Exploring Life Cycles

Lesson 17
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ELA

Unit 7

Kindergarten

Lesson 17 of 22

Please Note: This lesson was formerly taught with the text From Egg to Chicken by Gerald Legg. We have replaced the text with Eggs to Chicken (Follow the Life Cycle) by Rachel Tonkin and have revised the lesson to align with the new text. You may notice discrepancies in previously downloaded/printed unit or lesson plans.

Objective


Describe the life cycle of a chicken.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: Egg to Chicken (Follow the Life Cycle) by Rachel Tonkin 

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Target Task


Discussion & Writing Prompt

Describe the chicken life cycle.

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Key Questions


  • How are chickens and robins the same?

  • Using information from pages 6 and 7, describe what happens inside of an egg.

  • What does it mean if a mother hen is brooding? Why is this important?

  • What happens after three weeks? How does the image on page 13 help a reader better understand what happens when an egg hatches?

  • What happens after an egg hatches?

Vocabulary


surround

v.

to be all around something

peck

v.

to strike something with its beak

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Common Core Standards


  • L.K.4 — Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on kindergarten reading and content.
  • L.K.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
  • RI.K.3 — With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
  • RI.K.9 — With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).

Supporting Standards

RI.K.1
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RI.K.10
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