Open Court Theme:

Kindergarten - School


Unit Opener Ideas:

Submit Unit Opener and Closer Ideas for this Unit

View Unit Opener Ideas Already Submitted

Where's Boomer? Unit Opener Movies

Activities for the First Day of School:

Lots of Ideas and Recommended Resources

Chants:

Fabulous GLAD chants for this unit
created by Kristen Walker, Capistrano Unified School District

Concepts of Print:

Visual Poem for Teaching Concepts of Print by Guy Swentek

Concept Question Board:

Parent Letter Asking for Artifacts English | Spanish by Bernice Alegria

School Concept Question Board Photos by Marissa Abbot

Favorite Unit Books:

Additional Literature Recommendations

GLAD Unit:

What is Guided Lanauge Acquisition Design (GLAD)?

Chants created by Kristen Walker

Pictorial Input (Drawings) created by Kristen Walker

Incentives created by Kristen Walker

GLAD Links to OCR by Kristen Walker

Observation Chart Images by Kristen Walker

Independent Work Time:

Independent Work Time.com the missing manual of how, why, and what to do during IWT

Movies:

School Movies

Picture Files:

Complete School Unit Picture File

Parts of a School Picture File by Mathew Needleman

Drawings to go with Boomer Goes to School by Kristen Walker

Poetry:

Colors Poem/Worksheet by Guy Swentek

Powerpoints:

This Ship Is Loaded With (print for IWT) by Sonia Thatcher

Sight Words:

Turtle Words & Kindergarten Sight Word Lists aligned with decodables

Links:

Submit Links

these are great for teaching students a love of reading and wordplay:

Dr. Seuss Page

Shel Silverstein Page

Ezra Jack Keats

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