From Tadpole to Frog by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld.From Caterpillar to Butterfly by Deborah Hellingman.A Tree for all Seasons by Robin Bernard.What Lives in a Shell by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld.Students are also exposed to informational texts throughout the ELA and Shared Reading components of the program. Have You Seen My Dinosaur? by Jon Surgai.Follow the Moon Home by Philippe Cousteau.Grandfather’s Wrinkles by Kathryn England.Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day by Joseph Slate Fred and Fred Go Camping by Peter Eastman.Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey.
The Full Belly Bowl by Jim Aylesworth and Wendy Anderson Halperin.Students are exposed to: action stories, biographies, fables, fairy tales, legends, poems, and fantasy stories.Įxamples of read-aloud literary texts in Shared Reading and ELA include: Throughout the program, students are exposed to both literary and informational texts in both Shared Reading and ELA. The instructional materials reviewed for Kindergarten meet the criteria for materials reflecting the distribution of text types and genres required by the standards at each grade level. This book contains accurate illustrations and includes a simple experiment for students to try. In Week 34, students listen to How a Seed Grows by Helene Jordan and illustrated by Loretta Krupinski, which is a non-fiction science text that teaches students how seeds become plants.In Week 30, students listen to Clouds by Anne Rockwell, an “easy to read”, non-fiction science text where students learn types of clouds through bright, realistic illustrations.Also, with the double-spaced vertical format, when the book is turned sideways, it brings the building experience to life making the book engaging while building knowledge.
The illustrations are done in acrylic paint and colored pencils.
The fictional picture book engages students through illustrations and an enjoyable humorous story.Įxamples of high-quality, publishable texts in ELA include: In Week 35, students listen to Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion, a National Education Association Teachers’ Top 100 Books for Children in 2007.In Week 32, students listen to Harriet Tubman: Follow the North Star by Violet Findley and illustrated by Marcy Ramsey, which is an “easy to read” biography exploring important historical subjects through realistic illustrations, diagrams, a glossary, and significant themes.The language and vocabulary are rich and the illustrations are engaging. In Week 21, students listen to The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats, a Caldecott Medal Winning book about a culturally diverse character who experiences the enjoyment of snow.In Week 10, students listen to A Bee’s Life, which is a Time for Kids non-fiction reader that graphs a bee’s life cycle with vivid photos, explanatory vocabulary, and information that is captive to Kindergarten students.The text introduces students to Kindergarten and letters of the alphabet. In Week 1, students listen to Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate, a rhyming book with bright illustrations that are of high-interest to Kindergarten students during their first week of school.Enriching academic vocabulary and quality illustrations help build student knowledge.Įxamples of high-quality, publishable texts in Shared Reading include: Texts include a variety of genres including: poems, songs, predictable rhyming books, biographies, fiction, and non-fiction. Many of the texts are written by award-winning authors. The reading selections are engaging and multicultural. The instructional materials reviewed for Kindergarten meet the criteria for anchor texts (including read aloud texts in K-2 and shared reading texts in Grade 2 used to build knowledge and vocabulary) are of publishable quality and worthy of especially careful reading/listening and consider a range of student interests.
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