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Unit 5
Kindergarten
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Describe one way that snow falls.
Book: It’s Snowing! by Gail Gibbons pp. 16 – 32
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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
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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