Description
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 December 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?
Mother Bruce
Skills: Retelling the Beginning, Middle, and End, Nonfiction, Compound Words
- Lesson Plans
- Phonemic Awareness Lesson Plans
- Compound Words Worksheet
- “4 Little Goslings” Poem
- Poetry Notebook Pages
- Poem paper reader
- Beginning, Middle, End Posters
- Comprehension Printables
- Retell Picture Cards and Activity
- Geese Nonfiction Book
- Goose Craft
- Mother Bruce Directed Drawing
Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter
Skills: Retell Key Details, Author’s Purpose, Compound Words
- Lesson Plans
- Phonemic Awareness Lesson Plans
- Compound Words Cocoa Craft
- “Winter is Here” Poem
- Poetry Notebook Pages
- Poem paper reader
- Winter Changes Anchor Chart
- All About Winter Anchor Chart
- Comprehension Printables
- All About Winter Nonfiction Book
- Vocabulary Picture Cards
- Vocabulary Printables
- Snowman Winter Book Craft and Writing
- Snowman Directed Drawing
The Wish Tree
Skills: BME, Sequencing Events, Making Connections, Onset + Rime
- Lesson Plans
- Phonemic Awareness Lesson Plans
- “If You Ever Saw a Wish Tree” Poem
- Poetry Notebook Pages
- Poem paper reader
- The Wish Tree Anchor Chart
- Comprehension Printables
- Picture Retell Cards
- Picture Sequencing
- Evergreen Trees Nonfiction Book
- Vocabulary Picture Cards
- Vocabulary Printables
- The Wish Tree Craft and Writing
- Evergreen Tree Directed Drawing
Stick Man
Skills: BME, Retelling Hand, Retelling Main Details, Sequencing, Onset + Rime
- Lesson Plans
- Phonemic Awareness Lesson Plans
- Onset and Rime Craft
- “I Found a Little Stick” Poem
- Poetry Notebook Pages
- Poem paper reader
- Retelling Hand Poster
- Retelling Hand Craft
- Comprehension Printables
- Picture Retelling Cards
- Vocabulary Picture Cards
- Vocabulary Printables
- Stick Man Retelling Craft
- Stick Man Directed Drawing
