Exploring Things in Our Living World
Theme 3 Unit 2

 

Pre-Kindergarten Home Foundational Literacy
Exploration Question 1 Exploration Question 2 Exploration Question 3  Exploration Question 4

 

Unit Questions Teacher Resources Student Resources
What grows?
Exploration Question 1
 		  Science/Social Studies:
5 Speckled Frogs Song
(Safeshare)

 Peep Plants a Seed
(Peep and the Big Wide World)

 Baby Animals
(Peep and the Big Wide World)
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  Things Grow


Foundational Literacy Skills:

Zz: LetterBots
(SafeShare)

Alphabet Scoops: Initial Sounds
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 Zz Sort

  They Book
 Science/Social Studies:
lizardLiving/Non-living Sort
(iBoard)
 

Plant Life Cycle
(Turtle Diary)
Foundational Literacy Skills:

Letter Sounds
(abcya.com)

  
What do living things need?
Exploration Question 2		 Science/Social Studies:
 How a Frog Grows
(PBSLearningMedia)

The Needs of an Animal Song
(Safeshare)
Foundational Literacy Skills:
 Letter I Video
(TurtleDiary)

Short i Sound
(TurtleDiary)

Ii:LetterBots
(SafeShare)

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  Ii Sort

 There Book		 Science/Social Studies:
Animals and Their Babies
(Turtle Diary)

 catusPlants
(Turtle Diary)

Foundational Literacy Skills:
 Compound Words
(Turtle Diary)
 Frog's Rhyming Machine
(WordWorld)


 
What do plants need to grow?
Exploration Question 3		 Science/Social Studies:
The Needs of a Plant Song
(Safeshare)

 Plants

Foundational Literacy Skills:
 Vv:LetterBots
(SafeShare)

 Letter V Video
(TurtleDiary)

 Rhyming Words

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 Vv Sort

  With Book
 Science/Social Studies:

 Growing Plants
(BBCKids)

 Parts of a Plant
(Turtle Diary)
Foundational Literacy Skills:
Rhyming Words
 (Turtle Diary)

 bugPig's Pizza
 (Word World)
 

How do animals grow and change?
Exploration Question 4 		 Science/Social Studies:
Baby Animals Grow

Farm Babies & Mothers

Butterfly Life Cycle
(Peep and the Big Wide World)

From Tadpole to Frog
(Safeshare)
What Animal am I?

Foundational Literacy Skills:
 Ll:LetterBots
(SafeShare)

Letter L Video
(Safeshare)
 Beginning Sounds

Sight Words

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  Ll Sort

 Look Book
 Science/Social Studies:
rhinoAnimals and Their Babies
(TurtleDiary)
bat Butterfly Life Cycle
(Turtle Diary)
 Frog Life Cycle
(Turtle Diary)

Foundational Literacy Skills:
 Hungry Frog
(Turtle Diary)

 fish Match Sounds With Clifford
(Scholastic.com)

 

 

Teacher Notes
Questions/Resources Standards
Exploration questions 1-4

 Maryland College and Career Readiness Standards
RF1 Demonstrate understanding of basic features of print.
RF2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words and sounds (phonemes).
RF3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF4 Engage with a variety of texts with purpose and understanding.
L1 Demonstrate command of he conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation and spelling when writing.

RI/RL1 With modeling and support, answer questions and details in an informational text.
RI/RL2 With modeling and support, recall one or more details related o the main topic from an informational text.
RI/RL3 With modeling and support, connect individuals, events, and pieces of information in a text to life experiences.
RI/RL4 With modeling and support, answer questions abou unknown words in a text.
RI/RL5 With modeling and support, identify the front cover, and back cover of a book.
RI/RL6 With modeling and support, define the role of the author and illustrator/photographer in oresenting the ideas or information in a text.
RI/RL7 With modeling and support, tell how the illustrations/photographs support the text.
RI/RL8 With modeling and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
RI/RL 9 With promping and support, discuss similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic.
RI/RL10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
W1 With modeling and support, use a combination of drawing, dictating, and developmentally appropriate writing to share opinions about an experience or book.
W2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, or developmenally appropriate writing o state information on a topic.
W3 With modeling and support, use a combination of drawing, dictating or developmentally appropriate writing to communicate a personal story about a single event and tell about the events in a meaningful sequence
W5 With modeling, guidance, and support from aduls, review drawing, dictationor developmenally appropriate writing.
W6 With prompting and support from adults, explore a variety of digial tools to express ideas.
W7 Participate in shared research and shared writing projects.
W8 With modeling and support from adult, recall information from experiences or information from provided sources o answer a question.
Health
1.E.1.A -Identify character traits contributing to your uniqueness.
Science/Social Studies
Social Studies
K-2.A.a.a/b-Identify similarities and differences in people's characteristics, habits, and living patterns to describe how they meet the same human needs.
Science
Practice 4 Analyzing data in K-2 collecting, recording, and sharing observations.
 
Technology: ISTE Student Standards Addressed:
5. Computational Thinker; 6. Creative Communicator
   
 

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