Unit Plan 3 (Grade PreK ELA): Characters, Settings, and Major Events

Focus: Describing who/where/what happened using words + pictures

Grade Level: PreK

Subject Area: English Language Arts (Read-Aloud Comprehension • Vocabulary/Language • Early Narrative)

Total Unit Duration: 5 sessions (one week), 30–45 minutes per session (use two short blocks if needed)

I. Introduction

This week children become story detectives who look for the who (characters), where (setting), and what happened (major events). Through rich pictures, simple sentence frames, and hands-on sorting/retell tasks, they learn to use illustrations as clues and to speak in short, clear sentences using precise words (names for people/places/actions).

II. Objectives and Standards

Learning Objectives — Students will be able to…

1. Identify characters (who), setting (where), and major events (what happened) in familiar stories with visual support (RL.PK.3).
2. Use illustrations to describe who is in the story, where it happens, and what is happening (RL.PK.7).
3. Use and add new words (names for people, places, and actions) while talking about stories (L.PK.6).

Standards Alignment — PreK

• RL.PK.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
• RL.PK.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story (e.g., what moment the picture shows).
• L.PK.6 Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, read-alouds, and being read to.

Success Criteria — student language

• “I can tell who is in the story.” (RL.PK.3)
• “I can point to the picture to show where the story is.” (RL.PK.7)
• “I can say what happened using an action word (ran, built, spilled).” (RL.PK.3/L.PK.6)
• “I can use a sentence frame: [Who] [did what] in/at [where].” (RL.PK.3/L.PK.6)