Curriculum / ELA / Kindergarten / Unit 6: What is Justice? / Lesson 6
ELA
Unit 6
Kindergarten
Lesson 6 of 18
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Retell what happened in The Other Side.
Book: The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson
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What happened in The Other Side?
An example response to the Target Task at the level of detail expected of the students.
Questions about the text that will help guide the students understanding
What do we know about the girls on each side of the fence?
How do the girls feel on each side of the fence?
What does it mean to be brave? What does Clover do that is brave?
How do the girls feel when they are talking to each other? How do you know?
Close Read the following sentence: “And when Sandra and them looked at me funny, I just made believe I didn’t care.”
What does this mean?
How does mama feel about the girls playing together? How do you know?
How do things change? Why do you think they change?
What does Annie mean that one day someone is going to come along and knock the fence down?
Literary terms, text-based vocabulary, idioms and word parts to be taught with the text
segregation
n.
the enforced separation of different racial groups. This used to be allowed in the United States and different races would have to use different facilities, such as water fountains, bathrooms, and schools.
brave
adj.
to try something even if it is hard or scary
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L.K.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
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.
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.K.4 — Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on kindergarten reading and content.
RL.K.1 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
Lesson 5
Lesson 7
Identify reasons to support the author’s point that all are welcome.
L.K.6 RI.K.7 RI.K.8 SL.K.1
Explain two reasons the author includes to support the idea that “Beneath the skin we all look alike. You and Me.”
L.K.6 RI.K.2 RI.K.7 RI.K.8 SL.K.1
Explain what the author means that children come in all colors of the earth.
Explain two reasons why the author says, “Each of us grows in our own way.”
Writing
Create an All About Me poster to highlight key aspects of identity.
L.K.1 L.K.2 W.K.2 W.K.5 W.K.8
L.K.6 RL.K.2 RL.K.3 SL.K.1
Explain how segregation impacts Joe and John Henry’s friendship.
Explain how life changed for Black people in the South after the civil rights movement.
Explain why Rosa Parks does not get up with the policeman asked her to.
L.K.6 RI.K.3 RI.K.7 RI.K.8 SL.K.1
Explain how the whole community made the Montgomery Bus Boycott a success.
Explain why Martin Luther King Jr. was important.
Explain how people came together during the March for Freedom.
RI.K.3 RI.K.7 RI.K.8 SL.K.1
Explain how Minnie and her sister showed courage.
Describe the dreams that Martin Luther King Jr. had.
RI.K.3 RI.K.7 RI.K.8 RI.K.9 RI.K.9 SL.K.1
Explain what it means to Be a King.
Writing – 2 days
Write about what you can do to Be a King.
Discussion
Discuss the unit essential questions.
SL.K.1 SL.K.3 SL.K.5 W.K.8
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