Lessons & Units :: Explicit Information Kindergarten Unit

Lesson 1: Identifying Information

Lesson Plan

Animal Taste

Animal Taste
Learning Goal
Identify explicit information in nonfiction.
Duration
Approximately 50 minutes
Necessary Materials
Provided: Example Chart, Independent Practice Worksheet
Not Provided: Animal Taste published by Weekly Reader, chart paper, markers

  • Teacher Modeling

    will explain that we read nonfiction books when we want to learn new information. I will read Animal Taste aloud through page 13 and chart the information I learn from the pictures and words (example provided).

  • Think Check

    Ask: "How did I learn information from a nonfiction book?" Students should respond that you read the book and looked at the pictures and charted the information you are learning. This information was right there in the book.

  • Guided Practice

    will continue reading Animal Taste and chart the information we learn from the pictures and words in the book (example provided).

    TIP: Discuss specific examples found in the book during the Guided Practice and ask students to help you identify explicit information: What did we just learn on this page about how a snake eats?

  • Independent Practice

    will identify the information you learned from the text. You will draw a picture of what you learned. (Independent Practice Worksheet is provided.) Note: Use the Informational Genre Unit, together with the Explicit Information Unit, to teach the skill of gathering information from books.

Build Student Vocabulary picky

Tier 2 Word: picky
Contextualize the word as it is used in the story Birds are not picky about what they eat.
Explain the meaning student-friendly definition) Picky means fussy or choosy. Birds are not fussy about what they eat. They will eat almost anything.
Students repeat the word Say the word picky with me: picky.
Teacher gives examples of the word in other contexts I am picky about what kind of juice I drink. I would rather not have any juice than to drink juice that I do not like. My dog is not picky about where he sleeps. He will sleep anywhere.
Students provide examples What is something that you are picky about? Start by saying, “I am picky about ______________.”
Students repeat the word again. What word are we talking about? picky
Additional Vocabulary Words sip, bitter

Build Student Background Knowledge

After reading Animal Taste, tell students why healthy vegetables sometimes taste bad when we are children, but unhealthy foods, like ice cream and soda, taste so good. Explain that when human babies are born they have 10,000 taste buds on their tongue. This is why sour and bitter vegetables taste REALLY sour and REALLY bitter to children. Later, humans lose their taste buds. Adults only have 3,000 taste buds, which is probably why they enjoy vegetables more.

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