Kindergarten January 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 January 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?

Almost Time

Focus: Inferring

• Lesson Plans
• Phonemic Awareness Lesson Plans
• Blending 2 Phonemes Worksheet
• Maple Syrup” Poem
• Poetry Notebook Pages
• Poem paper reader
• Inferring Poster
• Comprehension Printables
• Maple Syrup Nonfiction Book
• How to Make Maple Syrup Craft
• Syrup Tap Directed Drawing

 

Saturday

Focus: Finding the Lesson (Central Message)

• Lesson Plans
• Phonemic Awareness Lesson Plans
• 2 Phoneme Segmenting Cards
• “Saturday” Poem
• Poetry Notebook Pages
• Poem paper reader
• Lesson Poster
• Comprehension Printables
• Vocabulary Picture Cards
• Vocabulary Printables
• Lesson Detective Craft and Writing
• Ava Directed Drawing

 

Penguin Problems

Focus: Character Traits

• Lesson Plans
• Phonemic Awareness Lesson Plans
• “I’m a Little Penguin” Poem
• Poetry Notebook Pages
• Poem paper reader
• Character Trait Posters
• Comprehension Printables
• Penguins Nonfiction Book
• Vocabulary Picture Cards
• Vocabulary Printables
• Penguin Craft and Writing
• Character Traits Drawing and Activity
• Penguin Directed Drawing

 

Can I Be Your Dog?

Focus: Asking and Answering Questions

• Lesson Plans
• Phonemic Awareness Lesson Plans
• “Can I Be Your Dog?” Poem
• Poetry Notebook Pages
• Poem paper reader
• Comprehension Printables
• Picture Retelling Cards
• Vocabulary Picture Cards
• Vocabulary Printables
• A Letter for Arfy Craft
• Arfy Directed Drawing