Family - Week 1 of 1 - Curriculum unit plan for Pre-Beginning learners

Oct 1, 2026

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A one-week pre-beginning curriculum unit (CASAS reading scores 153-180) focused on family-related vocabulary and simple sentence practice. Learners work on reading and writing terms for family relationships, asking and answering questions about family members, and comprehending a family story with true/false checks and beginning/ending consonant sound recording. The plan includes opening routines for organizing materials, literacy skill review through letter recognition and letter-sound correspondence, and multiple classroom practice pathways for whole-group and small-group activities.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages51

Reading Time2 h 9 min

AccessFree to download

Unit Overview

Focus of Family Unit

Family Unit: Week 1, Monday

Lesson Plan

Opening Activity

Basic Skills Review: Literacy

Story of the Week: Reading Comprehension

Unit Theme Activity 1: Literacy

Checking for Understanding

Teacher Directions: Opening Activity

Teacher Directions: Basic Skills Review: Literacy

The Minnesota Literacy Council created this curriculum with funding from the MN Department of Education. We invite you to adapt it for your own classrooms. Pre-Beginning Level (CASAS reading scores of 153-180) Family: Week 1 of 1 Unit Overview In this 1 week unit learners will focus on vocabulary to describe family relationships and simple sentences to talk about the people in their family. Focus of Family Unit 􀁸 Reading and writing family relationship vocabulary 􀁸 Asking and answering questions about one’s family 􀁸 Reading a story about a family. Family Unit: Week 1, Monday | Objectives Learners will be able to… | Materials | | --- | --- | | Life skill: read a simple story about family and describe one’sown family
Literacy: read simple statements about a story and evaluate if they are true or false
Listening/speaking: listen for and record beginning and ending consonant sounds of individual words from a story
Transitions & Critical Thinking: identify tools for organizing information and materials | Make Student Copies
􀁸 Handout: English Papers About…
􀁸 Handout: Lora’s Family
Make Single Copies or Reference
􀁸 ESL Volunteer Tutor Manual, 2013,
􀁸 Family photo prompts
Props, Technology, or Other Resources
􀁸 Supplies for helping learners stay organized
􀁸 One set of large alphabet cards
􀁸 Several sets of small alphabet tiles | | | | | Lesson Plan | | | Opening Activity
Description: organize student materials and clean-out materials from past units
Materials/Prep: copies of English Papers About…, ESL Volunteer Tutor Manual,2013, Staying Organized, binders, writing paper, 3-hole punch, stapler.
Basic Skills Review: Literacy
Description: choose from a list of activities to practice letter recognition and letter/sound correspondence Materials/Prep: one large set of alphabet flashcards, several small sets of alphabet tiles
Story of the Week: Reading Comprehension
Description: read a story about one person’s family and complete comprehension and phonics exercises Materials/Prep: copies of Lora’s Family
Unit Theme Activity 1 : Literacy
Description: introduce and review family vocabulary Materials/Prep: one set of family photo prompts
Checking for Understanding
Description: learners talk about people in the photos Materials/Prep: one set of family photo prompts | | Teacher Directions: Opening Activity: Transitions & Critical Thinking -Materials: student organizational supplies, such as binders, 3-hole punch, etc. See ESL Volunteer Tutor Manual, Staying Organized, for details. And copies of the English Papers About… coversheet. Before copying the English Papers About… coversheet. Fill in the blank with the name of the most recently completed unit (ie. School, housing, health) . Paste a picture representing that unit in the center. Learners will organize and staple together all the papers from this completed unit to leave at home. Lead the Staying Organized routine in the ESL Volunteer Tutor Manual. Teacher Directions: Basic Skills Review: Literacy -Materials: 1. ) one set of large alphabet cards, big enough to be seen by whole class, 2. ) several sets of small alphabet cards or tiles (lowercase on one side, upper case on reverse) Step 1: Whole Group Practice The following suggestions progress from basic to more complex. Once you are aware of the abilities of your learners, it is not necessary to complete the whole sequence. Begin with an activity that is somewhat easy for most learners and end with an activity that is challenging but not frustrating. 1. Teacher shows a letter flashcard and says the letter name, learners repeat. Introduce and practice 3-5 letters at a time. Once mastered, introduce more. 2. Teacher shows a letter flashcard and learners say the letter name. What letters and sounds should I teach first? There are differing opinions on this question, however, many reading instructors recommend teaching consonant

FAQs

What are the main learning goals for the Family Week 1 unit?

Learners read and write family relationship vocabulary, ask and answer questions about family, and read a family story. The unit also targets literacy activities like evaluating true/false statements and recording beginning/ending consonant sounds.

What materials are needed for the Monday lesson activities?

The plan calls for student copies (English Papers About… and Lora’s Family), family photo prompts, binders and writing paper, alphabet cards/tiles, and supplies such as a 3-hole punch and stapler.

How does the Basic Skills Review teach letter recognition and letter-sound correspondence?

It progresses from whole-group letter name practice to combined name-and-sound routines, then to individual and small-group activities. Guidance includes teaching consonant sounds first with the most frequent sound before later introducing additional sounds.

Oct 1, 2026

Uploaded by hdkawk