Unit Plan 32 (Grade PreK ELA): Information Booklets with Text Features

Focus: Multi-page booklet; headings, labels, captions

Grade Level: PreK

Subject Area: English Language Arts (Informational Writing • Book Features • Oral Language)

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

I. Introduction

This week children become kid authors of information booklets. They explore real informational books, notice headings, labels, and captions, and then make a multi-page booklet on a familiar topic (e.g., classroom pets, weather, playground safety). With guidance, students plan sections, draw teaching pictures, add labels/captions, and present their books.

II. Objectives and Standards

Learning Objectives — Students will be able to…

1. Identify book parts and basic text features (front/back, title page; headings, labels, captions) in mentor texts (RI.PK.5).
2. Use drawing, dictation, and emergent writing to name a topic and give information across 2–4 pages (W.PK.2).
3. Add headings to pages and labels/captions to pictures using topic words (W.PK.2; L.PK.6).
4. Use domain vocabulary (parts, label, caption, page, title) when talking about their book (L.PK.6).
5. Share one page by reading the heading, pointing to labels/caption, and telling a key idea.

Standards Alignment — PreK

• W.PK.2 With guidance and support, use drawing/dictation/emergent writing to name a topic and supply information.
• RI.PK.5 Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book (extended here to noticing simple text features with support).
• L.PK.6 Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, and being read to, including information-topic vocabulary.

Success Criteria — student language

• “My title is __.”
• “This page heading is __.”
• “The label says __; the caption tells __.”
• “My book is about __ and teaches __.”