English/Language Arts and Science Standards for Ant, Ant, Ant: An Insect Chant

These are based on Indiana Standards but should fit most.

 

Ant, Ant, Ant (An Insect Chant)

English/Language Arts Standards

Kindergarten

K.1.1 Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.

K.1.2 Follow words from left to right and from top to bottom on the printed page.

K.1.3 Understand that printed materials provide information.

K.1.4 Recognize that sentences in print are made up of separate words.

K.1.5 Distinguish letters from words.

K.1.6 Recognize and name all capital and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

K.1.10 Say rhyming words in response to an oral prompt.

K.1.22 Listen to stories read aloud and use the vocabulary in those stories in oral language. Continue reading “English/Language Arts and Science Standards for Ant, Ant, Ant: An Insect Chant”

6+ Traits of Writing: Sayre’s Books as Models

Sayre’s Books As Models For Teaching The 6 + Traits of Writing    
Ideas (details, development, focus) Trout Are Made of Trees     

Stars Beneath Your Bed: the Surprising Story of Dust

Secrets of Sound: Studying the Calls of Whales, Elephants, and Birds

Ocean, Coral Reef, and other in the “Exploring Earth’s Biomes” series

Organization (internal structure) Vulture View     

Trout Are Made of Trees

Home At Last: a Song of Migration

Secrets of Sound: Studying the Calls of Whales, Elephants, and Birds

Ocean, Coral Reef, and other in the “Exploring Earth’s Biomes” series

Voice (tone, style, purpose, audience) Trout Are Made of Trees     

The Bumblebee Queen

If You Should Hear a Honey Guide

Army Ant Parade

Dig, Wait, Listen: a Desert Toad’s Tale

Word Choice (precise language and phrasing) Vulture View     

The Bumblebee Queen

Stars Beneath Your Bed

Dig, Wait, Listen: a Desert Toad’s Tale

Shadows

Secrets of Sound: Studying the Calls of Whales, Elephants, and Birds

Sentence Fluency (rhythm, cadence) Vulture View     

Bird, Bird, Bird: a Chirping Chant

Home At Last: a Song of Migration

Trout, Trout, Trout: a Fish Chant

Ant, Ant, Ant: An Insect Chant

Shadows

Conventions (mechanical correctness) any
Presentation (handwriting, formatting, layout) The Bumblebee QueenTrout, Trout, Trout: a Fish Chant     

One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab (Great for pagination.)

IN Math Standards Fulfilled by One Is a Snail

Indiana Mathematics Standards

(Why every Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade teacher in Indiana needs her/his own copy ONE IS A SNAIL, TEN IS A CRAB.)    

ONE IS A SNAIL, TEN IS A CRAB provides a fun and creative way to fulfill the standards below. For ideas on how to extend the book to fulfill standards, particularly problem solving, see the projects used by others in the educator’s section. Worksheets of related math problems are also available in the educator’s section.

KINDERGARTEN

Standard 1: Number Sense
Students understand the relationship between numbers and quantities up to 10, and that a set of objects has the same number in all situations regardless of the position or arrangement of the objects.
K.1.1 Match sets of objects one-to-one.
K.1.2 Compare sets of up to ten objects and identify whether one set is equal to, more than, or less than another.
K.1.3 Know that larger numbers describe sets with more objects in them than sets described by smaller numbers. Continue reading “IN Math Standards Fulfilled by One Is a Snail”

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