Develop Stage 1 of your Unit Plan using the template below:

Kindergarten: Communication, World Languages Novic 1.1

Communication is important and in today's multi-cultural world, communication can vary in

each household. Young learners are not in control of where their caregivers might take them
and what language or different means of communication are in place. Students will explore
different ways of communicating through different media and peer sharing to meet basic
needs and share information. They will share what they learn through group and individual
projects that they choose.

STAGE 1- STANDARDS/GOALS
What should students understand, know, and be able to do? Stage one identifies the desired
results of the unit including the related state content standards and expected performances,
enduring understandings, essential questions, knowledge and skills.

Content Standard(s)

Generalizations about what students should know and be able to do.

Content Standards Primary Expected Performances

a. Provide information by answering

simple questions on very familiar Students will be able to greet others,
topics using practiced or introduce themselves, and ask or answer a few
memorized words and phrases, simple questions using another language with
gestures if necessary.
with the help of gestures or
visuals.

b. Express some basic needs using

practiced or memorized words Students will be able to ask for basic needs
such as water, food, and directions using
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 and phrases, with the help of another language with gestures if necessary.
gestures and visuals.
c. Express basic preferences or
feelings using practiced or
Students will be able to communicate basically
memorized words and phrases,
about their feelings or another's feelings.
with the help of gestures and
visuals. Students will be able to ask for things by size or
color.

Enduring Understandings Essential Questions

Insights learned from exploring
generalizations via the essential questions
(Students will understand THAT…)
K-12 enduring understandings are those Inquiry used to explore generalizations
understandings that should be developed
over time, they are not expected to be
mastered over one unit or one year.

Overarching Enduring Understandings:

Students will understand that there are
many ways of communicating.
Students will understand that it takes many
traits to communicate effectively.
What if nobody understood what I said?
What if I could not understand anybody?
Why is language and communication
important?

Can language sound the same but mean

Unit Specific Enduring Understanding different things?

Students will understand that certain

gestures and words can mean different
things for different people.

Students will understand that even if things

are different that they can be the same.

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 Knowledge and Skills

What students are expected to know and be able to do

Knowledge
The students will know…
There are many different languages and ways of communicating.
That people are different but the same.
Skills
The students will be able to…
Use clues, gestures, or memory to pick up on key words, phrases, and gestures to
communicate basically.

Some students will know:

More than one way of communicating efficiently.

Even if the language is the same at times it can mean different things to different people.

Most students will know:

How to communicate basic feelings and preferences.

While some might seem different that humans have the same needs.

How to play or work on a project with just gestures and basic words.

All students will know:

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Everyone communicates differently, either a bit or a lot.

How to say hello and goodbye.

How to introduce themselves.

How to ask for the bathroom.

How to ask for food and or something to drink.

How to ask for help.

The world has become very mobile, lots of migration and relocating of families around the

country and world has brought many different cultures together in the same classrooms. The

ratio of the ELLs can vary depending on location and type of educational setting. It is important

for young learners to get some formal education in communicating with others from different

cultures with an emphasis on those whose home language is different than the school language.

Starting at a young age gives early exposure to tolerance and getting to understand those that are

different. This creates a community that shares the same values inside the classroom instead of

individual needs (Mcgregor, 2022). Having students sharing language and learning about each

other also helps the educator know about their students. Being able to visually see them struggle

and succeed with communicating allows the educator to better assess the students' needs while

getting to know them. This falls into the UDL model of keeping the student and their needs at the

forefront of the process (Post University, n.d.)

Question?

Can learning to communicate with others in their language help create empathy and social unity

within the classroom?

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References

Colorado Department of Education (CDE), 2020, Colorado Academic Standards Online.

https://www.cde.state.co.us/apps/standards/10,21,22

Mcgregor, S. L. T. (2022). How Educational Philosophies Shape Family and Consumer

Sciences and Home Economics Education: A Commentary. Journal of Family & Consumer

Sciences, 114(2), 40–48. https://doi-org.postu.idm.oclc.org/10.14307/JFCS114.2.40

Post University. (N.D.). Developing Instructional Goals: Universal Design for Learning

Instructional Model. https://post.blackboard.com

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