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Unit 5
Kindergarten
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Explain how Hedgehog’s feelings about the hat changed from the beginning of the story to the end.
Book: The Hat by Jan Brett
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How did the Hedgehog’s feelings about the hat change from the beginning of the story to the end? Why?
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Questions about the text that will help guide the students understanding
How does Hedgie feel when he finds the sock? How do you know?
What happens when Hedgie sees the hen? How does Hedgie respond? Why?
Retell what happens with the gander, cat, farm dog, and pig.
How does Hedgie respond to the pony? Why?
How is Hedgie feeling? Why?
What happens when Lisa finds Hedgie? What are the other animals doing? How do you know?
How does Hedgie feel at the end? Why?
Literary terms, text-based vocabulary, idioms and word parts to be taught with the text
curious
adj.
excited to learn or know something
embarrassed
feeling uncomfortable after doing something
ridiculous
funny or hilarious
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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 15
Lesson 17
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.
Retell what happens when the little girl follows the tracks in the snow.
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.
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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