English Language Arts Preschool-Age 4 (2023)
Lesson Plans

Reading (P4.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 P4.R.8:

With prompting and support, begin to ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text. (RL & RI)

• 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.
• Repeated Reading
  Repeated Reading According to research, it is recommended that preschool teachers prepare children for later reading instruction. They can do so by introducing the five critical building blocks for literacy including phonological awareness, letter identification, vocabulary knowledge, print concepts, and a positive attitude toward reading (Henry, 2019). (Early Learning Standards, ELA Introduction) 
• Safety Procedures
  Talk with children about things that can keep them safe in various environments. This can include safety tips for home, school, sports, outside play. You can read Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann for ideas.  
• Silly Sally - Actions
  Students will move to act out the sections in the story as they are given 2 step directions (Safely place your hands on the ground so your head is upside down and walk backwards, dance a jig like the pig and sing a tune like the loon). 

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