Resources

=Kinder resources for Units of Inquiry=

Family
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant Chica Chica Boom Boom THe Very Hungry Caterpillar Are you my Mother Leo the Late Bloomer Chichester Clark, Emma Melrose and Croc 2005; Happy birthday to you, Blue Kangaroo! 2006
 * //Hop, Skip, Jump//, by Nicola Tuxsworth; ISBN 075480383X
 * //My Two Hands/My Two Feet//, by Rick Walton; ISBN 0399233385
 * //It’s Okay to Be Different//, by Todd Parr; ISBN 0316666033
 * //Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb//, by Al Perkins; ISBN 0001712012

Seasons
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats **Content Targets**
 * The four seasons, comparing and contrasting, description, writing. **

**Learning Objective** After reading about the different seasons, students will be able to brainstorm and identify defining characteristics of the seasons and create their own books based on these ideas.

**Academic Language Focus** What it means to describe, compare and contrast seasons.

Tell students that today we will be learning about the four seasons. Explain to students that we have seasons because of the tilt of the Earth as it rotates on its axis. Tell students that today we will be reading about the four seasons. Then we will talk about the things that define the four seasons.
 * Introduction **

Some great book selections: //The Reasons for Seasons// (Gail Gibbons) //Four Seasons Make a Year// (Anne Rockwell) //The Four Seasons// (Mary Rius) //Four Seasons Series// (Nuria Roca)

**Transportation:**

"How Will You Get There, Maisy? by Lucy Cousins

Maps
Going to Grandma's You are Here THe World Crissida's Classroom Find the way Home Maps and Globes (Reading Rainbow Book) by Jack Knowlton

Lesson plan references links http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/resrcs/lessons/K.htm (maps) @http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/asia/ (maps) http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/resrcs/lessons/K98Investigating.htm @http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/cecsst/cecsst115.html (Lesson plan on using map keys)

@http://www.slideshare.net/cchastain427/kindergarten-map-and-globes-unit @http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=114648

(This is a slide on diff. types of maps.)