Focus:
The Animals domain builds students’ knowledge of various animals and their needs. Instruction and activities also support the development of emergent literacy skills such as syllable segmenting, identifying initial sounds, and handwriting strokes.
Number of Lessons: 21
Lesson Time:
45 minutes each (Each lesson may be divided into shorter segments.)
Additional Search Terms:
animals • mammals • insects • life science • syllables • handwriting
This comprehensive Teacher Guide specifies learning objectives and provides background information, daily lesson plans, assessments, and other resources for teaching the Skills unit.
The Activities Pages reinforce the content and skills taught in each domain. Practice opportunities are provided both in and out of the classroom.
Each Flip Book contains a sequenced collection of images that accompany the Listening & Learning read-alouds. The engaging visuals reinforce students’ understanding of concepts and promote engagement with the text.
Image Cards are used to reinforce and deepen students’ understanding of the information covered in the domain. They are primarily used during Extension Activities. Common exercises include sorting, retelling, and sequencing.
Transition Cards reinforce content and skills as students move between activities. Some of these cards may be used across multiple domains. Learning Center Cards provide teachers with suggested questions and prompts in order to facilitate language and promote student-to-student interaction.