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Early Learning Curriculum English Language Arts Preschool - Age 3 (2023)
Lesson Plans

Reading (P3.R)

Students will learn to proficiently read and comprehend grade level literature and informational text, including seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance, at the high end of the grade level text complexity band, with scaffolding as needed. *Standard R.4 includes an asterisk to refer educators back to the Text Complexity Grade Bands and Associated Lexile Ranges in the introduction of the standards.

Standard P3.R.1:

Demonstrate mastery of age-appropriate concepts of print.
  • Activity - Dream Snow
    Child(ren) will interact with toy animals representing the farm animals discussed in Dream Snow by Eric Carle. Child(ren) will make animal sounds, sort, and sequence animals as they were named in the book.
  • Concepts of Print
    Children will learn how to correctly hold a book, notice the spacing between words, tie illustrations to text, and track the words with a finger. Children will demonstrate that reading is done left to right, top to bottom, and front to back.
  • Nursery Rhyme - Alphabet Song
    Children will listen and sing along to the alphabet song as the letters are being pointed to on a paper, chart, or on the wall. Allow children to help point to the letters as they are ready.
  • Nursery Rhyme - Five Green and Speckled Frogs
    Children will listen to a song with movements as the adult points out the words in the rhyme. Once your child(ren) knows the song and the motions they will point out the words and control their movements.
  • Read - Dragons Love Tacos
    Child(ren) will read the book Dragons Love Tacos with an adult for the first time. Story will be re-read several times during the week.
  • Read - Dream Snow
    Child(ren) will read the book Dream Snow with an adult for the first time. Story will be re-read several times during the week.
  • Read - Fry Bread
    Child(ren) will read the book Fry Bread with an adult for the first time. Story will be re-read several times during the week.
  • Read - Hello Toes, Hello Feet
    Child(ren) will read the book Hello Toes, Hello Feet with an adult for the first time. Story will be re-read several times during the week.
  • Read - I Ain't Gonna Paint No More
    Child(ren) will read the book I Ain't Gonna Paint No More with an adult for the first time. Story will be re-read several times during the week.
  • Read - Kahlil and Mr. Hagerty
    Child(ren) will read the book Khalil and Mr. Hagerty with an adult for the first time. Story will be re-read several times during the week.This story is about a house that has been separated into an upstairs and downstairs apartment.  A young boy named Khalil and and older gentleman, Mr. Hagerty,  form a friendship throughout the story. Together they share ideas, time, and thoughts. 
  • Read - Mel Fell
    Child(ren) will read the book Mel Fell with an adult for the first time. Story will be re-read several times during the week.
  • Read - Saturday
    Child(ren) will read the book Saturday with an adult for the first time. Story will be re-read several times during the week.
  • Read - Seeds Move
    Child(ren) will read the book Seeds Move with an adult for the first time. Story will be re-read several times during the week.
  • Read - Silly Sally
    Child(ren) will read the book Silly Sally with an adult for the first time. Story will be re-read several times during the week.
  • Read - Strictly No Elephants
    Child(ren) will read the book Strictly No Elephants with an adult for the first time. Story will be re-read several times during the week.
  • Read - Theo's Mood
    Child(ren) will read the book Theo's Mood with an adult for the first time. Story will be re-read several times during the week.


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