Kindergarten ELA Integrated Literacy Units of Study: Quarter 1
Text Set Topic
Duration
Content Connection
Focus Standards
Supporting
Standards
Bringing the Text
Set Together
Literacy Instruction within Information and Literature that have the topic of Citizenship and My Community
How do characters in stories behave in
school?
Categorize examples and
non-examples of the
characteristics of begin a
good citizen
How do characters in stories give
examples of characteristics of good
citizens?
3 WEEKS
How does informational text explain
different ways to solve problems when
people do not get along?
LAFS.K.RI.1.1
LAFS.K.RI.1.2
LAFS.K.RI.2.4
LAFS.K.RI.3.7
LAFS.K.W.1.2
or
LAFS.K.W.1.3
Literature
Describe the ways that
conflicts can be resolved
Draw examples of U.S.
symbols and identify what
they represent
How does informational text identify
and explain U.S. Symbols?
Informational Text
LAFS.K.RL.1.1
LAFS.K.RL.2.5
LAFS.K.RL.2.4
LAFS.K.RL.3.7
LAFS.K.RL.3.9
(Literature)
LAFS.K.RI.3.9
(Informational
Text)
Literacy Instruction within Information and Literature that have the topic of The Practice of Science
How do authors describe what is
happening in stories using the five
senses?
3 WEEKS
How do authors of informational text
explain the five senses?
Make observations of the
natural world and know that
they are descriptors
collected using the five
senses
Informational Text
LAFS.K.RI.1.1
LAFS.K.RI.2.4
LAFS.K.RI.1.2
LAFS.K.RI.3.7
LAFS.K.RI.1.3
Literature
LAFS.K.RL.1.1
LAFS.K.RL.2.5
LAFS.K.RL.1.1
LAFS.K.RL.2.5
How do authors of stories use the five
senses to explain characters, setting,
and events?
How do authors of informational text
use the five senses to explain a concept?
3 WEEKS
Informational Text
LAFS.K.RI.1.1
LAFS.K.RI.2.4
LAFS.K.RI.1.2
LAFS.K.RI.3.7
Literature
LAFS.K.RL.1.1
LAFS.K.RL.1.3
LAFS.K.RL.2.5
LAFS.K.RL.2.4
LAFS.K.RL.3.7
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The following standards are to be embedded within each unit when appropriate:
Literature: LAFS.K.RL.2.5, LAFS.K.RL.2.6
Informational Text: LAFS.K.RI.2.5, LAFS.K.RI.2.6
Word Study
Lesson 1
Letters Aa-Jj
Page 40
Lesson 2
The Letters in Your
Name
Page 42
Lesson 3
Letters Aa-Tt
Page 44
Word Study
The Alphabet
LAFS.K.W.1.1
or
LAFS.K.W.1.2
Beginning Sounds in
Words
LAFS.K.RL.3.9
LAFS.K.RI.3.9
Beginning Sounds in
Words
Word Study
Literacy Instruction within Information and Literature that have the topic of Matter
Carefully observe properties
of objects such as size,
shape, color, temperature,
weight and texture using
your five senses.
Foundational Skills
LAFS.K.W.1.1
or
LAFS.K.W.1.2
Beginning Sounds m s
Beginning Sounds m s t
LAFS.K.RL.3.9
LAFS.K.RI.3.9
Beginning Sounds t k p