Lesson Seed

Unit Title: Cycle of Seasons
Grade Level: K
Lesson Seed: Week 3- Day 2
Essential Question: How do animals experience the cycles of the seasons?
Focus Question: How do they respond to seasonal changes?
Text/Resources
  • Good-Night, Owl! by Pat Hutchins
  • Song: Winter Sleep
  • Interactive Read Aloud- Squirrels All Year Long by Melvin Berger
  • Technology Connection: You-Tube: 4 Seasons in a Year

Standard(s):
SHARED READING STANDARDS
Reading – Literature
RLK.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
RLK.3With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
RLK.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
Reading Foundational Skills
RFK.1 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
  1. Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.
  2. Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.
  3. Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
RFK.4Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
Speaking and Listening Skills
SLK.1Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about prekindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
  1. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions.
  2. Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
SLK.1 Demonstrate command of conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing and speaking.
f. Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities.
INTERACTIVE READ-ALOUD STANDARDS
Reading – Information
RIK.2Identify the main topic and retell key details of text.
RIK.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
WRITING STANDARDS
Writing
WK.2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compare informative explanatory texts in which they name what they are
writing about and supply some information about the topic.
WK.7Participate in shared research and writing projects.
SLK.6Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas.
Student Outcomes
  • Students will be able to ask and answer questions about key details in a text. (RLK.1)
  • Students will be able to retell familiar stories, including key details. (RLK.2)
  • Students will be able to identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. (RLK.3)
  • Students will be able to actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding. (RLK. 10)
  • Students will be able to follow words from left to right, top to bottom. (RFK.1.a)
  • Students will be able to recognize that spoken words can be represented in written language. (RFK.1.b)
  • Students will be able to understand that words are separated by spaces in print. (RFK.1.c)
  • Students will be able to read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding. (shared reading of song or poem) (RFK.4)
  • Students will be able to participate in conversations about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. (SLK.1)
  • Students will be able to speak audibly and express thoughts, feeling, and ideas clearly. (SLK.6)
  • Students will be able toidentify the main topic and retell key details of text. (RIK.2)
  • Students will be able to actively engage in group reading experiences with purpose and understanding. (RIK.10)
  • Students will be able to use a combination of drawing, writing, dictating, to compose informative – explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic. (WK.2)
  • Students will be able to participate in shared reading and writing projects. (WK.7)

Sample Activities:
Shared Reading
Good-Night, Owl! by Pat Hutchins
interactive chartGood-Night, Owl!
Sing songs. Reread interactive chart together. Reinforce foundational skills: different types of print (hyphenated sound words).
Interactive Read-Aloud:
Song: Winter Sleep
Squirrels All Year Long by Melvin Berger
Introduce song or poem about squirrels. Introduce that animals respond to environmental changes in a seasonal cycle.
Discuss how squirrels respond to seasonal changes in a cycle.
Shared Writing:
Formative assessment: Contribute to a shared writing about squirrels throughout the seasons.
Formative assessment: Draw/dictate one fact about the seasonal behavior of squirrels.
**Prepare for small group/guided reading instruction by selecting appropriate text and materials. Make connections to the concept of Cycle wherever possible.

R/ELA.MSDE 8/5/12