Kindergarten Language Arts
 

Reading: Word Analysis, Fluency & Systematic Vocabulary Development

   Concepts About Print

•  follow words from left to right and top to bottom on a page
• Explain that print provides information
• Distinguish letters from words
• Recognize and name all upper and lower-case letters

• Track auditorily each word in a sentence and each syllable in a word
• Count the number of syllables in a word and sounds in a syllable

• Match all consonant and short vowel sounds to appropriate letters
• Read simple one syllable and high frequency sight words

• Identify and sort common words into different categories
• Describe common objects and events in both general and specific language

Reading: Reading Comprehension

   Structural Features of Informational Material

• Locate title, table of contents, ame of author and illustrator

• Use pictures and context to make predictions about story content
• Connect information and events in texts to life experiences

Reading: Literary Response and Analysis

   Narrative Analysis of Grade Level Appropriate Text

• Distinguish fantasy from reality in text
• Identify different genres

• "read" independently or listen to a variety of self-selected narrative and expository text three or more times per day

   Organization and Focus

• Use letters and phonetically-spelled words to write about experiences, stories, people, objects, or events
• Write using a left-to-right, top-to-bottom progression

• Write own name with appropriate capital and lower-case letters
• Write uppercase and lowercase letters independently, attending to form and spatial alignment

   Sentence Structure

• Recognize and use complete and coherent sentences when speaking

• Spell independently using pre-to-early-phonetic knowledge, sounds of alphabet, and knowledge of letter names

   Comprehension

• Understand and follow one and two step oral directions
• Share information, opinions and questions, in coherent, complete sentences

• Use communication ettiquette (...speak clearly and audibly...)

   Student Presentations

• Describe people, places, things, (e.g., size, color, shape), locations and actions

Kindergarten Math Standards

Number Sense

• Students understand the relationship between numbers and quantities

• Students sort and classify objects

Measurement and Geometry

• Students identify common objects in their environment and describe the geometric features

• Students collect information about objects and events in their environment

Many beginning/elementary technology skills are addressed by this unit, e,g.:

• Terminology
• Mouse skills
• Keyboard skills

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