Kindergarten+Unit+4+Poetry

1. Accessing Pictures: Show students an object; have them describe it. Hide it. Ask them to describe how it looks in their mind. 2. Visualizing: Revisit Cat's Colors without showing pictures. Ask students to say what they are visualizing. 3. Using Five Senses: Read the Lion's Tale to notice the five senses. Fill in a chart. 4. Practice Visualizing: Read a poem called "Cats." Visualize. Turn and talk. 5. Revisiting My Five Senses: Comparing two texts: Desert is My Mother; Lion's Tale. Discuss how they use their five senses. 6. Visualizing: Introduce Cookie's Week (repeat what is in lesson 2). 7. Creating Sensory Images: This House is Made of Mud to show the language of imagery. 8. Reading Poems: Read poems out loud to feel the rhythm of the language. (Teacher models first.) 9. Using the Strategy of Visualization: Read Cookie's Week without showing the pictures. Notice whether students are able to visualize & understand the story w/o seeing the pictures. 10. Visualizing Rabbits: Using White Rabbit's Color book to practice visualizing. (Repeat of week 2). 11. Making More Rabbits: Re-read the story and visualize without pictures. 12. Making Umbrellas: Read the poem "Umbrellas" and talk about what students see in their minds. 13. Naming our Mentors: "Connect poets' names to things poets try to view themselves as." Notice what poets use to convey their messages. 14. Making More Umbrellas: Use markers to draw the pictures in their minds. 15. Reading Together: Celebration!