K for ME - Unit 2 - Animals and Habitats

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Week 1  Week 2  Week 3  Week 4(1/2) Week 4(2/2)  Week 5  Week 6  Week 7(1/2) Week 7(2/2)  Week 8  Week 9  Week 10

Unit 2- Animals and Habitats Overview: Documents   Video 

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Week 1 - Animals and Habitats

Week 1 At A Glance	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
Read Aloud From Tadpole to Frog Vocabulary Cards National Geographic Kids: Frogs Vocabulary Cards	From Tadpole to Frog Read 1 Grow a Definition	From Tadpole to Frog Read 2	From Tadpole to Frog Read 3	National Geographic Kids: Frogs Read 1 Grow a Definition Chart Images Chart Example	National Geographic Kids: Frogs Read 2
Art Studio Table					Sorting Beautiful Stuff
Art Studio Easel			Life Cycle Paintings Images	Continue	Continue
Blocks		Frogs Frogs Challenge Blocks Example	Continue	Continue	Continue
Dramatization			Acting Frog Life Cycle	Continue	Continue
Library & Listening		Book Inventory Inventory Sheet	Continue	Continue	Continue
Discovery Table	Exploring Water	Continue	Continue	Continue	Continue
STEM	Investigation 1: Structures of the Human Body	Continue	Continue	Continue	Continue
Writing & Drawing				Favorite Animal Stories	Continue
Writing: Personal Recount	Deconstruction: Title	Animals & Habitat	Continue	Individual Construction Verb Cards Chart Images	Animals & Habitat
Stations	Listening & Speaking: Talk Time 1, Slides; Listen and Respond (From Tadpole to Frog) Writing: From Tadpole to Frog and National Geographic Kids: Frogs Word Work: Sorting beginning sounds Cards; Matching rhymes; Read, Build, Write
Shared Reading	One, Two, Buckle My Shoe   Slides   Child Copy
Storytelling & Story Acting	Children dictate stories and act them out

 

Week 2 - Animals and Habitats

Week 2 At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Read Aloud Fish is Fish Vocabulary Cards Amphibians Poem Amphibians Slides Fish is Fish Read 1 Grow a Definition Fish is Fish Read 2 Fish is Fish Read 3 Fish Poem  Slides Vocabulary Cards Grow a Definition Art Studio Table Sorting Beautiful Stuff Continue Continue Continue Continue Art Studio Easel Life Cycle Paintings Continue Continue Continue Continue Blocks   Building Aquatic Habitats Continue Continue Continue Dramatization     Creating a Pond Continue Continue Library & Listening   Books Review Review Sheet Continue Continue Continue Discovery Table Exploring Water Continue Continue Continue Continue STEM Body Structures of a Fish Continue Continue Continue Continue Writing & Drawing       Favorite Animal Information Continue Writing Personal Recount Verb Cards Individual Construction Revising & Publishing Presentation & Celebration Post Assessment Sheet   Rubric Observation Tool Stations Strategic Small Group Instruction Reading: Independent and Partner Reading Pocket Chart: "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" Listening & Speaking: Talk Time   Slides; Listen & Respond (Fish is Fish) Writing: National Geographic Kids: Frogs and From Tadpole to Frog Word Work: Letter/Sound Hunt; Picture Match Shared Reading Rainbow Fish, Red Frog   Slides   Child Copy Storytelling & Story Acting Children dictate stories and act them out.

Week 3 - Animals and Habitats

Week 3 At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Read Aloud The Life Cycle of a Salmon Vocabulary Cards Grow A Definition The Life Cycle of a Salmon Read 1 Estuaries Slides The Life Cycle of a Salmon Read 2 Salmon Body Diagram Salmon Map Slides The Life Cycle of a Salmon Read 3 Salmon Life Cycle   The Life Cycle of a Salmon Read 4 The Life Cycle of a Salmon Read 5 Art Studio Table   Creating Beautiful Stuff Compositions Images Continue Continue Continue Art Studio Easel   Painting Inspired by Leo Lionni Continue Continue Continue Blocks Exploration: Aquatic Habitats Continue Continue Continue Continue Dramatization     Creating a River Continue Continue Library & Listening Book Review Continue Continue Continue Continue Discovery Table Exploring Water Continue Continue Continue Continue STEM Human Behavior Continue Continue Continue Continue Writing & Drawing       Information Book About Salmon Continue Writing Pre-Assessment Sheet 1   Sheet 2 Rubric   Reflection Observation Tool Deconstruction: Report Purpose Chart Images Deconstruction: Report Stages Images Observation Tool Individual Construction and Joint Construction Writing Report Stations Strategic Small Group Instruction Reading: Independent and Partner Reading Pocket Chart: “Rainbow Fish, Red Frog” Listening & Speaking: Talk time  Slides; Listen & Respond (The Life Cycle of a Salmon) Writing: Fish is Fish Word Work: Sorting Beginning Sounds, Sorting Sheets; Syllable Play; Read, Build, Write Shared Reading The Lady with the Alligator Purse  Slides  Child Copy Storytelling & Story Acting Children dictate stories and act them out.

Week 4 - Animals and Habitats

Week 4 At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Read Aloud Swimmy Vocab Cards Grow A Definition Swimmy Read 1 Swimmy Read 2 Teacher choice or Review Previous Text Teacher choice or Review Previous Text Teacher choice or Review Previous Text Art Studio Table Creating Beautiful Stuff Compositions Continue Continue Continue Continue Art Studio Easel Painting Inspired by Leo Lionni Continue Continue Continue Continue Blocks   Aquatic Habitats Continue Continue Continue Dramatization     Creating an Estuary Continue Continue Library & Listening   Story Chest: Fish is Fish Continue Continue Continue Discovery Table Aquarium Continue Continue Continue Continue Writing & Drawing Information Book about Salmon Continue Continue Continue Continue Writing Joint Construction: Subtopics Joint Construction: Subtopics Joint Construction: General Statement and Illustrating Subtopics Deconstruction and Joint Construction: Ordering Subtopics Joint Construction: Table of Contents Deconstruction and Joint Construction: Title Stations Strategic Small group Instruction Reading: Independent and Partner Reading Pocket Chart: "The Lady with the Alligator Purse" Listening & Speaking: Talk Time   Slides; Listen & Respond (Swimmy) Writing: Life Cycle texts to date Word Work: Sorting Ending Sounds  Sorting Sheet; Letter/Sound Hunt; Picture Match Shared Reading Who Fed the Chickens?   Slides   Child Copy Storytelling & Story Acting  Children dictate stories and act them out.

Week 5 - Animals and Habitats

Week 5 At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Read Aloud   Owl Moon Read 1 Owl Moon Vocabulary Cards Owl Moon Read 2 Grow A Definition Owl Moon Read 3 Slides White Owl, Barn Owl Read 1 White Owl Vocabulary Cards White Owl, Barn Owl Read 2 Grow A Definition Art Studio Table Adhesive and Beautiful Stuff Continue Continue Continue Continue Art Studio Easel   Pastel Drawings Continue Continue Continue Blocks     Block Owls Recording Sheet Continue Continue Dramatization     Creating Trees for the Woodland Tree Images Continue Continue Library & Listening Storychest- Swimmy Continue Continue Continue Continue Discovery Table       Birds' Beaks Images   Chart Continue Writing & Drawing       Stories About Owls Continue Writing Publishing Modeling and Joint Construction in Pairs: Research Joint Construction in Pairs: Research Animal Research Joint Construction in Pairs: Research Individual Construction: Body Diagram  Report Packet Stations Strategic Small Group Instruction Reading: Independent and Partner Reading Pocket Chart: "Who Fed the Chickens?" Listening & Speaking: Talk time   Slides; Listen & Respond (Owl Moon) Writing: Mid-Unit Assessment   Rubric   Prompt Word Work: Sorting Beginning Sounds,  Sorting Sheets; BINGO 2; Read, Build, Write Shared Reading "The Very Wise Owl"   Slides   Child Copy Storytelling & Story Acting Children dictate stories and act them out.

Week 6 - Animals and Habitats

Week 6 At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Read Aloud   White Owl, Barn Owl Read 3 White Owl, Barn Owl Read 4 Owls Read 1 Vocabulary Cards Owls Read 2 Grow A Definition Owls Read 3 Art Studio Table   Animal Sculptures with Beautiful Stuff Continue Continue Continue Art Studio Easel Pastel Woodlands Images Continue Continue Continue Continue Blocks     Owl Habitats Images Continue Continue Dramatization     Acting Owl Moon in the Woodland Continue Continue Library & Listening Researching Owls Continue Continue Continue Continue Discovery Table       Owl Nests Images Continue STEM           Writing & Drawing       Writing Information About Owls Continue Writing: Deconstruction: General Nouns Cards   Images Observation Tool Individual Construction: Subtopics Joint Construction: General Statement Sheet Individual Construction Writing Continue Stations Strategis Small Group Instruction Reading: Independent & Partner Reading Pocket Chart: The Very Wise Owl Listening & Speaking: Talk Time,  Slides; Listen & Respond (White Owl, Barn Owl) Writing: Owl Moon and White Owl, Barn Owl Word Work: Letter/Sound Hunt; Picture Match Beginning Sounds; Picture Match Ending Sounds   Shared Reading Six Little Speckled Frogs   Slides   Child Copy   Storytelling & Story Acting Children dictate stories and act them out.

Week 7 - Animals and Habitats

Week 7 At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Read Aloud Owls with video: "What makes Owls so Quiet and Deadly" Read 4 Owls Read 5 Owls Read 6 Owl Rules Read 1 Slides Grow A Definition Owl Rules Read 2 Art Studio Table     Animal Sculptures with Beautiful Stuff Continue Continue Art Studio Easel   Inspired by Owls Images Continue Continue Continue Blocks Owl Habitats Images Continue Continue Continue Continue Dramatization           Library & Listening Reading with a Partner Continue Continue Continue Continue Discovery Table       Owl Pellets Chart 1   Chart 2 Continue STEM           Writing & Drawing Writing Information about Owls Continue Continue Continue Continue Writing Deconstruction: Explanation Purpose Images  Why We Write Deconstruction: Explanation Stages Images Joint Construction in Small Groups: Frog Life Cycle Label Sheets Joint Construction in Small Groups: Frog Life Cycle Feedback Packet Joint Construction: Revision Sheet Stations Strategic Small Group Instruction Reading: Independent & Partner Reading Pocket Chart: Six Little Speckled Frogs Listening & Speaking: Talk Time,  Slides; Listen & Respond (Owls) Writing: All books about owls Word Work: Sorting Beginning Sounds & Letters, Sorting Sheet; Beginning Sound BINGO; Read, Build Write; Matching Rhymes Shared Reading Going to the Zoo   Slides   Child Copy Storytelling & Story Acting Children dictate stories and act them out.

Week 8 - Animals and Habitats

Week 8 At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Read Aloud Little Red Riding Hood Storytelling Text Lon Po Po Read 1 Slides Vocabulary Cards Grow A Definition Lon Po Po Read 2   Lon Po Po Read 3 Thought Bubbles Lon Po Po Read 4 Art Studio Table       Wolf Diorama Slides Continue Art Studio Easel   Inspired by Wolves Wolf Images Continue Continue Continue Blocks   Exploration: Block Wolves Challenge & Recording Sheet Continue Continue Continue Dramatization     Acting out Lon Po Po   Continue Continue Library & Listening Storychest: Lon Po Po Continue Continue Continue Continue Discovery Table         Fur, Feather and Skin Chart STEM           Writing & Drawing     Stories about Wolves Continue Continue Writing Deconstruction: General Nouns Continue Writing Explanation Continue Individual Construction Stations Strategic Small Group Instruction Reading: Independent & Partner Reading Pocket Chart: Going to the Zoo Listening & Speaking: Talk Time,   Slides; Listen & Respond: Lon Po Po Writing: Owls, "What makes owls...?" video, Owl Rules poem Word Work: Matching Pictures with C-V-C Words,  Word Cards; Name, Build, Read Shared Reading I Had A Rooster   Slides   Child Copy Storytelling & Story Acting Children dictate stories and act them out.

Week 9 - Animals and Habitats

Week 9 At A Glance	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
Read Aloud	Wolves, Simon Read 1 Vocabulary Cards Grow A Definition	Wolves, Simon Read 2 Slides	Wolves, Simon Read 3	Wolves, Gibbons Read 1 Vocabulary Cards Grow A Definition	Wolves, Gibbons Read 2
Art Studio Table	Wolf Diorama	Continue	Continue	Continue	Continue
Art Studio Easel	Inspired by Wolves	Continue	Continue	Continue	Continue
Blocks		Wolf Habitats Images	Continue	Continue	Continue
Dramatization			Acting Like A Pack of Wolves	Continue	Continue
Library & Listening		Researching Wolves	Continue	Continue	Continue
Discovery Table				Snow or Ice	Continue
STEM
Writing & Drawing			Writing Information About Wolves	Continue	Continue
Writing	Writing Explanation Observation Tool Life Cycle Oval Sentence Sheets	Continue	Writing Explanation Explanation Feedback	Writing Explanation	Writing Explanation
Stations	Strategic Small Group Instruction Reading: Independent & Partner Reading Pocket Chart: I Had A Rooster Listening & Speaking: Talk Time,  Slides; Listen & Respond: Wolves, Simon Writing: Lon Po Po Word Work: Say, Tap, Build, Read; Word Hunt; Read, Build Write Trick Words
Shared Reading	Five Little Wolves   Slides   Child Copy
Storytelling & Story Acting	Children dictate stories and act them out.

Week 10 - Animals and Habitats

Week 10 At A Glance	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
Read Aloud	Wolves, Gibbons Read 3	Wolves, Gibbons Read 4	The Rehearsal Poem	Wolves, Gibbons Read 5	Unit Synthesis Animal Slides
All Centers: Select and Revise Work For The Showcase
Art Studio Table
Art Studio Easel
Blocks
Dramatization
Library & Listening
Discovery Table
STEM
Writing & Drawing
Writing	Writing Explanation	Writing Explanation	Writing Explanation	Continue Life Cycle Oval Picture & Label Sheets	Writing Explanation
Stations	Strategic Small Group Instruction Reading: Independent and Partner Reading Pocket Chart: “Five Little Wolves” Listening & Speaking: Talk Time,  Slides; Listen and Respond: Wolves, Gibbons Writing: End of Unit Assessment Slide  Images  Prompt  Rubric Word Work: Make it Rhyme; Changing Ending Sounds; Name, Build, Read; Matching Pictures with c-v-c Words, Sheet
Shared Reading	Over in the Meadow  Slides  Child Copy
Storytelling & Story Acting	Children dictate stories and act them out.