Unit Outline

Grade Subject: Kindergarten Reading

UNIT TOPIC AND LENGTH:
Enhancing student reading (3 Months Ongoing as needed)

COMMON CORE CONTENT STANDARDS:

With prompting and support, ask and answer questions (e.g., who, what, where, when)
requiring literal recall and understanding of the details and/or facts of a fiction text;

With prompting and support, use narrative language to describe characters, setting,
things, events, actions, a scene, or facts from a fiction text that has been read
independently;

BIGIDEAS/ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS: ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

Introduce children to fun of reading How involve are parents?

Team with parents in encouraging How much time is spent reading to the
reading , encourage children to read children at home?
street signs, grocery store signs, cans, Are parents helping children with site
packages, and labels for items like
words?
fruits
Are parents supporting reading efforts at
Are children grasping new words and
home
the importance of reading
Are feedback from parents adequately
Some Kindergarteners are good readers
reflecting the level of improvement or
and some can become good readers
lack of improvement seen in their child
before the school year ends
Engage children in reading and
reading-related activities

CONTENT:
Write words in which 's' > /s/ as in hats
or /z/ as in dogs;
Write the letters of the alphabet
accurately in lowercase form. Trace the
first month and by month 3 write from
memory;
Students will acquire better reading
proficiency
SKILLS:
Increase site words learn by introducing
50 new site words monthly
Use spatial words: here, there; in, on,
above, below; inside, outside; up,
down; left, right; front, back
Develop reading abilities in children
Develop better spellers
VOCABULARY/KEY TERMS:
KEY TERMS THAT ARE USED THROUGHOUT THE UNIT AND IN THE LEARNING PLAN &
ACTIVITIES ARE: NEXT TO, MIDDLE OF; BETWEEN; UP, DOWN; HIGH, LOW; LEFT, RIGHT;
FRONT, BACK; AND, IN, ON; NEAR, FAR; INSIDE, OUTSIDE; AROUND, THERE, HERE; IN
FRONT OF, BEHIND; AT THE TOP OF; AT THE BOTTOM OF; UNDER, OVER; ABOVE, BELOW;
WHEN, WHY, WHERE, WHO, WHICH, AND, MAN, CAR, FAR, WALK, RUN, SIT, STAND, JUMP,
GIVE, TAKE, SEE, HEAR, SMELL, TASTE, FEEL, HOT, COLD

ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE AND ACTIVITIES:

INITIAL ASSESSMENT : (IF APPLICABLE)
Rubric will be available to outline assessment criteria

Increase successful reading through parent involved, self-selected voluntary book reading

Students provide a list of books being read at home, parents must assist the student and
validate their student has read the listed book(s)
Observations, and homework writing sentences using site words will be administered
three times per week
Students will receive a participation grade of good or great for in class activity making
sentences with site words
Students will be assisted in further developing their reading and writing skills

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: (IF APPLICABLE)

No failing grades will be given for reading assignments to encourage the students to
develop a love for reading and writing.

FINAL PERFORMANCE TASK:

Students will write three sentence stories using site words and other key words used
during the assessment period
LEARNING PLAN & ACTIVITIES:
Using technology to read. Students will use the computer to go to sites like
www.starfalls.com to read and learn new words.
Students should be able to increase their language and linguistic skills
Students should become better readers and writers
Students should be able to sound out their site words without assistance
Students should be able to write three sentence stories without assistance.

Additional Support Strategies:

Encourage students to join their local libraries, and start a class lending library, used
books can be purchased from places like Goodwill, and Salvation Army. Ensure easy
and continuous access to self-selected books for reading. Provide students, regardless
of their achievement levels, with as many reading experiences as possible, especially
students whose language and linguistic abilities needs bolstering

RESOURCES: RESOURCES:
What materials, including books and other texts will be used in the unit?

Are all the materials referenced in the assessments included here?

What websites/web-tools, materials, field trips/lab experiences are used?