Module Attachments

Kindergarten, 4th Quarter, 3-5 weeks

Journeys Through Literature

Module / Instructional Strategies
1. What is a Memory?
Tapping into prior thoughts and ideas / Think-Pair-Share: What is a memory? How do they make us feel?
Graphic Organizer: Bubble Map- What is a memory? How do they make us feel?
Knee-Knee Partner: Tell your partner your opinion of what a memory is.
How do they make you feel?
What examples will you write about to explain your memories?
2. Exploring Facts vs Opinions Students will explore facts vs. opinions and understand opinions can be different for each person. / Fact vs. Opinion Organizer: Students will identify facts and opinions by sorting statements into different organizers to identify whether they are a true fact or an opinion.
Students will work in pairs or small groups to sort facts and opinions.
Fact vs. Opinion Assessment: Completed independently. Students will sort statements into different categories to show they level of mastery for understanding of facts and opinions.
Think Pair Share: recall different adjectives that described memories.
Students will recall adjectives from the story to describe memories.
3. Journeys into Memories
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox / Graphic Organizer of teacher’s choice: Talk about memories and the different ways they make us feel and words to describe them.
Think Pair Share: recall different adjectives that described memories.
Students will recall adjectives from the story to describe memories.
Poem writing-Model using the Important Book
4. Memories for Characters (author’s word choice) Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox / Graphic Organizer of teacher’s choice: Talk about memories and the different ways they make us feel and words to describe them.
5. Journeys through the Memories
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox / Fish Bowl: Inner and outer circles will rotate to tell partners about their memory objects.
Think Pair Share: Talk about memories and the different ways they make us feel and words to describe them.
6. Journeys through Places
All the World , Liz Scanlon / Knee-Knee Partner Talks- recall different places from around the world we learned about in the book.
Graphic Organizer of teacher’s choice: Talk about different places found around the world and how they are all are part of our world. Identify different landforms and compare them with Tucson by recalling information from the text
Talk about different places found around the world and how they are all are part of our world.
7. Different Places Create Different Memories
Alfredito Flies Home, Jorge Argueta / Knee-Knee Partner Talks- recall the different feeling Alfredito had depending on his location and time.
8. Family Journey Memories
Alfredito Flies Home, Jorge Argueta / Student Presentations: Students will present their family project to the class, sharing where their family is from and different family memories that were shared with them.
9. Places we can Explore
Walking through the Jungle Author Unknown / Knee-Knee Partner Talks- recall different adjectives that described memories.
Graphic Organizer of teacher’s choice: Talk about memories and how they can be attached to different places.
Write about the place they would like to explore by completing a page in their response journal.
10. My Memory Museum / Student presentations: Students will present their memory journey by talking about the process they went through and their important journeys.
Teacher/Students Created Rubric: The class will create a rubric with teacher’s guidance to list needed criteria for the museum displays.