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Celebrating Jan Brett

Unit Overview

CELEBRATING JAN BRETT

Kindergarten
10 lessons (each lessons consists of two sections, "a" and "b", that address reading and phonemic awareness)
The following books by Jan Brett are used during this unit: The Mitten, The Hat, Trouble with Trolls, and Annie and the Wild Animals.
Pre-reading strategies; phonemic awareness
This unit consists of 10 lessons that focus on literacy at the beginning of the second semester of kindergarten. The central theme of this unit is an author study of Jan Brett.
Handouts including graphic organizers
Formative and Summative Assessment (End of Unit Checklist)
Glossary

Unit Plan: Lessons

This unit could last two to three weeks. 

Lesson 1a - The Mitten Word HTML (with links to documents)
Lesson 1b - The Three Little Kittens Word HTML (with links to documents)
Lesson 2a - Re-read The Mitten Word HTML (with links to documents)
Lesson 2b - Where are the Mittens? Word HTML (with links to documents)
Lesson 3a - Re-enact The Mitten Word HTML (with links to documents)
Lesson 3b - Produce Rhyming Words Word HTML (with links to documents)
Lesson 4a - Read Trouble with Trolls Word HTML (with links to documents)
Lesson 4b - Tr in Troll, Trouble and Treva Word HTML (with links to documents)
Lesson 5a - Write a Class Book Word HTML (with links to documents)
Lesson 5b - Working with the tr Onset Word HTML (with links to documents)
Lesson 6a - Read The Hat Word HTML (with links to documents)
Lesson 6b - Working with "at" Word HTML (with links to documents)
Lesson 7a - Compare The Hat and The Mitten Word HTML (with links to documents)
Lesson 7b - Making Words with at Word HTML (with links to documents)
Lesson 8a - Comparing Two Books Word HTML (with links to documents)
Lesson 8b - Making More Words with at Word HTML (with links to documents)
Lesson 9a - Read Annie and the Wild Animals Word HTML (with links to documents)
Lesson 9b - Short Vowel "a" as in Annie Word HTML (with links to documents)
Lesson 10a - Let's Make Cornbread Word HTML (with links to documents)
Lesson 10b - Make a Short "a" Book Word HTML (with links to documents)

 Essential Questions:

What are the main characters in a story?
What is the problem in the story?
What do you notice about how the book is written and illustrated?

Summative Assessment:

End of Unit Checklist

 

PREVIOUS LEARNING
MO Early Childhood Standards

TARGETED LEARNING
Grade K

FUTURE LEARNING
Grade 1

Attends to sounds in language. (Missouri Early Childhood Literacy Standards)

 

R1B:  Develop ability to hear and say separate sounds (phonemes) in words (phonemic awareness)

  • produce rhyming words
  • isolate consonant sounds
  • blend onset and rime
  • blend spoken phonemes

Demonstrate ability to hear and say separate sounds in words

  • separate and say sounds in words
  • blend sounds to form words
  • replace beginning and ending sounds to form new words

Applies early reading skills. (Missouri Early Childhood Literacy Standards)

 

R1E:  Develop vocabulary by listening to and discussing unknown words in stories

Develop vocabulary through text, using

  • base words
  • classroom resources.

Applies early reading skills. (Missouri Early Childhood Literacy Standards)

 

R1F: Develop and apply with assistance, pre-reading strategies to aid comprehension

  • access prior knowledge
  • preview text and pictures
  • make general predictions

Develop and apply, with assistance, prereading strategies to comprehension

  • access prior knowledge
  • preview
  • predict with evidence
  • set a purpose for reading with assistance

Applies early reading skills. (Missouri Early Childhood Literacy Standards)

 

R1H: Develop and demonstrate with assistance, post-reading skills after reading or read-alouds to respond to text

  • questions to clarify
  • retell, illustrate
  • re-enact stories

Develop and apply post-reading skills to respond to text

  • questions to clarify
  • retell
  • reflect
  • analyze
  • draw conclusions

Applies early reading skills. (Missouri Early Childhood Literacy Standards)

 

R1I: Identify connections, with assistance, between

  • text ideas similarities and differences in various real and make-believe works (fiction and non-fiction)
  • text ideas and own       experiences

Identify connections between

  • text ideas --similarities and differences in various fiction and non-fiction works, with assistance
  • text ideas and own experiences

Applies early reading skills. (Missouri Early Childhood Literacy Standards)

 

R2A: Locate and apply information in title, pictures, and names of author and illustrator, with assistance

 

Locate and apply information in title, pictures and names of author and illustrator

Attends to sounds in language. (Missouri Early Childhood Literacy Standards)

 

R2B: Respond to rhythm, rhyme and alliteration in oral reading of poetry and prose

Read and respond to rhythm, rhyme and alliteration in poetry and prose

Applies early reading skills. (Missouri Early Childhood Literacy Standards)

 

R2C: Uses details from text to identify story elements (main characters and problem)

Use details from text to identify

  • characters
  • problem
  • solutions
  • events in logical sequence

Listens for different purposes. (Missouri Early Childhood Literacy Standards)

 

LS1A: Listens

  • for enjoyment
  • for information
  • for simple directions, with teacher assistance

Listens

  • for enjoyment
  • for information
  • for simple directions to follow

Applies early reading skills. (Missouri Early Childhood Literacy Standards)

 

R1F: Develop and apply with assistance, pre-reading strategies to aid comprehension

  • access prior knowledge
  • preview text and pictures
  • make general predictions

Develop and apply, with assistance, prereading strategies to comprehension

  • access prior knowledge
  • preview
  • predict with evidence
  • set a purpose for reading with assistance

 

 

 

 


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Division of School Improvement - Curriculum Services
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