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Seasons and Weather: Read-Aloud Anthology Unit PlanSeasons and Weather: Read-Aloud Anthology Unit Plan
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Core Knowledge Foundation
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2013
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Seasons and Weather: Read-Aloud Anthology

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Kindergartners explore the cycle of the seasons in a 10-lesson language arts unit. Through a series of picture-supported read-aloud activities, children are able to identify the sequence of seasons and the types of weather associated with each.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

the four seasons, seasonal change, weather, weather changes, listening, listening comprehension, winter, winter weather, summer, spring, autumn, fall, severe weather, weather types

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Spread these lessons out over the year to correspond with the changing of the seasons
  • Perform these read-aloud activities during small group rotations, making it easier to meet the needs of all learners

Classroom Considerations

  • Each lesson is broken into two parts, allowing for flexibility when fitting them into your class schedule
  • Some of the extension activities require additional materials not included with the unit, so be sure to plan ahead

Pros

  • Ideas are offered throughout the unit for extending learning
  • Offers a list of dozens of children's books relating to weather and the seasons that can be read during this unit
  • Sentence frames and comprehension questions are offered in each unit to support student learning
  • All supporting materials are included with the unit

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.K.1 RL.K.4 RL.K.7 RL.K.10 RI.K.1 RI.K.2 RI.K.4 RI.K.7 RI.K.10 W.K.2 W.K.3 W.K.6 W.K.7 W.K.8 SL.K.1.a SL.K.1.b SL.K.5 SL.K.6 L.K.1.a L.K.1.b L.K.1.f L.K.4.a L.K.5.a L.K.5.b L.K.5.c L.K.6 RL.K.5

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