Unit Plan 24 (Grade K ELA): Narrative Details & Endings
Kindergarten writing unit: students revise and strengthen their small-moment stories by adding clear who, where, and feeling details, using partner feedback to improve clarity, fixing capitals/spaces/periods, and writing simple endings that fit their events.
Focus: Add details; revise for clarity; simple ending that fits
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Subject Area: English Language Arts (Writing • Language • Speaking/Listening)
Total Unit Duration: 5 sessions (one week), 45–60 minutes per session
I. Introduction
Writers return to last week’s small-moment drafts to add clear details, revise for sense (so a listener can follow the story), and craft a simple ending that fits the events. Students will use kid-friendly checklists and partner conferences to improve pictures and words, then publish a tidy four-part story.
II. Objectives and Standards
Learning Objectives — Students will be able to…
- Add details (who, where, action/feeling) to pictures and sentences so the story is clearer (W.K.3).
- Revise with a partner/teacher by listening to suggestions and trying a change (W.K.5).
- Edit for conventions: capital at the start, spaces between words, period at the end (L.K.2).
- Write a simple ending that fits the story events (W.K.3).
Standards Alignment — CCSS Kindergarten
- W.K.3 Use drawing/dictating/writing to narrate events in order with details and closure.
- W.K.5 With guidance and support, respond to questions/suggestions and add details to strengthen writing.
- L.K.2 Demonstrate command of conventions (capitalization, punctuation, spelling approximations).
Success Criteria — student language
- I added at least one new who/where/action detail.
- I made my writing clear after my partner’s suggestion.
- My sentences start with a capital, have finger spaces, and end with a period.
- My story has an ending that fits (“Finally…”).