Kindergarten Literature Thematic Unit Plans (by date, oldest first)

This Goldilocks thematic unit incorporates literacy learning, math skills and dramatic play.

Printable “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” story book Black/White so children can color the illustrations and take the book home

Pocket chart word cards from the story

Character development activities (focusing on the emotions of the characters)

Apology letter from Goldilocks to the bears

“Big and Small” easy reader book, focusing on size

Sorting bears by size and color

“Whose is it?” activity focusing on small, medium and large

Counting, number recognition and basic subtraction

Printable gameboard to reinforce counting skills

Memory game

“Bears” banner

Printable bear mask (in color or black/white)

Dramatic play placemats

This low prep Kindergarten ELA and Read Aloud Curriculum is just what you need to implement a successful ELA Reading block during the first month of back to school. Unit 1 is titled Welcome to School and provides lessons and activities paired with specific read aloud picture books that require kindergarteners to focus on the theme of "How to Make the Classroom a Joyful Place".

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Is this reading curriculum for you?

✓ Are you a kindergarten teacher who NEEDS an ELA Curriculum?

✓ Were you provided with little or NO curriculum at all?

✓ Do you homeschool and need a resource that is engaging and interesting?

✓ Do you need to supplement a current program that you feel may be "lacking" or "too slow"?

Note: I do not provide copies of the books needed. You will need to purchase the books yourself, borrow from a library, or use YouTube read aloud videos!

What is Included?

⭐ 11 days of lessons

⭐ 11 Lesson Plans

⭐ 11 PowerPoint Slides

⭐ 10 Discussion Questions (one for each book)

⭐ 9 Alphabet Sounds with proper mouth formation images and movements ----- letters included in Unit 1: a (short vowel), m, s, t, e (long vowel), r, d, f, and l

⭐ 9 sight words (the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to do)

⭐ 6 Do Nows (proper letter formation, tracing lines, tracing letters, writing letters -- 1 do now for 2 lessons)

⭐ 11 Opinion discussion prompts (on the slides)

⭐ 16 Vocabulary Words (mostly 1 word per lesson, but 2 lessons have more than 1)

⭐ 11 Exit Tickets (Kinder's unit 1 teaches students how to draw a picture to answer questions)

⭐ End of Unit Assessment (Lesson 11)

What Books Are Needed:

→ Wemberly Worried

→ King of Kindergarten

→ I Like Myself

→ I Am Every Good Thing

→ The Crayon Box That Talked

→ Amazing Grace

→ Ruthie and the Not So Teeny Tiny Lie

→ Words Are Not For Hurting

→ Today I Feel Silly & Other Moods That Make My Day

→ You Hold Me Up

This resource will grow to have 8 units total. The units will focus on:

❤️ Unit 1: Welcome to School

❤️ Unit 2: Noticing Patterns in Stories

❤️ Unit 3: Celebrating Fall

❤️ Unit 4: Falling in Love with Authors and Illustrators

❤️ Unit 5: Winter Wonderland

❤️ Unit 6: What is Justice?

❤️ Unit 7: Exploring Life Cycles

❤️ Unit 8: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

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Welcome to our Goodnight Moon Scrappy Story Quilt coloring activity! Bring the beloved children's book to life with this fun and interactive crafting project.

After reading the story Goodnight Moon, students will create a Goodnight Moon Scrappy Story Quilt.

- Cut and paste Goodnight Moon patches

- Assemble and color your very own Scrappy Quilt

Scrappy Patchwork Quilts

A scrappy quilt uses a variety of different fabrics that may or may not use a consistent theme. In this new version of cut and paste, students will make a scrappy quilt using a variety of pattern blocks included in the activity. The students must complete a set of questions or activities to know what numbered pattern to use and where it should be placed on their quilt. Each quilt has its own color scheme (color chart) and those are the colors students will need to create a one-of-a-kind scrappy quilt. Each quilt comes with a header, and some have additional activities students must complete to finish their quilts. Each quilt once assembled with header is 11x14 inches (does not include the size if a quilt has an additional activity).