Lesson Plans

Library & Technology

Kindergarten

OVERVIEW & PURPOSE

Continuation of Kentucky Bluegrass Award nominee read-alouds.

Support school and classroom reading and writing initiatives.

Foster a life-long love of reading and writing.

STANDARDS

CC.K.R.I.1 Key Ideas and Details: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

CC.K.R.I.2 Key Ideas and Details: With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

CC.K.R.I.3 Key Ideas and Details: With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

CC.K.R.I.5 Craft and Structure: Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.

CC.K.R.I.6 Craft and Structure: Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.

CC.K.R.I.7 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts).

CC.K.R.L.3 Key Ideas and Details: With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.

CC.K.R.L.6 Craft and Structure: With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.

CC.K.R.L.7 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).

CC.K.W.3 Text Types and Purposes: Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.

AASL.1.1.6 Read, view, and listen for information presented in any format (e.g., textual, visual, media, digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning.

AASL.1.1.2 Use prior and background knowledge as context for new learning.

AASL.4.1.3 Respond to literature and creative expressions of ideas in various formats and genres.

LEARNING TARGETS

I can identify the author and illustrator and explain their jobs.

I can identify the characters, setting, problem/solution and the theme of the story.

I can explain the what happened in the story.

I can predict what could happen next in the story by adding to the story and drawing an illustration.

MATERIALS NEEDED

I Want That Nut by Madeline Valentine

Kentucky Bluegrass Award nominee poster

Writing activity sheet with nut cut outs

Crayons, pencils, glue

Dry erase markers, post-it notes

TECHNOLOGY

Document camera

Check-Out computer with scanner

ACTIVITY

Welcome/Send students to the carpet for storytime

Review CHAMPS for Storytime

Review KBA nominees

Look at the book, discuss author and illustrator/parts of the book, and make predictions

Read the story aloud

Discuss the book-identify the characters, setting, problem/solution, and author’s purpose/theme

Model writing activity on the white board with document camera

Send students to the tables to work on activity page

Check-out books

If time permits, allow students to share pictures and stories under the document camera

Clean up

Review CHAMPS for lining up/walking back to class

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Participation in book/story discussion

Completion of writing activity