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Kindergarten
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Brainstorm two or three questions about winter.
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What are two to three questions you have about winter?
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L.K.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
L.K.2.b — Recognize and name end punctuation.
RI.K.1 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.K.6 — Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
SL.K.2 — Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
SL.K.3 — Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
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Explain how snowflakes are formed.
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L.K.1.dL.K.2.bRI.K.1SL.K.1SL.K.6
L.K.6RI.K.3RI.K.4RI.K.7SL.K.1SL.K.6
Describe what snow crystals look like.
L.K.6RI.K.2RI.K.2RI.K.3RI.K.7SL.K.1SL.K.6
Describe one way that snow falls.
L.K.5L.K.6RI.K.3RI.K.4RI.K.7SL.K.1SL.K.6
Explain what adventures Peter had in the snow and how they made him feel.
RL.K.2RL.K.3SL.K.1SL.K.6
Describe what makes winter beautiful.
L.K.1.bL.K.1.fL.K.2.bSL.K.1SL.K.6W.K.2W.K.5W.K.7W.K.7W.K.8
Explain how different animals survive the winter using the words “migrate,” “hibernate,” “gather,” and “store,” and “search.”
Describe how different animals prepare for winter using the words “migrate,” “hibernate,” “gather” and “store,” and “search.”
Explain how the animals survived the big snow.
L.K.6RI.K.3RI.K.7SL.K.1SL.K.6
Describe how being over or under the snow helps animals survive the winter.
Explain why animal tracks are easier to see in the winter and what stories animal tracks tell.
Describe different types of animal tracks and what you can learn from them.
Retell what happens when the little girl follows the tracks in the snow.
Explain what animals do during the winter.
L.K.1.bL.K.1.fL.K.2.bSL.K.1SL.K.6W.K.2W.K.5W.K.7W.K.8
Explain if the story could happen in real life.
Explain how Hedgehog’s feelings about the hat changed from the beginning of the story to the end.
Retell what happens in Annie and the Wild Animals.
Compare and contrast The Mitten and The Hat.
RL.K.2RL.K.3RL.K.9SL.K.1
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Write a story about what happens when you follow some animal tracks.
L.K.1.bL.K.1.fL.K.2.cL.K.2.dL.K.5.dW.K.3W.K.5W.K.6
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