Dive into a week of reading, vocabulary, grammar, and meaningful literacy instruction with The Circus Ship by Chris Van Dusen! This Kindergarten Rooted in Reading book unit provides 5 days of lesson plans and activities designed to help young readers learn how and why readers make predictions.

Throughout the week, students will practice using clues from the text and illustrations to make predictions while developing comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, and language skills.

Skills & Topics Include:

Reading Comprehension

• Predicting
• What Are Predictions?
• Why Do Readers Predict?

Vocabulary

• fog
• spring
• weary
• blaze

Grammar

• Capitals in Sentences

Nonfiction Connection

• Surprisingly Smart

The unit includes comprehension lessons and response activities, vocabulary instruction, grammar practice, anchor chart templates, assessments, and Daily Deep Dive mentor sentence activities that encourage students to notice, read, edit, and think about language in context.

Students will also extend their learning through an original nonfiction reader and engaging activities that connect back to the week's reading skills.