Explore nonfiction reading with Hippos Are Huge by Jonathan London! This Kindergarten Rooted in Reading unit provides 5 days of literacy lessons and activities centered around understanding nonfiction texts and how authors communicate information.

Students will learn to recognize characteristics of nonfiction, identify and use nonfiction text features, and think about an author's purpose for writing.

Skills & Topics Include:

Reading Comprehension

• Nonfiction Characteristics
• Nonfiction Text Features
• Author's Purpose

Vocabulary

• tusk
• glide
• snort
• wallow

Grammar

• Punctuation: Periods

Nonfiction Connection

• Enormous Elephants

Throughout the week, students participate in comprehension discussions and response activities, vocabulary practice, grammar instruction, and Daily Deep Dive mentor sentence activities that build reading, editing, grammar, and language skills.

The unit also includes anchor chart templates, assessments, an original nonfiction reader, and engaging literacy activities that give kindergarten students multiple opportunities to practice and apply the week's skills.