📖 Kindergarten · ELAW.K.1Unit 8: Opinion writing: drawing & telling what I like

My favorite book

🎯 Objective: Students draw and write about a favorite book with a reason.

Lesson outline

Model with a class favorite.
Draw and label.
Write “I like ___ because ___”.
Exit: share with a partner.

Lesson 2 of 4 in this unit. In the Lesson Planner this lesson takes 1–3 class periods depending on your timetable: day 1 introduce & model, then practice, small-group reteach and a quick check.

📐 Standard

W.K.1

Common Core State Standards for ELA, Kindergarten — typical US scope & sequence (literacy block)

🏁 Unit goals

State an opinion about a topic or book using drawing, dictating and writing
Give a reason

✅ Check for understanding

End with the exit ticket in the outline. Sort answers into got it / almost / not yet and start the next lesson with a 5-minute reteach for the “not yets”.

Practice & resources on Thinkabara

📚 All Kindergarten skills 📚 Read-aloud stories ⚡ Capy Live class quiz

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