YGES Weekly Lesson Plan Template
Name: Kindergarten-ELADate: Jan 25th-29th 2016 / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
Standard(s): / RF.K.2, W.K.2, RL.K.1, RL.K.2, RL.K.3, RL.K.4, RL.K.5, RL.K.8, RL.K.9 / RF.K.2, W.K.2, RL.K.1, RL.K.2, RL.K.3, RL.K.4, RL.K.5, RL.K.8, RL.K.9 / RF.K.2, W.K.2, RL.K.1, RL.K.2, RL.K.3, RL.K.4, RL.K.5, RL.K.8, RL.K.9 / RF.K.2, W.K.2, RL.K.1, RL.K.2, RL.K.3, RL.K.4, RL.K.5, RL.K.8, RL.K.9 / RF.K.2, W.K.2, RL.K.1, RL.K.2, RL.K.3, RL.K.4, RL.K.5, RL.K.8, RL.K.9
Essential Question/
Key Question / What are the jobs of the author and the illustrator?
Can you name the parts of a book?
Can you track the print on a page from left to right, top to bottom?
What is the story about?
Who are the characters in the story?
What is the setting?
Can you change the first sound in a word to make a new word? / What are the jobs of the author and the illustrator?
Can you name the parts of a book?
Can you track the print on a page left to right, top to bottom?
Can you change the first sound in a word to make a new word? / What are the jobs of the author and the illustrator?
Can you name the parts of a book?
What is the setting?
Can you change the first sound in a word to make a new word?
**100th Day of School
Teacher may choose to read a 100th day book of their choice and follow up with 100th day activities / What are the jobs of the author and the illustrator?
Can you name the parts of a book?
Can you count the words in a sentence?
Can you change the first sound in a word to make a new word? / What are the jobs of the author and the illustrator?
Can you name the parts of a book?
Can you retell a story using the characters and key details from the story?
Can you change the first sound in a word to make a new word?
Activating Strategy:
Lesson Opener / Phonemic Awareness: Beginning Sounds-change the first sound to make a new word
Shared Reading:
Introduce and read chorally Little Snowman
Skill: Key details / Phonemic Awareness: Beginning Sounds-change the first sound to make a new word
Shared Reading:
Reread chorally/Build with sentence strips, Little Snowman
Skill: Vocabulary / Phonemic Awareness:
Beginning Sounds-change the first sound to make a new word
Shared Reading:
Reread Little Snowman Insert poem into notebook
Skill: Text Dependent Questions / Phonemic Awareness:
Beginning Sounds-change the first sound to make a new word
Shared Reading: Reread-Little Snowman
Make retell pieces
Skill: Vocabulary/Retelling / Phonemic Awareness:
Beginning Sounds-change the first sound to make a new word
Shared Reading: Little Snowman
Skill: Comprehension
Teaching Strategies:
Include sufficient detail for parents and administration to understand what will be happening in your class. / Read Aloud: The Snowy Day
Day One Objective: Students listen to the read aloud for enjoyment. Build an interest in the topic and expand their prior knowledge.
Introduce the week’s theme focus by placing it inside the bubble chart. Have students turn and talk to discuss their prior knowledge, adding their responses to the bubble chart. State the week’s essential questions for the students to ponder. Read the text “cold” with minimal stopping while reading. / Read Aloud:The Snowy Day
Day Two Objective: Ask/answer simple recall questions. Reread the text stopping to address unknown vocabulary. Review and discuss the essential question. Review characters “living” anchor chart. Add a new chart for “setting.”1. Where does this story take place?2. Who are the characters? RL.K.33. What happened at the beginning, middle, and end of the story? RL.K.2Introduce Unknown Words: Reread The Snowy Day stopping to discuss the following vocabulary words: piled, path, sank, pretend, firm) Whole Body: Display vocabulary photo and add an “action” to each word
piled: a number of things on top of each other
path: a track beaten by the feet of people or animals
pretend: to imagine or believe
sank: settled in or covered
firm: hard or solid when pressed / Read Aloud: The Snowy Day
Day Three Objective: Reread parts of the text that lends itself to the text-dependent questions. Students will turn and talk to partners to answer. Review and discuss the vocabulary and essential question.
1. When Peter woke up something was special or different than an average day. What was it? What did Peter do first? RL.K.2
2. On pg. 5 the author writes, “crunch, crunch, crunch.” Why might the author choose to repeat those words? Support your answer. RL.K.4
3. It seemed as though Peter was an adventure when he went outside. Describe some of the things he did. Can you make a personal connection to your own snowy day? RL.K.9
4. Reread page 5. Why does the author write the word slowly stretched out? RL.K.5
5. Which statements at the end of the story show you that Peter might go on another adventure soon? RL.K.3 / Read Aloud: : The Snowy Day
Day Four Objective Part One: Review this week’s vocabulary words with partner turn and talks.
1. Call a student to the front of the room to demonstrate a pile of books.
2. In The Snowy Day Peter made a path in the snow. Why do you think a path was made? Do you make a path in the hallway?
3. Listen to this story. My mom put a rock and feather in a bowl of water. Which one do you think sank?
4. When I think about snow i think of it being soft. How do we know that snow can be firm?
5. Call students to the front of the room to pretend to be someone.
Part Two: Revisit your “living” retell story elements anchor chart. Lead the class whole-group using the retell pieces in order as they happened in the story. / Read Aloud: The Snowy Day
Day Five Objective: Theme study wrap up with a comprehensive discussion and craft. Review: Review the vocabulary words and essential question.
Discuss: Wrap up the week’s theme with a class discussion. How did the illustrations in The Snowy Day help us to understand the text better?
Students will complete a snowy day picture.
Summary: / Have students turn and talk to their partners and share additional information they learned during the cold read. Add their responses to the bubble chart.
Independent Practice: “Capture THIS and THAT” OR follow-up task of choice
Writing Lesson:
Encourage students to write a narrative story about a time they played in the snow or a fiction narrative. / Independent Practice:
“Listen and draw” OR vocabulary follow-up task of choice.
Writing Lesson: Lead the students in a discussion about writing a “how-to” story about building a snowman.
*Teachers can use pieces from the unit if students need background information. / Independent Practice: Story Elements Follow Up {setting} Search and Find setting independent sheet
Writing Lesson: Students will finish their “how-to” stories. / Independent Practice: “Sequence of Events” follow up activity. {Story elements-retell}
Writing Lesson: With students you will build a can/has/is chart for snow. Charting the facts students will write an informational report about snow. This will help solidify snow in the narrative and informational context for the week. / Independent Practice:
Weekly standard-based skill check
*Weekly Assessment
Tiger: sight word or letter of choice
Zebra: circle letter of choice
Monkey: circle the word /j/ /e/ /t/
Lion: circle the picture that shows the beginning of the story
Writing Lesson: Students will write a story to go with their snowy day picture.
Differentiation Strategies / Differentiated groups with Mrs. Bennett.
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Assessment Type/
Evaluation and Assessment Uses / “Sequence of Events” follow up activity. {Story elements-retell} / Weekly standards based skill check.
Quick assessment-Exit ticket- Students will change the first sound in a word to make a new word.
Materials Needed / Book- The Snowy Day / Book- The Snowy Day
Vocabulary Cards / Book – The Snowy Day / Book – The Snowy Day / Book- The Snowy Day