Kindergarden - Plants

Plants: Supplemental Guide|Introduction 1

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This introduction includes the necessary background information to be

used in teaching the Plants domain. The Supplemental Guide for Plants

contains eight lessons. The first three lessons are two instructional days

each and the last five lessons are one instructional day each.

Lesson Structure

Lessons 1–3

First Instructional Day

On the first instructional day Parts A and B of the lesson (50 minutes

total) are to be covered at different intervals during the day. Part A (35

minutes) includes:

• Introducing the Lesson


• Presenting the Read-Aloud


• Discussing the Read-Aloud
  If necessary, Part A can be divided into two sessions with 15 minutes for
  Introducing the Read-Aloud up to Purpose for Listening and 20 minutes
  for Purpose for Listening, Presenting the Read-Aloud, and Discussing the
  Read-Aloud.
  Later in the day, Part B (15 minutes) will be covered and includes the
  activities unique to the Supplemental Guide:


• Multiple Meaning Word Activity


• Syntactic Awareness Activity


• Vocabulary Instructional Activity
  Each activity may take up to five minutes to complete. The Multiple
  Meaning Word Activity helps students to determine and clarify the
  different meanings of words. The Syntactic Awareness Activity calls
  students’ attention to sentence structure, word order, and grammar.
  The Vocabulary Instructional Activity focuses on building students’
  general academic, or Tier 2, vocabulary. Part B concludes with an interim
  assessment opportunity called an End-of-Lesson Check-In. This is a