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Unit 5
Kindergarten
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Retell what happens in Annie and the Wild Animals.
Book: Annie and the Wild Animals by Jan Brett
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Retell what happens in Annie and the Wild Animals. Make sure to tell about Annie’s problem and how she tried to solve her problem.
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Questions about the text that will help guide the students understanding
What is Annie’s problem? Use details from the text and illustrations to support your answer.
How does Annie try to solve her problem? What happens?
What words does the author use to describe the animals that come and eat the corn cakes? Why?
What problem does Annie have? Why?
What problem does Annie have now? How does it make her feel?
How is Annie’s problem solved? What happens to the other animals?
Literary terms, text-based vocabulary, idioms and word parts to be taught with the text
wild
adj.
an animal that lives or grows in its natural environment
tame
an animal that is not afraid of people and often lives with or near people
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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.
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Compare and contrast The Mitten and The Hat.
Brainstorm two or three questions about winter.
Standards
L.K.1.dL.K.2.bRI.K.1SL.K.1SL.K.6
Explain how snowflakes are formed.
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.
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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