

Throughout the read-aloud, students work toward understanding why the main character, Wangari, instructed members of her community to plant trees ( RI.K.1, RI.K.2, RI.K.4 ).

L.K.2a : Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I.L.K.2 : Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.SL.K.6 : Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.SL.K.4 : Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.SL.K.1a : Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion).SL.K.1 : Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.W.K.8 : With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.W.K.1 : Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is.).RI.K.9 : With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).RI.K.4 : With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.


