ELA Lesson Plan
Kindergarten
Week of February 9, 2015
Essential vocabulary: sentence; rhyme; blend; upper- and lower-case letters; fiction; predict; text features; maps
Open ended questions: Predict what would happen if ___? Why do you think ___?
Monday
Phonics
 Review the
Alphabet with
Flashcards
 Introduce Bb:
Chart words that
begin with B
 Practice Writing
Bb
Phonemic Awareness
 Blending: Students
will practice
blending the
following words:
at, sat, mat, pat,
Sam, Pam, mat, it,
sit, map, pit, cat,
tac, man, pan,
nap, pot, top, sot,
most, fat, fam, fit,
hit, hat, hot, hand,
dad, hop, mad,
him, dot, Ron, tap,
rim, ram, set, pen,
men, bed, list, lid,
led
 Deleting Initial:
Introduce how to
Tuesday
Phonics
 Review the
Alphabet with
Flashcards
 Review Bb
 Word Match: Read
and match words
that begin with b
to pictures
Phonemic Awareness
 Blending: Students
will practice
blending the
following words:
at, sat, mat, pat,
Sam, Pam, mat, it,
sit, map, pit, cat,
tac, man, pan,
nap, pot, top, sot,
most, fat, fam, fit,
hit, hat, hot, hand,
dad, hop, mad,
him, dot, Ron, tap,
rim, ram, set, pen,
men, bed, list, lid,
led
 Deleting Initial:
Introduce how to
Wednesday
Phonics
 Review the
Alphabet with
Flashcards
 Introduce Ll: Chart
words that begin
with l
 Practice Writing Ll
Phonemic Awareness
 Blending: Students
will practice
blending the
following words:
at, sat, mat, pat,
Sam, Pam, mat, it,
sit, map, pit, cat,
tac, man, pan,
nap, pot, top, sot,
most, fat, fam, fit,
hit, hat, hot, hand,
dad, hop, mad,
him, dot, Ron, tap,
rim, ram, set, pen,
men, bed, list, lid,
led
 Deleting Initial:
Introduce how to
Thursday
Phonics
 Review the
Alphabet with
Flashcards
 Review Ll
 Word Match: Read
and match words
that begin with l
to pictures
Phonemic Awareness
 Blending: Students
will practice
blending the
following words:
at, sat, mat, pat,
Sam, Pam, it, sit,
map, pit, cat, tac,
man, pan, nap,
man, pan, nap,
pot, top, sot,
most, fat, fam, fit,
hit, hat, hot, hand,
dad, hop, mad,
him, dot, Ron, tap,
set, pet, pen, men,
bed, list, lid, led;
Ask students to
write the words on
Friday
Kinder Teachers will be
out one day this week for
EDI Training. Friday will be
used to catch up.
delete the initial
sound of the
word. Practice
with the following
words: dice; cart;
cup
Sight Words
 Review Sight
Words with
Flashcards or chart
 Play ‘Slap the
Word’ or another
Sight Word Game
delete the initial
sound of the
word. Practice
with the following
words: dice; cart;
cup
Sight Words
 Review Sight
Words with
Flashcards or chart
 Play ‘Slap the
Word’ or another
Sight Word Game
delete the initial
sound of the
word. Practice
with the following
words: dice; cart;
cup
Sight Words
 Review Sight
Words with
Flashcards or chart
 Play ‘Slap the
Word’ or another
Wight Word Game

chart paper
Deleting Initial:
Practice deleting
initial sound 
door; paper; fun;
Sight Words
 Review Sight
Words with
Flashcards or chart
 Play ‘Slap the
Word’ or another
Sight Word Game
Comprehension
Comprehension
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Read ‘Let’s Look at
Maps’ (Big Book of
Exploration)
Discuss
characteristics of
expository text
Discuss the topic
of the text and the
details
Point out the
maps as text
features
Comprehension
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Read ‘Let’s Look at
Maps’
Discuss the
important facts of
the text
Review the maps
as a text feature
Discuss where and
when students
have seen maps
Create a map of
the classroom
Workshop
Workshop
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Students will work
on a variety of
sight word,
alphabet and word
building activities
Students will work
on a variety of
sight word,
alphabet and word
building activities
Comprehension
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Read ‘Let’s Look at
Maps’
Review the topic
of the text and the
details
Write about a
place students
would like to visit
and how a map
can help them
Workshop
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Provide different
signs (Such as
traffic signs and
warning signs)
Discuss the
meaning of the
different signs and
why they are
important.
Workshop
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Students will work
on a variety of
sight word,
alphabet and word
building activities
Writing
Students will work
on a variety of
sight word,
alphabet and word
building activities.
Writing
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Writing
Review W.O.W
writing procedures
Whole Group:
Continue MiniResearch on Rock
Formations.
Read/Watch
Videos on Rock
formations to
gather information
Journal: Free
Write
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Writing
Review W.O.W
writing procedures
Whole Group:
Continue MiniResearch
information.
Journal: Free
Write
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Review W.O.W
writing procedures
Whole Group:
Continue MiniResearch
Journal: Free
Write
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Review W.O.W
writing procedures
Whole Group:
Mini-Research 
Continue MiniResearch
Journal: Students
will write a ‘She
said _____.’