WITS KINDERGARTEN ONLINE
What is WITS Kindergarten Online?
WITS Kindergarten Online is designed to teach early learners the literacy skills appropriate for their age and give them the tools and time to apply those skills in real-world environments. Students will get the chance to be curious researchers in their community and explore empathy, character, and connections to the world around them. Laurie Brooks, Curriculum Manager at WITS and former Chicago Public School teacher, developed the curriculum for WITS Kindergarten Online. New read alouds and activities will be introduced every Monday, alternating English and Spanish versions, and students and families can participate at any time.
Who will be teaching this program?
The WITS Kindergarten Online program will be taught by Ms. Laurie Brooks and Ms. Rosalba Granados.
In her role as Curriculum Manager at WITS, Laurie develops the content of WITS programs to drive outcomes. She provides ongoing literacy, behavior management, and social emotional coaching and training for staff to activate with students and volunteers. Laurie previously taught students in grades PreK-3rd in Chicago Public Schools classrooms for seven years.
WITS is excited to partner with long-time WITS advocate and CPS Kindergarten teacher, Ms. Rosalba Granados. Ms. Granados has a M.A. Ed in Early Education, bilingual certification from the Erikson Institute, and has been the lead teacher for ECSP at Talcott Fine Arts and Museum Academy.
WITS Kindergarten Online will feature:
- Literacy lessons designed and led by two elementary educators.
- Recorded read alouds of high-interest and culturally relevant books for kindergarten age students.
- Activities that can be downloaded and printed, or can easily be re-created using materials commonly found at home.
- All resources will be available in both English and Spanish.
Students will:
- Develop awareness of their thinking as they read, listen, and observe.
- Practice retelling stories and making connections to their lives and connections to the world.
- Explore biographies and write their own personal stories that incorporate characters, settings, and events.
- Learn about non-fiction books and discover their helpful features like labels and captions.
Alma and How She Got Her Name
by Juana Martinez-Neal
Today students will learn about character traits and research their names.
Alma y cómo obtuvo su nombre
por Juana Martinez-Neal
Hoy los estudiantes aprenderán sobre los rasgos de carácter e investigarán sus nombres.
Los estudiantes aprenderán qué es un rasgo de carácter. Luego, nombrarán los rasgos de carácter que mejor describan Alma, usando pruebas del texto para apoyar su pensamiento. Las actividades proporcionadas ayudarán a los estudiantes a investigar su familia, sus nombres, y aprender más sobre los rasgos de carácter.
Libros de lecturas de la National Geographic: Rocas y Minerales
por Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Hoy los estudiantes aprenderán a usar libros de no ficción para aprender más sobre una tema.
Los estudiantes aprenderán cómo los lectores sacar el máximo de la no ficción usando funciones de texto. Usando las actividades proporcionadas, los estudiantes aprenderán las características de rocas, pasarán tiempo afuera coleccionando las rocas, y crearán un museo de rocas para mostrar lo que encontraron.
National Geographic Readers: Rocks and Minerals
by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Today students will learn how to use non-fiction books to learn more about a topic.
Students will learn how readers get the most out of non-fiction using text features. Using the activities provided students with learn the characteristics of rocks, spend time outside collecting rocks, and make a rock museum to show what they have found.
Me…Jane
by Patrick McDonnell
Today students will learn about biographies.
Students will learn the features of biographies: setting, action, characters, and chronological order. The activities will teach students retelling and writing their own biographies.
Yo…Jane
por Patrick McDonnell
Hoy los estudiantes aprenderán sobre biografías.
Los estudiantes aprenderán las características de biografías: escenario, acción, personajes, y orden cronológico. Las actividades enseñarán a los estudiantes cómo volver a contar y escribir sus propias biografías.
Estamos en un libro
por Mo Willems
Hoy los estudiantes aprenderán a escribir una historia.
Los estudiantes aprenderán a mirar de cerca el trabajo de los autores que les encantan y a preguntarse a su mismo, "¿Qué hizo este escritor que puedo intentar?" La actividad proporcionada ayudará a los estudiantes a escribir sus propias historias usando burbujas de diálogo y a representar su historia usando títeres.
We are in a Book
by Mo Willems
Today students will learn how to write a story.
Dragons Love Tacos
by Adam Rubin
Today students will learn about cause and effect.
Students will learn the comprehension strategy “Cause and Effect”. By paying attention to what happens (the effect) and why it happened (the cause), it is easier to understand and remember the information in a story. In the activity provided, students will draw and write about the causes and effects that we read about today.
There is also a fun activity where students can make their own card game and taco slime.
Dragones y Tacos
por Adam Rubin
Hoy los estudiantes aprenderán sobre causa y efecto.
Los estudiantes aprenderán la estrategía de comprensión “Causa y Efecto”. Al prestar atención a lo que sucede (el efecto) y por qué sucedió (la causa), es más fácil entender y recordar la información de una historia. En la actividad proporcionada, los estudiantes dibujarán y escribirán sobre las causas y efectos que leemos hoy.
También hay una actividad divertida donde los estudiantes pueden crear su propio juego de cartas y limo de taco.
¡Gracias, Omu!
por Oge Mora
Hoy los estudiantes aprenderán sobre el mensaje central de una historia.
Los estudiantes aprenderán a identificar los detalles clave que los llevan al mensaje o lección central de una historia.
La actividad enseñará a los estudiantes a usar un póster de referencia del mensaje central, expresando gratitud y haciendo recetas divertidas.
Thank you, Omu!
by Oge Mora
Today students will learn about the central message of a story.
Students will learn how to identify key details that will lead them to the central message or lesson of a story.
The activity will teach students how to use a central message anchor chart, expressing gratitude, and making fun recipes.
