Kindergarten Lesson plan
Two Sink Rules at Ginnybrook School: An Opinion Lesson
A 25-minute kindergarten opinion lesson where students compare two hand-washing rules for the Ginnybrook School sink, pick one, and give a reason for the choice.
Common Core ELA · Kindergarten
W.K.1 Opinion writing
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...).
Why water teaches this standard well
Kindergartners can draw, dictate, and write simple opinions about water they know firsthand, such as which way of saving water at the classroom sink works best or whether they like rainy days. Water topics give the earliest opinion writers something concrete to point to while they practice stating a preference.
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20 materials aligned to W.K.1
Lesson plans
Kindergarten Lesson plan
Mixing Muddy Water Paint for the Speedwell Marsh Mural
A 45-minute kindergarten art lesson where children mix blue paint with brown and with white, paint two halves of a marsh mural, and dictate which half a frog would pick.
Kindergarten Lesson plan
A Sun Shade for the Honeycomb Park Bird Bath
A 40-minute kindergarten design lesson where students build two paper sun shades for pie-tin bird baths, compare how much water is left, and dictate an opinion.
Kindergarten Lesson plan
Fountain Water or Juice Box: A Kindergarten Drink Choice Lesson
A 35-minute kindergarten lesson tracing hallway fountain water from the town tank to the spout, then sorting drink cards and stating one opinion with a reason.
Kindergarten Lesson plan
Leaves in the Storm Drain: A Bramblewood Opinion Writing Lesson
A 25-minute kindergarten lesson where students decide whether raking leaves away from a storm drain is a good idea and dictate an opinion with one reason.
Grades K–1 Lesson plan
Water Savers: Where Our Water Goes and How We Help
A 30-minute kindergarten lesson where students discover how much water a running tap wastes, sort water-saver from water-waster cards, and make a class promise poster.
Worksheets
Kindergarten Worksheet
Bright Hydrants on Primrose Street: A Color-Contrast Design Page
Kindergartners judge which hydrants stand out on grass, snow, a brick wall, and a gray sidewalk, then pick and defend a paint color for a Primrose Street hydrant.
Kindergarten Worksheet
No-Words Signs for Wagtail Pond: A Picture Sign Design Page
Kindergartners compare pairs of pond signs to find the one that works with no words, learn the red no symbol, and draw a picture-only no-litter sign for a pond.
Kindergarten Worksheet
Brown Water at Muddleford Creek: A Clear and Muddy Worksheet
A kindergarten worksheet that teaches the words clear and muddy, traces how mud reaches Muddleford Creek, and asks whether planting grass on bare dirt helps.
Kindergarten Worksheet
The Clover Family's Water-Saver Match-Up Worksheet
A kindergarten worksheet where students choose the water-saving choice in six pictured pairs from the Clover family's day, then draw one water-saver idea of their own.
Classroom activities
Kindergarten Classroom activity
Leftover Cup Water at Coppercup School: A Sorting Walk
A 30-minute kindergarten activity where students carry leftover-water cards to a plant hoop or a drain hoop, say a reason out loud, then water a real class plant.
Kindergarten Classroom activity
Raindrop Race to Cobble Creek: A Storm Drain Movement Game
A 25-minute kindergarten movement game where students race as raindrops from the sky to a storm drain and out to Cobble Creek, then vote on keeping litter off the street.
Kindergarten Classroom activity
Follow the Raindrop: A Kindergarten Water Cycle Movement Game
A kindergarten movement game where students act out four water cycle stations, choosing which stations to play based on that day's real weather chart.
Reading passages
Kindergarten Reading passage
Grandpa Lu's Rain Barrel: A Kindergarten Read-Aloud Story
A kindergarten read-aloud story about a girl who helps her grandfather catch rain in a barrel to water the garden, with oral questions and a closing opinion task.
Kindergarten Reading passage
Ruby Turns Off the Tap: A Water-Saving Read-Aloud Story
An original kindergarten read-aloud story about a girl who learns a simple tap trick for saving water while brushing her teeth, with oral comprehension questions.
Writing prompts
Kindergarten Writing prompt
Muddy Hands at the Tansy Hill Garden: A Kindergarten Opinion Prompt
A kindergarten opinion prompt: students decide if a class should wash muddy garden hands at the classroom sink or at a jug with a tap, and give a clean-hands reason.
Kindergarten Writing prompt
Feeding the Ducks at Gullyhorn Pond: An Opinion Prompt
A kindergarten opinion prompt asking whether kids should toss bread to the ducks at Gullyhorn Pond, with a picture organizer, an exemplar, and a four-level rubric.
Kindergarten Writing prompt
Who Should Visit Our Class? A Ridgeway Water Job Prompt
A kindergarten opinion prompt where students hear about three water yard workers, pick one to invite to class, draw the visit, and give one reason why.
Kindergarten Writing prompt
Which Water Helper Should Get Our Thank-You Sign?
A kindergarten opinion prompt where children pick one of three water workers in a made-up town, draw that helper at work, and dictate one reason why.
Kindergarten Writing prompt
Should We Clean Up Miller Pond? A Kindergarten Opinion Prompt
A kindergarten opinion writing prompt where students decide whether a class should pick up litter at Miller Pond and dictate or write one reason for their answer.