Read Together: Educator’s Choice, Unit 9, Week 1

Literature/RL.PK.MA.1: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about a story or a poem read aloud.
Literature/RL.PK.MA.10: Listen actively as an individual and as a member of a group to a variety of age-appropriate literature read aloud.
Reading for Informational Text/RI.P.MA.7: With prompting and support, describe important details from an illustration or photograph.
Reading for Informational Text/RI.P.MA.10: Listen actively as an individual and as a member of a group to a variety of age-appropriate informational texts read aloud.
Literature/RL.PK.MA.9: With prompting and support, make connections between a story or poem and one’s own experiences.

MA Draft STE Standards:

Earth and Space Sciences/Earth and Human Activity/ESS3.A: Engage in discussion and raise questions using examples about how humans use local resources (e.g., soil, water) to meet their needs. [Cause and Effect]

Head Start Outcomes:

Literacy Knowledge/Book Appreciation and Knowledge: Asks and answers questions and makes comments about print materials.

PreK Learning Guidelines:

English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 6: Listen to a wide variety of age appropriate literature read aloud.
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 10: Engage actively in read-aloud activities by asking questions, offering ideas, predicting or retelling important parts of a story or informational book.

Read Together: Educator’s Choice, Unit 9, Week 1

STEM Key Concepts: Water is a natural resource; Water is a basic need for all living things

ELA Focus Skills: Active Listening, Story Comprehension (Main Idea, Recall and Retell), Make Connections, Vocabulary

Choose a favorite book about water or a book from the recommended list. Ask children to identify how water moves in the book. Ask them to compare the way water moves and takes the shape of the container in the book to what they have been observing in their explorations. Encourage them to use the terms flow and water in their responses. If you choose A Cool Drink of Water, talk with children about all the different places people find water, and how they use water to meet their needs, such as washing, drinking, etc.