Kindergarten April Read Aloud Lessons & Activities | Empowering Little Readers

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Kindergarten teachers, are you looking for something to make planning for your literacy block or Reader’s Workshop time easy and fun? This Empowering Little Readers April reading unit contains everything you need to teach phonemic awareness, comprehension, story elements, shared reading, and vocabulary. This unit is based on the close read model – each week you will focus on one book and going deeper within that text.

 

Digital Options for Distance Learning: I have added in options for some of the recording sheets to be used in Google Slides™ and Seesaw™. I was not able to make all activities digital, but many.

 

*This is available in a yearlong bundle here: Little Readers Kindergarten Curriculum

 

Each week contains 5 days worth of lesson plans for you with foundational or phonemic awareness activities, shared reading (poetry), a whole group reading lesson, independent work, vocabulary, crafts, and directed drawings. This curriculum is designed to meet all Common Core State Standards.

 

What is included in each unit?

Harlem Grown

• Week-Long Lesson Plans
• Phonemic Awareness Lesson Plans for Phoneme Substitution
• “How Your Garden Grows” Poem for Shared Reading
• Poetry Notebook Pages
• Poem paper reader
• How Does Your Garden Grow? Nonfiction Book
• Comprehension Printables
• Vocabulary Picture Cards
• Vocabulary Printables
• Gardening Craft and Writing
• Vegetable Garden Directed Drawing

 

Too Many Carrots!

• Week-Long Lesson Plans
• Phonemic Awareness Lesson Plans for Phoneme Substitution
• “Hungry Bunny” Poem for Shared Reading
• Poetry Notebook Pages
• Poem paper reader
• All About Rabbits Nonfiction Book
• Comprehension Printables
• Vocabulary Picture Cards
• Vocabulary Printables
• Rabbit Craft and Writing
• Rabbit Directed Drawing

 

When the Storm Comes

• Week-Long Lesson Plans
• Phonemic Awareness Lesson Plans for Deleting Final Phonemes
• “The Storm” Poem for Shared Reading
• Poetry Notebook Pages
• Poem paper reader
• Storms Nonfiction Book
• Comprehension Printables
• Vocabulary Picture Cards
• Vocabulary Printables
• Storm Craft and Writing
• Storm Cloud Directed Drawing

 

Snail Crossing

• Week-Long Lesson Plans
• Phonemic Awareness Lesson Plans for Phoneme Substitution
• “5 Little Ants” Poem for Shared Reading
• Poetry Notebook Pages
• Poem paper reader
• Incredible Ants Nonfiction Book
• Comprehension Printables
• Vocabulary Picture Cards
• Vocabulary Printables
• Ants Craft and Labeling
• Snail Directed Drawing