Lesson 20 | Winter Wonderland | Kindergarten Language Arts

Lesson Overview

Objective

Write a story about what happens when you follow some animal tracks.

Lesson Map

Lesson

Brainstorm two or three questions about winter.

Standards

L.K.1.dL.K.2.bRI.K.1SL.K.1SL.K.6

Lesson

Explain how snowflakes are formed.

Materials

It’s Snowing! pp. 1 – 12

Standards

L.K.6RI.K.3RI.K.4RI.K.7SL.K.1SL.K.6

Lesson

Describe what snow crystals look like.

Materials

Story of Snow

Standards

L.K.6RI.K.2RI.K.2RI.K.3RI.K.7SL.K.1SL.K.6

Lesson

Describe one way that snow falls.

Materials

It’s Snowing! pp. 16 – 32

Standards

L.K.5L.K.6RI.K.3RI.K.4RI.K.7SL.K.1SL.K.6

Lesson

Explain what adventures Peter had in the snow and how they made him feel.

Materials

The Snowy Day

Standards

RL.K.2RL.K.3SL.K.1SL.K.6

Lesson

Discussion & Writing

Describe what makes winter beautiful.

Standards

L.K.1.bL.K.1.fL.K.2.bSL.K.1SL.K.6W.K.2W.K.5W.K.7W.K.7W.K.8

Lesson

Explain how different animals survive the winter using the words “migrate,” “hibernate,” “gather,” and “store,” and “search.”

Materials

Animals in Winter

Standards

L.K.6RI.K.3RI.K.4RI.K.7SL.K.1SL.K.6

Lesson

Describe how different animals prepare for winter using the words “migrate,” “hibernate,” “gather” and “store,” and “search.”

Materials

The Big Snow pp. 1 – 26

Standards

L.K.6RI.K.3RI.K.4RI.K.7SL.K.1SL.K.6

Lesson

Explain how the animals survived the big snow.

Materials

The Big Snow p. 26 — to end

Standards

L.K.6RI.K.3RI.K.7SL.K.1SL.K.6

Lesson

Describe how being over or under the snow helps animals survive the winter.

Materials

Over and Under...

Standards

L.K.6RI.K.3RI.K.7SL.K.1SL.K.6

Lesson

Explain why animal tracks are easier to see in the winter and what stories animal tracks tell.

Materials

Big Tracks...

Standards

L.K.6RI.K.3RI.K.7SL.K.1SL.K.6

Lesson

Describe different types of animal tracks and what you can learn from them.

Materials

Wild Tracks! pp. 11 – 13

Standards

L.K.6RI.K.3RI.K.7SL.K.1SL.K.6

Lesson

Retell what happens when the little girl follows the tracks in the snow.

Materials

Tracks in the Snow

Standards

RL.K.2RL.K.3SL.K.1SL.K.6

Lesson

Discussion & Writing

Explain what animals do during the winter.

Standards

L.K.1.bL.K.1.fL.K.2.bSL.K.1SL.K.6W.K.2W.K.5W.K.7W.K.8

Lesson

Explain if the story could happen in real life.

Materials

The Mitten

Standards

RL.K.2RL.K.3SL.K.1SL.K.6

Lesson

Explain how Hedgehog’s feelings about the hat changed from the beginning of the story to the end.

Materials

The Hat

Standards

RL.K.2RL.K.3SL.K.1SL.K.6

Lesson

Retell what happens in Annie and the Wild Animals.

Materials

Annie and...

Standards

RL.K.2RL.K.3SL.K.1SL.K.6

Lesson

Close Reading

Compare and contrast The Mitten and The Hat.

Materials

The Hat
The Mitten

Standards

RL.K.2RL.K.3RL.K.9SL.K.1

Lesson

Assessment

Gauge student understanding of unit content and skills with one of Fishtank's unit assessments.

Lesson

Writing

3 days

Write a story about what happens when you follow some animal tracks.

Standards

L.K.1.bL.K.1.fL.K.2.cL.K.2.dL.K.5.dW.K.3W.K.5W.K.6

Winter Wonderland

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Winter Wonderland

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