ELA GK:M4

Contributing to Community: Enjoying and Appreciating Trees

Each module is approximately 6-8 weeks of instruction broken into 3 units. The "week at a glance" chart in the curriculum map gives the big picture, breaking down the module into a detailed week-by-week view. It shows how the module unfolds, the focus of each week of instruction, and where the six assessments and the performance task occur.

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Week 1 and Week 2 Unit 1: Exploring and Analyzing Literature: Stories of Characters Who Enjoy and Appreciate Trees

Instructional Focus	CCS Standards	Assessments
Week 1 Building background knowledge: How and why are trees important to us and our communities? Close read-aloud of A Tree for Emmy Individual writing and drawing: Enjoying Trees Journal, Part I Tracking characters and major events of the story and whether characters' experiences are the same or different Speaking and listening: Comparing characters' experiences in a text Individual writing and drawing: Comparing characters' experiences in a text Identifying new meanings for familiar words	RL.K.1 RL.K.2 RL.K.3 RL.K.4 RL.K.5 RL.K.6 RL.K.9 W.K.8 SL.K.2 SL.K.4 L.K.1 L.K.1b L.K.2 L.K.2a L.K.2b L.K.4 L.K.4a L.K.6	N/A
Week 2 Focused reading of Oliver's Tree Individual writing and drawing: Enjoying Trees Journal, Part I Tracking characters and major events of the story and whether characters' experiences are the same or different Speaking and listening: Comparing characters' experiences in a text Individual writing and drawing: Comparing characters' experiences in a text Identifying new meanings for familiar words Describing and drawing: Drafting pencil sketches of parts of trees	RL.K.1 RL.K.2 RL.K.3 RL.K.4 RL.K.5 RL.K.6 RL.K.9 W.K.8 SL.K.2 SL.K.4 L.K.1 L.K.1b L.K.2 L.K.2a L.K.2b L.K.4a L.K.6	Unit 1 Assessment: Comparing and Contrasting Characters from Oliver's Tree (RL.K.1, RL.K.3, RL.K.9, SL.K.2, SL.K.4)

Weeks 3-4 Unit 2: Reading about and Writing Opinions: How Trees Are Important to Communities

Instructional Focus	CCS Standards	Assessments
Week 3 Focused read-aloud of A Tree Is Nice Identifying an author's point and reasons to support that point Tracking reasons and places people plant trees in a community Individual writing and drawing: Enjoying Trees Journal, Part II Using prepositions to describe location	RI.K.1 RI.K.2 RI.K.4 RI.K.8 W.K.8 SL.K.1 SL.K.1a SL.K.4 SL.K.6 L.K.1 L.K.1b L.K.1e L.K.2 L.K.2a L.K.2b L.K.4 L.K.4a L.K.6	Unit 2 Assessment, Part I: Reading about an Author's Point (RI.K.8)
Week 4 Focused read-aloud of Mama Miti Tracking reasons and places people plant trees in a community Speaking and listening: Supporting opinions with reasons Individual writing and drawing: Supporting opinions with reasons Comparing and contrasting two texts on the same topic Using prepositions to describe location Describing and painting: Drafting watercolor scenes	RI.K.1 RI.K.2 RI.K.4 RI.K.6 RI.K.8 RI.K.9 W.K.1 W.K.8 SL.K.1 SL.K.1a SL.K.4 SL.K.6 L.K.1 L.K.1e L.K.2 L.K.2a L.K.2b	Unit 2 Assessment, Part II: Writing an Opinion (W.K.1, L.K.1e, L.K.2a, L.K.2b)

Weeks 5-7 Unit 3: Taking Action through Literacy and Artwork: Inspiring Others to Appreciate and Enjoy Trees

Instructional Focus	CCS Standards	Assessments
Week 5 Focused read-aloud of We Planted a Tree Tracking reasons and places people plant trees in a community Individual writing and drawing: Describing why trees are nice Describing and drawing: Drafting pencil sketches for the performance task Giving and receiving peer feedback	RI.K.1 RI.K.2 RI.K.4 RI.K.6 RI.K.7 W.K.1 W.K.8 SL.K.1 SL.K.1a SL.K.4 SL.K.5 SL.K.6 L.K.2 L.K.2a L.K.2b	Unit 3 Assessment: Adding Ideas with Detailed Drawings (SL.K.5)
Week 6 Individual Writing: Describing why trees are nice Describing and drawing: Drafting pencil sketches for the performance task Describing and painting: Adding watercolor to pencil sketches for the performance task Giving and receiving peer feedback Editing and revising writing and art Exploring technology to publish writing Developing vocabulary: Inflectional endings	W.K.1 W.K.5 W.K.6 W.K.8 SL.K.1 SL.K.1a SL.K.4 SL.K.6 L.K.2 L.K.2a L.K.2b L.K.4b	Performance Task: Opinion Writing and High-Quality Art: Tree Appreciation cards (W.K.1, W.K.5, W.K.6, W.K.8, L.K.2a, L.K.2b)
Week 7 Describing and painting: Adding watercolor to pencil sketches for the performance task Giving and receiving peer feedback Editing and revising writing and art Preparing to present Celebration	W.K.5 W.K.8 SL.K.1 SL.K.1a SL.K.4 SL.K.6	Performance Task: Opinion Writing and High-Quality Art: Tree Appreciation cards (W.K.1, W.K.5, W.K.6, W.K.8, L.K.2a, L.K.2b)

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