This week in Kindergarten, our theme was pets. Our lessons emphasized the sight words students have learned so far: I, like, the and also color words.
In our first lesson (blue pocket chart), students matched pets with different objects that they like. We used the sentence frame: The ___s like the ___. I purposefully kept the sight word like instead of changing it to likes, so we included two images of each pet and a large die-cut "s" so students could remember to add /s/ at the end of their word. They are not at a point where we are teaching about plural.
Each time we inserted images into the sentence frame, we read the sentence to practice the sight words, then we sang the sentences to the tune of Farmer in the Dell to provide repetition of practice with each sentence (new pet/new object).
Example:
The dogs like the bone. The dogs like the bone,
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The dogs like the bone.
After we modeled partner practice, students took turns with partners to practice the sentence frame, using a different animal/object each time. I always take a photo of the images we are using so that I can have a paper handout in addition to the pictures in the pocket chart. We give handouts to some children during partner practice if they need visuals to support their language production. They can either just point or use the pictures and say what they can. We find this helpful for our students who are newcomers and other students with special needs.
Once students practiced the target language in whole group by reading and singing, and then practiced more with partners, they used the same sentence frame to write.
Lesson Details:
Content Objective: I can match pets with what they like.
Language Objective:
I can tell what the pets like.
Language Function:
Describe people and places
Language Form:
plural nouns to name pets
Sentence Frame(s):
The ____s like the ____.
Example: The dogs like the bone.
In our second lesson, students used color adjectives to express their opinion about which pet they like best.
Again, we used the tune of Farmer in the Dell to sing the sentences after we chorally read them to practice our weekly sight words. We used student helpers so that each time we looked at the different colors of a pet, we could pretend they were shopping at the pet store. We sang the question: What pet do you like best? And then once they responded, we put that pet in the sentence frame, read and sang.
I used this as a handout for our newcomer student so he should show his partner which pets he liked best.
When it came time for writing, he knew the sight words and letter sounds and was able to read his sentence to us!
We always try to make sure that our group instruction matches what students will write about so they have many opportunities to practice the language before writing independently (or with teacher help!).
Lesson Details:
Content Objective: I can name different pets.
Language Objective:
I can tell which pet I like best using color words.
Language Function:
Describe people and places
tell opinion
Language Form:
adjectives (colors), nouns to name pets
Sentence Frame(s):
I like the ____ ___ best.
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