Curriculum / ELA / Kindergarten / Unit 5: Winter Wonderland / Lesson 13
ELA
Unit 5
Kindergarten
Lesson 13 of 20
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Retell what happens when the little girl follows the tracks in the snow.
Book: Tracks in the Snow by Wong Herbert Yee
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What does the little girl see outside of her window? What questions does she have?
Retell what happens when the girl starts following the tracks. Based on what she has seen so far, how might she answer the question of who made the tracks?
Retell where the girl has gone. How would she answer the question: Who made the tracks?
Who made the tracks? What clues did the author give to show who made the tracks?
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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.
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
L.K.1.d — Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
RL.K.1 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.K.7 — With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
Lesson 12
Lesson 14
Brainstorm two or three questions about winter.
L.K.1.d L.K.2.b RI.K.1 SL.K.1 SL.K.6
Explain how snowflakes are formed.
L.K.6 RI.K.3 RI.K.4 RI.K.7 SL.K.1 SL.K.6
Describe what snow crystals look like.
L.K.6 RI.K.2 RI.K.2 RI.K.3 RI.K.7 SL.K.1 SL.K.6
Describe one way that snow falls.
L.K.5 L.K.6 RI.K.3 RI.K.4 RI.K.7 SL.K.1 SL.K.6
Explain what adventures Peter had in the snow and how they made him feel.
RL.K.2 RL.K.3 SL.K.1 SL.K.6
Discussion & Writing
Describe what makes winter beautiful.
L.K.1.b L.K.1.f L.K.2.b SL.K.1 SL.K.6 W.K.2 W.K.5 W.K.7 W.K.7 W.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.6 RI.K.3 RI.K.7 SL.K.1 SL.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.
Explain what animals do during the winter.
L.K.1.b L.K.1.f L.K.2.b SL.K.1 SL.K.6 W.K.2 W.K.5 W.K.7 W.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.
Close Reading
Compare and contrast The Mitten and The Hat.
RL.K.2 RL.K.3 RL.K.9 SL.K.1
Assessment
Writing – 3 days
Write a story about what happens when you follow some animal tracks.
L.K.1.b L.K.1.f L.K.2.c L.K.2.d L.K.5.d W.K.3 W.K.5 W.K.6
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