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Writing Reports in Kindergarten? Yes!

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Writing Reports in Kindergarten? Yes!

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This unit provides three types of reports that can be written and shared by kindergarten students. These reports allow young students to see themselves as writers with important information to share with others. In the first report, students report what they've learned about an apple using all five senses by completing a simple report form. In the second activity, they explore a variety of nonfiction media about animals of their choice. After they write journal pages recording simple information about the animals, completed pages are stapled together, and students create clay representations of their selected animals. In the final report, students use facts they have researched to create and share original riddles about selected animals.

Content Standard(s):

English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: K	33. Express ideas orally and connect these ideas through drawing and emergent writing. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 33. Express Ideas Orally Connect Drawing Emergent writing Knowledge: 33. Students know: Techniques for using discussion, drawing, and basic writing to express their thoughts. Skills: 33. Students are able to: Express ideas orally. Connect ideas through drawing and emergent writing to express their thoughts. Understanding: 33. Students understand that: They can express ideas through discussion, drawing, and basic writing.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: K	37. Actively participate in shared and independent writing experiences, for varied purposes and audiences, across different genres. a. Actively participate in shared writing experiences to create messages, lists, and labels for a drawing or illustration. b. Actively participate in shared writing experiences to create narratives with the events in chronological order and share feelings about the story, using drawing, dictating, and/or writing. c. Actively participate in shared writing experiences to create opinion pieces about a topic or text, state the opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide a sense of closure, using drawing, dictating, and/or writing. d. Actively participate in shared writing experiences to create explanatory texts or provide factual information about a topic, using drawing, dictating, and/or writing. e. With prompting and support, compose writing for varied purposes and audiences, across different genres. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 37. Actively participate Shared writing experiences Independent writing experiences Varied purposes Varied audiences Difference genres 37a. Actively participate Shared writing experiences Create Messages Lists Labels Drawing Illustration 37b. Actively participate Shared writing experiences Create Narratives Events Chronological order Feelings Story Drawing Dictating Writing 37c. Actively participate Shared writing experiences Create Opinion pieces Topic Text State Opinion Supply Reason Sense of closure Drawing Dictating Writing 37d. Actively participate Shared writing experiences Create Explanatory text Factual information Topic Drawing Dictating Writing 37e. Compose Writing Varied purposes Varied audiences Different genres Prompting Support Knowledge: 37. Students know: Different genres of writing. The purpose and audience for writing can change. 37a. Writing, such as messages, lists, and labels, can be added to a drawing or illustration to convey meaning. 37b. Narrative writing tells a story with events in chronological order. Readers should be able to share their feelings after reading a narrative story. 37c. To express an opinion in writing, an author should state the opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and include a closing statement. 37d. Explanatory texts provide factual information. 37e. The format of writing will change, depending on its purpose, audience, and genre. Skills: 37. Students are able to: Write for various purposes and audiences across different genres, with teacher assistance and independently. 37a. Create messages, lists, and labels for a drawing or illustration. 37b. Create a narrative with the events in chronological order and share their feelings about the narrative, using drawing, dictating, and/or writing. 37c. Create an opinion piece with reason and closure using drawing, dictating, and/or writing. 37d. Create explanatory texts or provide factual information about a topic, using drawing, dictating, and/or writing. 37e. With prompting and support, Compose writing for varied purposes and audiences, across different genres. Understanding: 37. Students understand that: Writing conveys a message, and the format of writing will change, depending on its purpose, audience, and intended meaning. 37a. Creating a message, list, or label for a drawing or illustration can help provide readers with important information. 37b. Narratives should be written in chronological order and express the author's feelings. They can share their feelings about a story using drawing, dictating, or writing. 37c. Opinions may be expressed through writings based on reasoning. 37d. When writing an explanatory text, they must provide factual information. 37e. Writing communicates ideas, and the format of writing must change in order to convey its message to its intended audience.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: K	39. Participate in shared research and writing projects to answer a question or describe a topic. a. Include information recalled from personal experiences in research and writing projects. b. Gather information from provided sources for research and writing projects. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 39. Participate Shared research Shared writing projects Answer a question Describe a topic 39a. Include Information Recalled Personal experiences Research projects Writing projects 39b. Gather Information Provided sources Research projects Writing projects Knowledge: 39. Students know: Research and writing can answer questions or describe a topic. 39a. Information recalled from personal experiences can be added to research and writing projects. 39b. Information gathered from different sources can be added to research and writing projects. Skills: 39. Students are able to: Work collaboratively with peers and adults in research and writing projects. Use research and writing to answer questions about a topic. Use research and writing to describe a topic. 39a. Recall information from personal experiences. Include information from personal experiences in research and writing projects. 39b. Use strategies to gather information from provided sources to research and write about a topic. Understanding: 39. Students understand that: Shared research and writing projects can help answer questions or describe a topic. 39a. Information gathered from personal experiences can help to understand and write about a topic. 39b. Gathering information from a variety of sources can help increase their understanding of a topic and improve their research and writing projects.

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animals, clay representations, journals, non fiction media, reports, senses

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Writing Reports in Kindergarten? Yes!