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Exploring Animal Worlds: Kindergarten Science and Social Studies Texts

Engage Kindergarten students in Daily Five literacy time with small group activities focusing on non-fiction Science and Social Studies texts about animals and their helpers. Develop comprehension skills by asking and answering questions, identifying key details, characters, settings, events, and unknown words. Enhance reading abilities by reading emergent texts with purpose and understanding and composing informative/explanatory texts. Reading groups involve Yellow and Red groups with varying text complexities and levels. Activities include exploring science and social studies topics through repetitive and complex texts with new vocabulary. Experience a hands-on approach to learning through drawings, dictations, and writings. Explore literacy theories and share questions or comments for further engagement.

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Exploring Animal Worlds: Kindergarten Science and Social Studies Texts

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  1. Text Complexity: Kindergarten Style By: Shannon Garrison

  2. Lesson Focus • Daily Five literacy time • Small Grouping (3-5 students ) • Red reading group and Yellow reading group • Non-fiction Science and Social Studies texts- Animals Hide & Animal Helpers

  3. Common Core Connections • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.4 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text. • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.4 Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding. • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.K.2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.

  4. Reading Groups Yellow Group Red Group • Level 3/4 (C) • Science non-fiction text • Simple- one sentence on each page • Repetitive wording • New vocabulary words introduced • Level 9/10(F) • Social Studies non-fiction text • Complex- several sentences (2-3) on each page • Headings on each page • Caption bubbles with more information about pictures

  5. Activities

  6. Literacy Theories

  7. Questions/Comments?

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