Kindergarten with Mr. Twisty

The week in 5 easy beats

• Monday Read: Sit Still. Be Quiet. — introduce the Dinosaur Stomp routine.
• Tuesday StoryQuest: Planetarium or Aquarium with student choice.
• Wednesday Write: mini-prompt aligned to the StoryQuest.
• Thursday SEL pulse: 1-question check on the projector.
• Friday Showcase: share 3 student writings, celebrate “Not Yet”.

SEL focus & standards

• CASEL: Self-management; growth mindset (“Not Yet”).
• CCSS.ELA.RL.K.1, RL.K.3 (key details, characters)
• NGSS K-ESS3-1 (relationships in places)

Differentiation

Set Lexile bands per student in admin. ELL students get bilingual sentence frames; IEP students get extended time and read-aloud audio.

Family extension

• Read-aloud at home: 10 min nightly.
• Question of the week: “What did you try that was hard today?”