Kindergarden Read - Aloud

Presidents and American Symbols: Supplemental Guide | Introduction 1

This introduction includes the necessary background information to be

used in teaching the Presidents and American Symbols domain. The

Supplemental Guide for Presidents and American Symbols contains

nine daily lessons. Odd-numbered lessons contain Supplemental Guide

activities while even-numbered lessons feature content-related activities.

All lessons may be divided into smaller chunks of time and presented at

different intervals during the day.

Lesson Structure

Odd-Numbered Lessons

Odd-numbered lessons contain two parts (50 minutes total), which are to

be covered at different intervals during the day.

Part A (35 minutes) includes:

• Introducing the Read-Aloud


• 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) should 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 5 minutes to complete. The Multiple
  Meaning Word Activity helps students to determine and clarify the
  different meanings of words. The Syntactic Awareness Activity calls

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