In this resource, educators will find the necessary tools to conduct an inquiry unit based on informational text at the kindergarten level.Educators will find teaching objectives for reading and writing, along with anchor charts and a checklist.There are also sample pages for interactive writing, shared writing, and student work.Mentor texts are also listed along with online resources to be used with students.

Venn diagrams can be used effectively in kindergarten.  Making them user-friendly, hands-on, and developmentally appropriate as a tool and kindergarten students can use venn diagrams with ease. Students are guided toward an understanding of the Venn diagram by physically sorting items into hula hoops. Students are able to move to an interactive 
 As they sort objects into unions and sets in this lesson plan, students make their thinking visible through similar "rough-draft" talk. By thinking aloud about their choices in this lesson, students are invited to be storytellers as they explore the connections between mathematics and language.
Students can complete a self-assessment to determine their learning and working collaboratively in a group.

A multi-age primary classroom teacher uses formative assessment as a barometer of student learning. She records anecdotal notes about her students' reading progress within an assessment notebook and references the notes for future instruction.