English Language Arts Kindergarten (2023)
Lesson Plans

Reading (K.R)

Students will learn to proficiently read and comprehend grade level literature and informational text, including seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance, at the high end of the grade level text complexity band, with scaffolding as needed. *Standard R.4 includes an asterisk to refer educators back to the Text Complexity Grade Bands and Associated Lexile Ranges in the introduction of the standards.

Standard K.R.4:

Read grade-level text* with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. (RL & RI)

• Camp Paws and Claws & Farm Animals
  This 3-day activity reinforces what students have learned about animals. The activities focus on farm animals: cows, pigs, hens and ducks.
• Character Education Read Alouds
  Sharing quality literature provides the teacher with great opportunities for the class to discuss the interactions and feelings of people. It also allows the students to make connections based on their own feelings and experiences.
• Kindergarten Lesson Ideas: Code & Go Mouse
  This is a list of potential ideas based off a specific technology. None of these ideas are fully developed lessons. Please make changes and adaptations as necessary for the students in your class.
• Poetry Portfolios: Using Poetry to Teach Reading
  Teach your students about sentence structure, rhyming words, sight words, vocabulary, and print concepts using a weekly poem.

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