Kindergarten March 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 March 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.

 

BONUS – A bonus week for St. Patrick’s Day book activities is included that you can swap in for any of the units.

 

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?

The Box Turtle

• Week-Long Lesson Plans
• Phonemic Awareness Lesson Plans for segmenting 4 phonemes
• “Uniquely Me” Poem for Shared Reading
• Poetry Notebook Pages
• Poem paper reader
• Comprehension Printables
• Vocabulary Picture Cards
• Vocabulary Printables
• Box Turtle Craft and Writing
• Box Turtle Directed Drawing

 

The Tiger Who Lost His Stripes

• Week-Long Lesson Plans
• Phonemic Awareness Lesson Plans for segmenting 4 phonemes
• “A Tiger’s Stripes” Poem for Shared Reading
• Poetry Notebook Pages
• Poem paper reader
• Tigers Nonfiction Book
• Comprehension Printables
• Vocabulary Picture Cards
• Vocabulary Printables
• Sequencing Craft
• Tiger Craft and Writing
• Tiger Directed Drawing

 

The Thing About Spring

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

 

The Seedling That Didn’t Want to Grow

• Week-Long Lesson Plans
• Phonemic Awareness Lesson Plans for Phoneme Substitution
• “I’m a Little Seed” Poem for Shared Reading
• Poetry Notebook Pages
• Poem paper reader
• Watch Me Grow (plant life cycle) Nonfiction Book
• Comprehension Printables
• Plant Life Cycle sequencing
• Vocabulary Picture Cards
• Vocabulary Printables
• Plant Craft and Writing
• Seedling Directed Drawing

 

BONUS – Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato

• Week-Long Lesson Plans
• “Tricky Leprechaun” Poem for Shared Reading
• Comprehension Printables
• Sequencing Pictures
• Vocabulary Picture Cards
• Vocabulary Printables
• Leprechaun Craft and Writing
• Leprechaun Directed Drawing