Matthew Lonergan

SPEDE 774
Professor OReily
October 13, 2014

Unit Plan Overview

Patterns: Kindergarten
Patterns exist everywhere and are identifiable to anyone who is looking. Students are able
to recognize patterns in their lives both at school and at home. Our daily classroom routine is a
pattern that is familiar to all students. This unit will focus on patterns in literature and in the
students environment. Students will choose subjects and collect data while using descriptive
adjectives to support their findings. The lessons in this unit can be modified to address the needs
of all students.

Unit of Study:
Patterns

Word Study

Identify
onomatopoeia
words.
Explain how
words can be
made using the
sound they
make. Provide
Examples and
display them on
a board.

Guided
Reading
Beep Beep
Vroom Vroom
by Stuart J.
Murphy
Demonstrating
fluency when
reading
onomatopoeia

Readers
Workshop

Readers look at
onomatopoeia
words that are
associated with
colors from the
book.

Writing
Workshop
Explaining a
pattern they see
using descriptive
adjectives.
Students search
around
classroom
looking for
patterns and
writing their
research down in
a mini notebook.

Math

Quantifying
Students will
take a walk
outside
identifying and
labeling the
various colors of
vehicles on the
street. This
information will
be collected and
made into a graft