Unit Plan 1 (Grade PreK ELA): Launching Our Reading–Writing Community
PreK literacy launch unit: students learn classroom reading routines, explore books with care, practice partner talk and sharing, and begin expressing ideas through drawing and dictation—building joyful habits that spark a lifelong love of reading.
Focus: Routines, centers, partner talk, book love, share rules
Grade Level: PreK
Subject Area: English Language Arts (Read-Aloud Comprehension • Emergent Writing • Speaking/Listening • Foundational Concepts • Language)
Total Unit Duration: 5 sessions (one week), 30–45 minutes per session (use two short blocks if needed)
I. Introduction
This week builds a joyful community of readers and storytellers. Children learn how we gather, how we handle books, how we talk with partners, and how we share. We launch simple literacy centers (library, writing, listening) and practice group reading habits with songs, chants, and predictable texts. Students also draw and dictate about something they love—our first tiny “author moment.”
II. Objectives and Standards
Learning Objectives — Students will be able to…
- Engage in group reading with purpose (look, listen, join in repeated lines) and follow classroom reading routines (RL.PK.10).
- Draw and dictate to tell about a familiar event or favorite thing (W.PK.3).
- Participate in collaborative conversations: listen, take turns, and respond to a partner with adult support (SL.PK.1).
- Demonstrate basic print concepts during shared reading: front/back of book, page turning, left-to-right sweep (RF.PK.1).
- Use spoken language conventions during routines: greetings, please/thank you, complete-idea sentences with support (L.PK.1).
Standards Alignment — PreK
- RL.PK.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
- W.PK.3 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and emergent writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events.
- SL.PK.1 Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners and adults in small and larger groups.
- RF.PK.1 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
- L.PK.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English when speaking (developmentally appropriate).
Success Criteria — student language
- “I can sit, look, and listen when we read together.” (RL.PK.10)
- “I can turn pages the right way and find the front of a book.” (RF.PK.1)
- “I can talk with a partner: My turn, your turn.” (SL.PK.1)
- “I can draw and tell about something I like.” (W.PK.3)
- “I can use kind words and a complete idea when I share.” (L.PK.1)