Growing as a Reader and Writer
Unit description: Using a balance of provided texts, students will identify specific information to support ideas in a text and make connections as readers and writers between self, text and the world. These texts will include but are not limited to picture books, stories, poetry, tall tales, fiction, etc. Students will also begin to become independent readers through engagement in small group, large group and individual activities.
This unit should be paired with the Reading Foundations which focus on the acquisition of phonological awareness and phonics which are essential foundations for reading and writing. It is essential that these skills are not taught in isolation, but applied within students reading and writing.
Essential Outcomes
Reading
- KR1. Develop and answer questions about a text.
- KR2. Retell stories or share key details from a text.
- KR3. Identify characters, settings, major events in a story, or pieces of information in a text.
- KR5. Identify literary and informational texts.
- KR8. Identify specific information to support ideas in a text.
- KR9. Make connections between self, text, and the world.
Reading Foundations- Print Concepts and Fluency
- KRF1a, c, e. Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
- KRF4. Will engage with emergent level texts and read-alouds to demonstrate comprehension.
- Addressed in RF unit:
- KRF1b, d. Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
- KRF2. Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
- KRF3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
Language
- KL4. Explore and use new vocabulary and multiple-meaning words and phrases in authentic experiences
- KL5. Explore and discuss word relationships and word meanings.
Writing
- KW1. Use a combination of drawing, dictating, oral expression, and/or emergent writing to state an opinion about a familiar topic or personal experience and state a reason to support that opinion.
- KW4. Create a response to a text, author, or personal experience (e.g., dramatization, artwork, or poem).
Speaking and Listening
- KSL1. Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse peers and adults in small and large groups and during play.
- KSL4. Describe familiar people, places, things, and events with detail.
- KSL6. Express thoughts, feelings, and ideas.
All Standards Addressed in this Unit
- See Reading Foundations Units: KRF 1b, d, KRF2a-e, KRF3a-d
- KR1, KR2, KR3, KR4, KR5, KR6, KR7, KR8, KR9
- KRF1a, 1c, 1e, KRF4
- KL4, KL5, KL6
- KW1, KW4
- KSL1, KSL2, KSL3, KSL4, KSL5, KSL6
Essential Questions and Big Ideas
- How can you connect to the stories you read?
- Readers make connections between self/text/world to help understand the text.
- How do readers understand what they are reading about?
- Readers identify specific information to support student ideas to help understand the text.
- What strategies can I use to help me read and understand a text?
- Readers identify, model, and practice multiple strategies for reading and understanding a text.
- How do people share what they think?
- People share their thoughts and opinions through their writing.
- People share their thoughts and opinions in conversations with others.
Download the complete Kindergarten ELA Unit 3 framework to customize for your own planning.