Kindergarten Instructional Guide

Kindergarten Scope & Sequence ● Standard K.W.3: Use a combination of drawing and writing to compose narrative pieces about an event. Provide details about the event in the

● Write About the Text

appropriate sequence and a reaction to what happened. ● Standard K.W.4: Participate in shared writing projects. Embedded standards: K.R.5, K.R.8, K.R.9, SL 1-3

Essential Question What do you see in the sky?

Vocabulary

distance, recognize, space, challenge, surface

Category Words: Opposites, Similes

Essentials

Title

Interactive Read Aloud

“A View from the Moon” Genre: Informational Text “Up, Up, Up!” Lexile: 90L Write About the Shared Read Bringing Down the Moon Genre: Fantasy Write About the Anchor Text “Day and Night Sky” Genre: Informational Text Write About the Paired Reading

Shared Read

Anchor Text

Paired Reading

Extended Writing Fantasy

● Literature Big Book- Anchor Text- “Bringing Down the Moon” ● Prompt: Talk about a character from the story. Draw or write about the character and an event in your story. Write the Name of your fantasy character and what your character does.

Special Education Connection: Wonderworks ● Genre Read-Aloud Anthology: “Our Country Celebrates!” (Lexile 880) ● Decodable Reader: “Zack Can Yap” ● Practice Decodable Texts: Yes, Zeb Can!”