Vocabulary in Context

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TUMBLETA / CURRICULUM PLACEMENT

When We Are Kind · Kindergarten · North Dakota

TEACHES

K.R.5

Determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases through read-alouds or other text-listening experiences.

Why this is a winner Students determine the meaning of the word related from the book's read-aloud ending.

Verified framework: 2023 North Dakota English Language Arts Content Standards.

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TUMBLETA / ELA SKILL PLAN

Vocabulary in Context

When We Are Kind · Kindergarten · 10 minutes

Written by Monique Gray Smith. Illustrated by Nicole Neidhardt. Orca Book Publishers, 2020.

Objective:: Use the ending of the book to explain the word related in student-friendly language.
Student product:: A student-friendly meaning plus a drawing or oral example of two connected beings.
Materials:: Book or read-along; drawing or response materials.
Kindergarten: Students may respond orally, by pointing or selecting, with a drawing
response options:: and oral explanation, or through adult scribing. Independent writing is not required unless the teacher deliberately adds it.

Teacher note: Teach the plain meaning as connected. Let the book and illustrations carry the broader teaching about relationships among people, animals, and the earth.

Focus question

In the ending, what does related mean?

Teacher model:: Here, related means connected to one another.

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Expected answer:: Related means connected.

Where to look in the book

Use the ending where the book broadens the idea of connection among everyone.

Let the surrounding pictures and wording support the meaning; do not teach the word as a

dictionary exercise.

Lesson sequence
2 min: Read or revisit the ending containing the word related.
2 min: Ask what the nearby words and pictures show about connection.
2 min: Model: Related can mean connected.
3 min: Students point to or draw two beings and explain how they are connected.
1 min: Exit check: Finish the sentence: Related means ___.

Differentiate
Extend:: Ask how two different beings in the book are connected through kindness.
Support:: Point to two beings in the book and say: They are connected, so they are related.

Assessment

Explains related as connected.

Uses the ending as the clue.

Exit check:: Finish the sentence: Related means ___.

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