Unit Title: Change is Universal
Unit Overview
Read Aloud Lesson
Objective After reading A Baby Sister
for Frances and completing
an activity, students will
identify the big idea of the
story using details from the
text and connect it to their
own experiences.
Standards IAS: K.RL.2.1
Materials the book, A Baby Sister for
Frances and the activity
sheet
Management 30 minutes; at carpet and
then at students’ desks;
classroom expectations
Anticipatory Briefly talk about
Set experiencing change in my
own life
Purpose Today, I am going to read A
Baby Sister for Frances by
Russell Hoban about a little
girl named Frances who
experiences a change in her
life. I want you to pay
attention to the big idea in
this story and the details of
what happens when Frances
experiences this change.
Lesson Read book aloud to students
Presentation and have the Grand
Conversation.
Closure or Discuss the big idea with the
Conclusion students and talk about
change in the book.
Formative -Group Discussion
Assessment -Grand Conversation
-Student response activity
Adaptations -Support of peers and
teacher(s) throughout
-Discussion before
completing activity
Summative
Assessment
(as needed)
Name: Sara Eubank
Social Studies Lesson #1
Using items from long ago and now, students
will sort the items into two different groups to
show the difference between long ago and
now.
IAS: K.1.1
NCSS: II
Video(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-
r-xHln6nE&t=), Corded phone & disposable
camera, and Picture sort activities
30 minutes; at carpet and then at students’
desks; classroom expectations
Show items from “long ago” and discuss
improvement of functions on items
Today, we are going to learn about the
differences between long ago and now and
how items change over time.
-Show video
-Discussion over differences between items
long ago and now
-Long ago and now picture sort
Discuss with students specific items they
noticed between long ago and now.
-Group Discussion
-Group Picture sort on board
-Students’ responses
-Independent practice: picture sort
-Small Group Reteach (if needed)
-Support of peers and teacher(s) throughout
-Hands-on activities
-Brain break (if needed)
Social Studies Lesson #2
Using four pictures of the
different seasons, students will
label each picture with the
correct season.
IAS: K.3.5
NCSS: III
Scholastic article, Season
weather pictures and slideshow,
Student activity
30 minutes; at carpet and then
at students’ desks; classroom
expectations
Look at Scholastic Article and
see how the weather affected
the soccer game.
Today, we are going to learn
about the weather changes
throughout the different seasons
in the year.
-Show pictures and explain
weather of each season
-Students participate by showing
which season the picture
belongs in
-Independent season labeling
Call on students give description
of each season.
-Group Discussion
-Observing students during
independent practice
-Students’ responses
Independent practice: season
labeling
-Small Group Reteach (if
needed)
-Support of peers and teacher(s)
throughout
-Brain break (if needed)
Writing Lesson
Using the Stretch My Sentence
worksheet, students will add
details to a sentence to give it
more meaning, so the reader can
better understand.
IAS: K.W.4
Sentence Stretcher Organizer and
Activity; timer
30 minutes; at carpet and then at
students’ desks; classroom
expectations
Discuss the trickiness of writing
and how when you add details it
changes the story
Today, we are going to learn
about adding more details to our
stories and use a tool called
sentence stretching to help the
reader of our story to better
understand our stories
-Explain what makes a sentence a
sentence
-Demonstrate adding details to a
sentence
-Students adding details to their
own sentences
Students share their detailed
sentences.
-Group Discussion
-Students’ responses
-Independent practice: Students
adding details to their own
sentences
-Small Group Reteach (if needed)
-Support of peers and teacher(s)
throughout
-Brain break (if needed)