Literature and Information

Appendix A: Implementing Standards

With the majority of this unit focusing on intertwining fiction and non-fiction simultaneously, it is only appropriate that it will cover the following Common Core State Standards (CCSS). I will incorporate a variety of texts into this unit which will be related to the topics being covered:

Reading Standards for Reading Literature

1. With prompting and support, the student will ask and answer questions about key details in the story
2. With prompting and support, retell familiar stories including key details
3. Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
4. With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories.
5. Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Reading Standards for Informational Text

1. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text
2. With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key ideas of a text
3. With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text
4. With prompting and support, identify basic similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g. illustrations, descriptions, or procedures)
5. Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding

Throughout the unit my students will have many opportunities to reflect on the stories, activities and share their understanding through the form of writing. At the beginning of the school year, it is common to see drawings accompanied by random letters. At this point, this is where the students will provide a dictation of what they have drawn and through this dictation, I will be able to determine if a student is grasping the concept being taught. As the year progresses, the writing process will be more evident. The following writing standards will be covered:

1. Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they will tell the reader the topic or name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book
2. Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
3. Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.
4. With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

Through the activities and different types of literature, the following Arizona Health Standards will be covered in this unit:

1. The concept of recognizing that healthy behaviors affect personal health
2. The concept of understanding personal health
3. The concept of understanding the benefits of making healthy choices

Through the activities and different types of literature, the following Arizona Science Standards will be covered in this unit

1. Organize (e.g. compare, classify, and sequence) objects, organisms, classify and sequence) objects, organisms, and events according to various characteristics.
2. Communicate observations with pictographs, pictures, models, and/or words
3. Communicate with other groups the results of an investigation