ELA Curriculum Map 2020

Module 4
Wit and Wisdom Module
4: The Continents
What makes the world
fascinating?
Reading Literature
RL.K.4 Ask and answer questions about unknown
words in a text.
RL.K.5 Recognize common types of texts (e.g.,
storybooks, poems).
RL.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the
relationship between illustrations and the story in
which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story
an illustration depicts).
Reading Informational
RI.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the
relationship between illustrations and the text in
which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing,
or idea in the text an illustration depicts).
RI.K.8 With prompting and support, identify the
reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
RI.K.9 With prompting and support, identify basic
similarities in and differences between two texts on
the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions,
or procedures).
Writing
W.K.1 Use a combination of drawing, dictating,
and writing to compose opinion pieces in which
they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book
they are writing about and state an opinion or
preference about the topic or book.
W.K.5 With guidance and support from adults,
respond to questions and suggestions from peers
and add details to strengthen writing as needed.
W.K.8 With guidance and support from adults,
recall information from experiences or gather
information from provided sources to answer a
question.
Language
L.K.1.f Produce and expand complete sentences
CORE TEXTS
Picture Books (Informational)
● Africa, Rebecca Hirsch
● Antarctica, Rebecca
Hirsch
● Asia, Rebecca Hirsch
● Australia, Rebecca Hirsch
● Europe, Rebecca Hirsch
● Introducing North America,
Chris Oxlade
● South America, Rebecca
Hirsch
● World Atlas, Nick Crane;
Illustrations, David Dean
Picture Books (Literary)
● Moon Rope, Lois Ehlert
● The Story of Ferdinand,
Munro Leaf; Illustrations,
Robert Lawson
● Why Mosquitoes Buzz in
People’s Ears: A West
African Tale, Verna
Aardema; Illustrations, Leo
and Diane Dillon
SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTS
Article
● “5 Reasons Why Animal
Moms Are Awesome,”
April Capochino Myers
Painting
● Carta Marina Olaus
Magnus
● Cornell Farm, Edward
Hicks
● Washington Crossing the
Delaware, Emanuel
Leutze
Focusing Question
Tasks (5) -Lesson 7, 13,
19, 26, 30
New Read Assessments
(3) -Lesson 13, 23, 31
Socratic Seminars (2)
-Lesson 15, 35
End of Module Task -
Lesson 32
Vocabulary Assessment
(2 parts) -Lesson 26, 33
Fundations Unit 5
Assessment
Completed by June 11
*See ​ELA Schedule
Homework:
Home-Reading Routine