporting materials used in each unit of Kindergarten English Language Arts.

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Welcome to School

Core Texts

Supporting Texts

Noticing Patterns in Stories

Core Texts

Supporting Texts

Celebrating Fall

Core Texts

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Falling in Love with Authors and Illustrators

Core Texts

Supporting Texts

Winter Wonderland

Core Texts

Supporting Texts

What is Justice?

Core Texts

  • Book: All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold and illustrated by Suzanne Kaufman (Knopf Books for Young Readers; Illustrated edition, 2018)   —  AD370L

  • Video: “We're Different, We're the Same” by Sesame Street

  • Book: Mixed Me! by Taye Diggs and illustrated by Shane W. Evans (Feiwel & Friends, 2015)   —  AD540L

  • Book: Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman and illustrated by Caroline Binch (Dial Books, 1991)   —  AD680L

  • Book: The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by E. B. Lewis (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2001)   —  AD490L

  • Book: Rosa by Nikki Giovanni and illustrated by Bryan Collier (Square Fish; Reprint edition, 2007)   —  800L

  • Book: Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport and illustrated by Bryan Collier (Jump at the Sun, 2007)   —  410L

  • Book: A Sweet Smell of Roses by Angela Johnson and illustrated by Eric Velasquez (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition, 2007)   —  AD480L

  • Book: I Have a Dream by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and illustrated by Kadir Nelson (Dragonfly Books, 2024)   —  1030L

  • Book: Be A King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by James E. Ransome (Bloomsbury USA Childrens; Illustrated edition, 2018)   —  360L

  • Assessment Text: “We March” by Shane W. Evans (Square Fish; Reprint edition, 2016)   —  BR290L

Supporting Texts

Exploring Life Cycles

Core Texts

  • Book: It's Spring! by Linda Glaser and illustrated by Susan Swan (Millbrook Press, 2003)   —  AD590L

  • Book: What's Alive? by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld and illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott (HarperCollins, 1995)   —  430L

  • Book: How a Seed Grows by Helene J. Jordan and illustrated by Loretta Krupinski (HarperCollins; Revised edition, 2015)   —  AD470L

  • Book: From Seed to Sunflower by Mari Schuh (Lerner Classroom, 2016)   —  510L

  • Book: The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle (Little Simon; Reprint edition, 2009)   —  500L

  • Book: Who Will Plant a Tree? by Jerry Pallotta and illustrated by Tom Leonard (Sleeping Bear Press, 2010)

  • Book: Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood by Tony Hillery and illustrated by Jessie Hartland (Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books; Illustrated edition, 2020)   —  AD540L

  • Book: Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert (Clarion Books, 2001)   —  AD459L

  • Book: From Caterpillar to Butterfly by Deborah Heiligman and illustrated by Bari Weissman (HarperCollins; Revised edition, 2015)   —  490L

  • Book: Have You Heard the Nesting Bird? by Rita Gray and illustrated by Kenard Pak (Clarion Books, 2017)   —  AD430L

  • Book: A Nest Full of Eggs by Priscilla Belz Jenkins and illustrated by Lizzy Rockwell (HarperCollins, 2015)   —  AD630L

  • Book: The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen and Jerry Pinkney (HarperCollins, 1999)   —  AD820L

  • Book: Frogs by Gail Gibbons (Holiday House; Reprint edition, 1993)   —  AD600L

  • Book: From Tadpole to Frog by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld (Scholastic Paperbacks, 2011)   —  520L

  • Book: Egg to Chicken by Rachel Tonkin and illustrated by Stephanie Fizer Coleman (Crabtree Classics, 2019)   —  510L

  • Assessment Text: “And the Bullfrogs Sing: A Life Cycle Begins” by David Harrison and illustrated by Kate Cosgrove (Holiday House, 2020)

Supporting Texts

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