Teacher Name: K. Olander
Date: 3/7/16 – 3/12/16
Subject : ESL
Grade Level : K
Building: WHEMS
Unit Plan
Unit Title: K- Step Into School
Essential Questions: k – What are farm animals like?
Standards: PA Core Standards, PA Academic Standards/Anchors (based on subject)
Grade K
1.1.K.C: Expand oral language through the use of an increasingly robust vocabulary
1.1.K.D: Demonstrate listening comprehension/ understanding before, during, and after reading through strategies such as think aloud, retelling, summarizing, and connecting to
prior knowledge
1.1.K.E: Demonstrate accuracy and automaticity in phoneme segmentation, letter naming, letter-sound correspondence and blending (decoding) simple words.
1.2.K.E: Identify and respond to essential content of text
1.4.K.B: Write, dictate, or illustrate to communicate information
 Respond with grade level appropriate questions, ideas, information, or opinions
Language Objective
K- Students will practice articulating consonant and vowel sounds in English
Employ classroom language and simple high-frequency vocabulary for describing and retelling simple stories. Give basic information that is depicted orally.
Summative Unit Assessment:
Summative Assessment Objective
Students will- k- High frequency word unit test, identify and say a,
the, this, is, who, my, and students will complete a weekly
Assess
Assessment Method (check one)
____ Rubric ___ Checklist __x__ Unit Test ____ Group
____ Student Self-Assessment
__x__ Other (explain) Write beginning, middle, end story map
DAILY PLAN
Objective (s)
Students will be asked the
Big Question…What are animals
like?
1
DOK
LEVEL
1,2
Prior knowledge..What animals
live on a farm?
Activities / Teaching Strategies
In this unit we will be learning about animals that live
on a farm. What is a farm?
Grouping
Day
Materials / Resources
Pictures in books. Digital pictures
If students don’t know certain words for animals, they
can draw or pantomime them
Assessment of Objective (s)
Formative- teacher observation,
student participation
SummativeStudent Self - Assessment-
Use graphic organizer
Students willbuild concepts about each
animal’s characteristic
1,2
2
3
4
Students will
Develop concept of print
Organize Ideas
Write words
1,2
Students will
Develop Phonological awareness
Match sounds
Review high frequency words
Write labels
Does it look big? Small? Tall?
Students will practice and identify syllables in key
words
Using picture cards, students will ask an elbow partner
the question, What is this?”
Students will listen to the story,” I like Farm Animals”
Students will review sight words.
Students will fill in a graphic organizer “Farm Animals”
They will say alphabet letters and sounds
Picture cards
Formative- teacher observation,
student participation
Track print while I read
Review group graphic organizer
Students will review sight words.
They will say alphabet letters and sounds
Say and echo sight words
Small books “I like Farm Animals”
- sight word cards
- alphabet cards
- graphic organizer web
Using elkonin boxes, students will match sounds
Listen to and identify words with the same beginning
sound
They will say alphabet letters and sounds
Say and echo sight words
Elkonin boxes and chips
Formative-
- sight word cards
- alphabet cards
Tm-t86
Summative-
-Big Book
Summative- sight word cards
- alphabet cards
“Farm Animals”
Student Self - Assessment-
Formative-teacher observation,
student participation
SummativeStudent Self - Assessment-
Student Self - Assessment-
5
Students will retell a story, create a
story about a farm based on
1,2
Students will retell the photo essay on tm pg 121
Practice page 2.13 to 2.14
K big book pg 31
Practice page
Formativeteacher observation, student
pictures
Learn about adjectives
T 139 Write using a descriptive word.
Review and discuss high frequency words
participation
Summative-
Student Self - Assessment-
6
Students will
Review all letters and sounds
Hear and discuss Key words
Discuss the big question, What are
Animals Like?
Students will review sight words.
They will say alphabet letters and sounds
Say and echo short vowels and view pictures that have
the short vowel sounds
Use elkonin boxes
Sight word cards
Elkonin boxes
Formative- teacher observation,
student participation
Summative-
Student Self - Assessment-