How do good readers retell

a story?

How do good readers identify the main idea and key details in an informational text?

UNIT THEMES: environmentalism, weather, energy

K-2 LITERACY CURRICULUM

If you have any questions, speak to your student’s teacher or email earlylit@hartfordschools.org

For more information, please visit www.hartfordschools.org/literacy

Visit any of the Hartford Public Library branches

or your local library!www.hplct.org

For additional resources please visit:

www.meddybemps.com/ letterary/index.htmlFun with Letters encourages kids to read letters using numerous fonts they will encounter in the real world. This site encourages interaction with an adult and even scrapbooking, comparing and contrasting, and taking adventures together. www.mrsp.comMrs. P has a goal of giving kids a wonderful reading experience. This storyteller recreates the feel of story time while reading classic literature that kids will love. www.mamalisa.comMama Lisa has nursery rhymes and children’s songs from all over the world. Students can sort the songs by country, language, and types of song. Each song has lyrics to match the words and all songs are translated in English.

KINDERGARTEN UNIT 6

CLASSROOM BOOKS IN UNIT 6Ask your local librarian for books!

Whole Class Read Aloud: • Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel• Calvin Can’t Fly: The Story of a Bookworm Birdie by Jennifer Berne• Storms by Mariam Busch Goin• What’s the Weather Today? by Allen Fowler

Whole Class Shared Reading- each student has their own copy of:• My Steps by Sally Derby• Rain by Manya Stojic• The Sky by Penelope Prince• We Like Summer! by Wiley Blevins

ACTIVITIES FOR HOME:Syllables• Blend spoken words to make compound

words. i.e. cup/cake > cupcake

• Brainstorm a list of compound words. Take turns drawing the word and seeing if the other person can guess. (doghouse, fireman, rainbow, notebook, softball, mailman…)

Read Sight Words• sat, read, boy, she, sit, then, his, more,

us, yes, saw, girl, how

• Write each of the words on index card. Make a 3x3 grid for all players. Write any word you choose in a square (up to 9). Fold all the cards and put them in a bag or a hat. Pick them out and play tic-tac-toe. Play 3 in a row, 4 corners, even try to fill up the whole board!

Long Vowels• A long vowel when the vowel says its

name. i.e. cāke, nōte, bāby, bēē

• While shopping or driving, find words that have a long vowel sound, or say their name. For example, the /a/ in cap sounds different than the a in cape.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS ADDRESSED IN UNIT:• How do I retell a story?

• How do I use key details and why are they important?

• How can I find the main topic of a text?

• How can I write about a series of events?

• In what ways can I present my writing?

STUDENTS LEARNING TARGETS

ALIGNED TO THE CONNECTICUT

CORE STANDARDS

Your child can…• retell familiar stories, including key details.

• identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story

• identify the main topic

• identify details of an informational text

KINDERGARTEN | UNIT 6