By: Shannon Garrison

Text Complexity:Kindergarten Style

Lesson FocusDaily Five literacy timeSmall Grouping (3-5 students )Red reading group and Yellow reading groupNon-fiction Science and Social Studies texts- Animals Hide & Animal Helpers

Common Core ConnectionsCCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.1 With prompting and support,

ask and answer questions about key details in a text.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.3 With prompting and support,

identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.4 With prompting and support,

ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.4 Read emergent-reader texts

with purpose and understanding.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.K.2 Use a combination of drawing,

dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.

Reading GroupsYellow Group Red Group

Level 3/4 (C)Science non-fiction textSimple- one sentence on

each pageRepetitive wordingNew vocabulary words

introduced

Level 9/10(F)Social Studies non-

fiction textComplex- several

sentences (2-3) on each page

Headings on each pageCaption bubbles with

more information about pictures

Reading Groups Video

http://youtu.be/wMb_JxIuznw

Activities

Literacy Theories

Theories

Reader Response

Theory

Constructivist Theory

Whole Language

Theory

Metacognitive Theory

Questions/Comments?