Kindergarten Writing Plans Lesson 9 Day 1: Writing in response to the read aloud book Good Morning, Digger Comprehension Skill Addressed in Writing: Main Idea and Details from the Text Report Card Skill Addressed: Students will dictate or write using pictures and words. Before Reading: This week we will be reading several stories about wheels. People use machines with wheels to do different kinds of heavy work such as moving, digging, and building. As I read this story, I want you to listen to find out how the trucks help in the building of the community center. Turn and tell your partner what you will be listening for as I read. After Reading: As we read the story, you were to listen to find out how the different trucks helped to build the community center. We are going to go back through and identify the different trucks and the job that each one did. (start a chart) Go back through the story, pointing out each type of truck- First, we see the flatbed truck- point out- What important job did the flatbed truck have? Turn and tell your partner- Start your answer with, “The flatbed’s job was to…” Continue, pointing out the different trucks and adding them to the chart and listing their job (see sample chart below) Sample Chart: Type of Truck Job flatbed brought the backhoe (Digger) – carried other trucks backhoe (Digger) dug hole in the dirt dump truck carried away dirt that was dug up cement mixer pour cement into hole crane lifts doors, windows, and parts of walls in the air As you can see, each truck had an important job. Writing Activity: Students can draw a picture of one of the trucks – be sure to draw how it helped in the building of the community center. (Example: draw cement mixer pouring the cement)
Kindergarten Writing Plans Lesson 9 Day 1: Writing in response to the read aloud book Good Morning, Digger Comprehension Skill Addressed in Writing: Main Idea and Details from the Text Report Card Skill Addressed: Students will dictate or write using pictures and words. Before Reading: This week we will be reading several stories about wheels. People use machines with wheels to do different kinds of heavy work such as moving, digging, and building. As I read this story, I want you to listen to find out how the trucks help in the building of the community center. Turn and tell your partner what you will be listening for as I read. After Reading: As we read the story, you were to listen to find out how the different trucks helped to build the community center. We are going to go back through and identify the different trucks and the job that each one did. (start a chart) Go back through the story, pointing out each type of truck- First, we see the flatbed truck- point out- What important job did the flatbed truck have? Turn and tell your partner- Start your answer with, “The flatbed’s job was to…” Continue, pointing out the different trucks and adding them to the chart and listing their job (see sample chart below) Sample Chart: Type of Truck Job flatbed brought the backhoe (Digger) – carried other trucks backhoe (Digger) dug hole in the dirt dump truck carried away dirt that was dug up cement mixer pour cement into hole crane lifts doors, windows, and parts of walls in the air As you can see, each truck had an important job. Writing Activity: Students can draw a picture of one of the trucks – be sure to draw how it helped in the building of the community center. (Example: draw cement mixer pouring the cement)