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September Unit 1 Concepts of Print Phonological/Phonemic Awareness Phonics HIgh-Frequency Words Vocabulary Comprehension Speaking, Listening Grammar Writing
Concepts of Print Week 1-6 RF1. Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print. a. Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page. b. Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters. c. Understand that words are separated by spaces in print. d. Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness Week 1-3 Rhyme RFK.2a Recognize and produce rhyming words. Week 5 Phoneme Isolation /m/ RFK.2d Isolate and pronounc the initial, medial vowel and final sounds in three-phoneme words. Week 6 Phoneme Isolation /t/ RFK.2d Week 1-6
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RFK2.b Count, pronounce, blend and segment syllables in spoken words. Phonics Week 1-4 Letter Naming RFK.1d Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet. Week 5 Connect /m/ to Mm RFK.3a Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sound for each consonant. Week 6 Connect /t/ to Tt RFK.3a Week 1-6 LK.1a Print many upper- and lowercase letters. LK2.c Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes). High-Frequency Words Week 1-6 RFK.3c Read common high-frequency words by sight. Vocabulary Week 1-6 LK6 Use words and phrases acquired through
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conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts. Comprehension Week 1 Character RLK.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. Week 2 Setting RLK.3 Week 3 Sequence RLK.3 Week 4 Classify and Categorize RLK.9 With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories. Setting RLK.3 Week 5 Character Sequence RLK.3 Week 6 Classify and Categorize RLK.9
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Setting RLK.3 Week 1-6 RLK.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. RLK.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details. RLK.6 With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story. RIK.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. RIK.5 Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book. RIK.6 Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text. Speaking, Listening Week 1-6 SLK1. Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about
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kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. a. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion). b. Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges. SLK2. Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
SLK3. Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
SLK4. Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
SLK5. Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.
SLK6. Speak audibly and
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express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly. Grammar Week 5, 6 Nouns LK1.b Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs. Writing Week 1-6 LK1.f Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities. WK.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 . . .). WK.2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic. WK.3 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely
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linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.
October Unit 2
Phonemic Awareness Phonics High-Frequency Words Vocabulary Comprehension Speaking, Listening Grammar Writing
Phonemic Awareness Week 1-6 Phoneme Isolation RFK.2d Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel and final sounds in three-phoneme words. Phonics Week 1 Connect /a/ to Aa RFK.3a Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sound for each consonant. RFK.3b Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels. Week 2 Connect /s/ to Ss RFK.3a Week 3 Connect /p/ to Pp RFK.3a Week 4 Connect /k/ to Cc RFK.3a
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Week 5,6 Connect /i/ to Ii RFK.3a Week 1-6 LK.1a Print many upper- and lowercase letters. LK2.c Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes). LK2.d Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships. High-Frequency Words Week 1-6 RFK.3c Read common high-frequency words by sight. Vocabulary Week 1-6 LK6 Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts. Comprehension Week 1 Compare and Contrast RLK.9 With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories.
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Week 2 Setting RLK.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. Week 3 Main Idea RIK.2 With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text. Week 4 Realism and Fantasy RLK.5 Recognize common types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems). Week 5 Sequence RLK.3 Week 6 Realism and Fantasy RLK.5 Week 1-6 RLK.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. RLK.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details. RLK.6 With prompting and support, name the author and
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illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story. RIK.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. RIK.5 Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book. RIK.6 Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text. Speaking, Listening Week 1-6 SLK1. Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. a. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion). b. Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges. SLK2. Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through
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other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
SLK3. Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
SLK4. Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
SLK5. Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.
SLK6. Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly. Grammar Week 1 Nouns for More than One LK.1c Form regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/ (e.g. dog, dogs; wish, wishes). Week 2 Proper Nouns LK.1b Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs.
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Week 3 Adjectives: Colors and Shapes LK5.a Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent. Week 4 Adjectives: Sizes and Numbers LK5.a Week 5 Adjectives: Opposites LK5.b Demonstrate understanding of frequently occurring verbs and adjectives by by relating them to their opposites (antonyms). Week 6 Adjectives L.K5.a Writing Week 1-6 L.K1.f Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language actvities. 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
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about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is . . .). W.K.2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic. WK.3 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.
November Unit 3
Phonemic Awareness Phonics High-Frequency Words Vocabulary Comprehension Speaking, Listening
Phonemic Awareness Week 1-6 Phoneme Isolation RFK.2d Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel and final sounds in three-phoneme words.
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Grammar Writing
Phonics Week 1 Connect /n/ to Nn, /b/ to Bb RFK.3a Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sound for each consonant. Week 2 Connect /r/ to Rr RFK.3a Week 3 Connect /d/ to Dd, /k/ to Kk RFK.3a Week 4 Connect /f/ to Ff RFK.3a Week 5,6 Connect /o/ to Oo RFK.3a RFK.3b Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels. Week 1-6 LK.1a Print many upper- and lowercase letters. LK2.c Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes). LK2.d Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on
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knowledge of sound-letter relationships. High-Frequency Words Week 1-6 RFK.3c Read common high-frequency words by sight. Vocabulary Week 1-6 LK6 Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts. Comprehension Week 1 Compare and Contrast RLK.9 With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories. Week 2 Plot RLK.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. Week 3 Cause and Effect RLK.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what
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moment in a story an illustration depicts). RIK.7 With prompting and support , describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts). Week 4 Plot RLK.3 Week 5 Draw Conclusions RLK.7 RIK.7 Week 6 Main Idea RIK.2 With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text. Week 1-6 RLK.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. RLK.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details. RLK.6 With prompting and support, name the author and
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illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story. RIK.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. RIK.5 Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book. RIK.6 Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text. Speaking, Listening Week 1-6 SLK1. Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. a. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion). b. Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges. SLK2. Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through
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other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
SLK3. Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
SLK4. Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
SLK5. Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.
SLK6. Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly. Grammar Week 1,2 Verbs LK.1b Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs. Week 3 Verbs that Add -s LK1.b Week 4 Verbs for Now and the Past
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LK1.b Week 5,6 Sentences L.K5.f Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities. LK2.a Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I LK2.b Recognize and name end punctuation. Writing Week 1-6 L.K1.f Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities. 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 . . .). W.K.2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic. WK.3 Use a combination of
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drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.
December Unit 4
Phonemic Awareness Phonics High-Frequency Words Vocabulary Comprehension Speaking, Listening Grammar Writing
Phonemic Awareness Week 1-6 Phoneme Isolation RFK.2d Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel and final sounds in three-phoneme words. Phonics Week 1 Connect /h/ to Hh RFK.3a Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sound for each consonant. Week 2 Connect /l/ to Ll RFK.3a Week 3 Consonant Blends RF1.2b Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes) including consonant blends. Week 4 Connect /g/ to Gg RFK.3a Week 5,6
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Connect /e/ to Ee RFK.3a RFK.3b Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels. Week 1-6 LK.1a Print many upper- and lowercase letters. LK2.c Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes). LK2.d Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships. High-Frequency Words Week 1-6 RFK.3c Read common high-frequency words by sight. Vocabulary Week 1-6 LK6 Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts. Comprehension Week 1 Sequence RLK.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a
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story. Week 2 Cause and Effect RLK.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts). RIK.7 With prompting and support , describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts). Week 3 Sequence RLK.3 Week 4 Character RLK.3 Week 5 Classify and Categorize RLK.9 With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories. RLI.9 With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences
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between two texts on the same topic. Week 6 Setting RLK.3 Week 1-6 RLK.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. RLK.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details. RLK.6 With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story. RIK.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. RIK.5 Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book. RIK.6 Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text. Speaking, Listening Week 1-6
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SLK1. Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. a. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion). b. Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges. SLK2. Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
SLK3. Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
SLK4. Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
SLK5. Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide
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SLK6. Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly. Grammar Week 1 Naming Part LK.1.b Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs. Week 2 Action Parts LK1.b Week 3 Complete Sentences L.K5.f Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities. LK2.a Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I LK2.b Recognize and name end punctuation. Week 4 Telling Sentences LK.5f LK2.a LK2.b Week 5 Uppercase Letters and Periods LK2.a LK2.b
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Week 6 Pronoun I LK2.a Writing Week 1-6 L.K1.f Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities. 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 . . .). W.K.2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic. WK.3 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.
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January 2011
Unit 5 Phonemic Awareness Phonics HIgh-Frequency Words Vocabulary Comprehension Speaking, Listening Grammar Writing
Phonemic Awareness Week 1-6 Phoneme Isolation RFK.2d Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel and final sounds in three-phoneme words. Phonics Week 1 Connect /j/ to Jj, /w/ to Ww RFK.3a Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sound for each consonant. Week 2 Connect /ks/ to Xx RFK.3a Week 3,4 Connect /u/ to Uu RFK.3a RFK.3b Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels. Consonant Blends Week 5 Connect /v/ to Vv, /z/ to Zz RFK.3a Week 6 Connect /y/ to Yy, /kw/ to Qq Week 1-6 LK.1a Print many upper- and
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lowercase letters. LK2.c Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes). LK2.d Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships. High-Frequency Words Week 1-6 RFK.3c Read common high-frequency words by sight. Vocabulary Week 1-6 LK6 Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts. Comprehension Week 1 Realism and Fantasy RLK.5 Recognize common types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems). Week 2 Cause and Effect RLK.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).
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RIK.7 With prompting and support , describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts). Week 3 Compare and Contrast RLK.9 With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories. RLI.9 With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic. Week 4 Plot RLK.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. Week 5 Main Idea RIK.2 With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text. Week 6 Draw Conclusions
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RLK.7 RIK.7 Week 1-6 RLK.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. RLK.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details. RLK.6 With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story. RIK.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. RIK.5 Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book. RIK.6 Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text. Speaking, Listening Week 1-6 SLK1. Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about
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kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. a. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion). b. Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges. SLK2. Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
SLK3. Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
SLK4. Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
SLK5. Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.
SLK6. Speak audibly and
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express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly. Grammar Week 1 Questions LK1.d Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how). LK2.a Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I LK2.b Recognize and name end puncuation. Week 2 Question Marks and Uppercase Letters LK1.d LK2.a LK2.b Week 3 Dates Week 4,5 Nouns LK1.b Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs. Week 6 Verbs LK1.b LK2.b Writing
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Week 1-6 L.K1.f Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language actvities. 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 . . .). W.K.2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic. WK.3 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.